The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-02
HOSTS
MAY MEET HERE:
Sl-cag,,crs Viii Hold biennial
Conference iii Richmond Next
sgsi Near II Invited.
eDR. DU BOSE IN THE CITY
Talks OF the Conference and.
AN NNhat;it Will Means to City.
Lay Matter Before Pastors.

s$SSiS ,l'he REV. IL NJ. Du Bose. D. j." sc'''
&3aeral secretary OF the l;pworth League
land editor OF the '.Epwoith Era, pup
nj Nashville, rem, is III the city
N ,yitI, 4 proposition up his sleeve, VII
sS. esenr Il large income OF money IN =.
s..s Ftlests, atd II corresponding ~ H''1' "
a@s tic cty's renowIl.
ytlto 8,,lan that DIR. Du Bose has IN
FRI hand and which he will offer 10 tnc
SSAlethodist pastors to-day. concerns w, NY
eting-placc of the lllternauonol w.
8sElipwortl League Conference. ZIG WI, ny
Ills plan before the Methodist p rauene', =,
gS S,Iiteiinp at 1880 O'Clock this morning III
fs ira Centenary Church and later before
8SS1he city at large.
{sss63Ilis i,urposc IS ibis. TO secure from
an invitation 10 tic lhteFn;''
tional lIpworth League Conference 20
E&shold its biennial meeting in TINS cry
ts5si,, July. 1907.
isSs .,pr. Du Bose made some statements
last night which will likely wake lich-
III ,nontlcrs ,,p 10 tho fact that 1t has good
Thing on hand and that an opportunity
ss&,1ow confronts them other cities nave
at.
5i8g One statement DR.. Du Bose made was
THAT tho conference would IN Ill proba-
S'Sblity bring 1900 delegates here, nclnd-
9ftnc visitors from foreign parts, ana ne
8s estimates the amount they would leave
ig& 81 the city MS Icing III the ncighborhood
Uf! From $4,000 to $4,000.
SS.A Detroit. in 1908. the conference was
N ATTENDED by 10000 delegates, probably me
largest religious assembly ever gathered
&jsin1o one place at d single time.
33B "On one occasion during this conVcn-
SSS iIon.'' said he, twelve thousand young
11cthodsts were assembled i'll the Champs
side Mars The open air provided the
l. to- foi,t
2llahc city, l believe this to have been the
8 largest assembly OF, Mcthodists that ever
@ gathered in the world.
s S$l5 Of, may not know that this confer
VII ence heretofore has never met South,
but one exception, AT Chattanooga
about twelve years ago The meetings
have been entirely In Northern, Western
s5ssEslnd Canadian cities, but only once III the
#S6nuth.
South's Turn Now.
ss,sssS$S think 1t Is tic turn of the South
tsss5s to 4! entertain these Epworth I.caguers
n iron, all ovc,athe world. The problem so
REPRESENTED itself to the eyes OF the COM
almittee of arrangements. and VIC looked
u over the list OF available Southern cities
;8s 10 Richmond we turned as being the
si most suitable and appropriate place IN
@@s the South for our convention.
Sl EB..rhere are many reasons which inlill-
sSisf enccd lis to come here. First. was It's
Typographical situation. 1t is located cen-
$sstrallv near the national capital, ana
E3sS has i5ithc most superb railroad conncc-
ES Tons In tho south. Then there is its
l%Blistoric interest and its worldwide repn-
tation for hospitality and culture. For
!&Ethcse reasons We knock at your doors
Another fact that ought to induce the
45 city to issue tho invitation Is the cos
tsB Observation-Disclosures Of the conference
is composed of delegates from Can
ada. from, all over the United States.
NJ Mexico and visiting delegates from
6 Europe and Australia. 1t cannot but be
AT Ia great thing for your city to have
H them gather here next year.
Denominations Leaders.
Again, the most distinguished mon
ri 81 Methodist churches of all countries
Twill he among the speakers. TO bring
them and the thousands OF delegates to
4, Richmond will be something great and
Biglorious for you.
'.The conference is scf-supporting
u and every delegate pays his expenses
Il out of his own pocket In this way not
Il less than 100000 can be brought here.
X and the sum may even reach 100000.
ii III You want to constklfr ths purely tinan
Bs cial side of the lntitii:r. then to have tho
6 convention held here Will be Of untold
+ benefit to Richmond.
Me- I'm return for all this, we will ask the
AGlty TO furnish $1,000 the whole sum
Ito The used TO paying for programmes
aand for the transportation ana enter
i.tainmcnt OF speakers. The city will
Ell surely be proiitcd many times over $4,000
4afj they extend the invitation | think
Hyou can understand that this is no small
sIaffair, hut one of great Importance to
Il the city in which the convention is
fhcld."
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