Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-21
ANNIVERSARY Of
EPW0RTH LEAGUE
Celebrated Last Evening at First
Methodist Church, This
City.
PRESIDENT EBERHART SPOKE.
says Closing Century showed u Marked
Advancement IN lDtcrcommnnlca-
ton and IntertranspOrtutlon

The anniversary OF the Epworth
league Of the Methodist church was eel
ebrated last evening. al the First
church In this city. with President A..
$. Peters of the utah State league
presiding President Eberhart Of the
First Church league made AN address
In which he said The closing century
showed a marked advancement IN In
ton, So that people now are easily
brought together, consequently prog
ress was great IN business, as was evil
donced by the great houses which rule
the markets New systems are In use
everywhere II is 30 In the work Of
the church OF God. There Is a spirit
Of consolidation and ORGANIZATION In
chui ch work There are great move
ments among the young people. II we
are to take the places Of our elders We
must be trained for the work. Christian
endeavor was strong IN 1883, but our
church felt We must unity and organ
iZe our young people for themselves.
Delegates from all societies of our
church met In the old church at CleVe-
land, o., where now stands the great
Epworth Memorial church. said to be
the finest in the land.
Each representative fought for the
adoption of the name of his own so
ciety for the united one, and much
feeling was engendered. when one man
who chanced To have an Epworth
/ hymnal I'm his hand arose and asked
| why It could not be called the Epworth
league. 1t took hold Of all the
delegates and was instantly accepted.
EpWorth is the name Of the church and
rcctcry In which the father Of John
Wesley otilciated, and in which John
/ Wesley was born We are here to cell
citrate the anniversary of that event,
AS frescoes are made--a part 10y
one man and another part by another
il Is only when all come together for
consultation that the scope of the FIN
lshed work is made known. We should
do Just this; Get together and talk our
plans then get together and work them
our Our object Of organization is to
promote plety in young people and 10
do works of mercy and help to ALL We
should get Il new New of the great pos
/ slbllites before us. 1t is a blessed
{ thing TO be an American citizen. II is
blessed to have the great opportunities
! now IN our hands. Shall We not use
them TO the building up of Gods king
| lom on earth? There are great prob.
| lens in the home and foreign mission
airy fields. and we must solve them
God begs US to do this
ON MISSIONS.
b. G. Scott spoke on missions. and
| Rev. Benjamin Young, the pastor OF
h.. OH rtff
/ Look up, lift up" In which he said
Much has been said Of late of the
/ muck rake. 1t has localized the at
tention of the world on our president
/ 1t is a figure from Bunyan's Pilgrims
/ Progress Attainment is measured by
aspiration The man with an upward
look has a CHEEKY heart and does good
10 all. He Is attractive and optimistic,
People will not be led to do things By
a man who is down In the mouth.
went 10 a photographer for a picture
lately. ! saw the proof and asked
Can you do no better than thate'
Not with the same subject, he said.
| We must have n good subject II we
would be successful. The upward look
win give up power TO make the up
ward lift. ."
The pastor then formally Installed the
following otiicers-elect for the ensu.
ing year.
Pr, sident, A. l.. Eberhardt; first vice
president. Olive FERRIS; second vice
president, Bernice Day; third vice pres
ident, Mrs w. W. Anness; fourth vice
president. Sigma Johnson; secretary,
Charles SegrIst treasurer, Harry c,
Scott.
The league has 60 members and Ia
Looking for a great increase I'm the near
future,