The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-10
ASKED TO
GO AFTER SINNERS
Speaker at Epworth Convention
Urges Religious Work in
This Country
Next international Meeting to
Be Held in Boston, Begin
ming May Is, 1910

SEATTLE, July 9.-The delegates to
the international convention of the Ep-
worth league spent much time today
preparing for the steamboat excursions
and other entertainments tomorrow.
when there will be no meetings. but
only recreations. The Kansas delegates
will help celebrate their states day at
the worlds fair, where Bishop Quayle,
the Epworth president, will be the
principal speaker
The board of control has decided to
hold the next international convention
in Boston. beginning Wednesday, May
Is, 1910.
The most largely attended of the
morning meetings was held in the
armory, presided over by Rev. DR.. J. w.
Frizelle of Kankakee. III. Rev. Charles
E. Vail of Wilmington, N. c., led the
praise service and Rev. B. M. Marten of
Athens, Tenn, directed the devotions.
OPEN AIR WORK SUGGESTED
A paper by Rev. ]. G. Campbell of
Rochester, Ind. on The Devotional
Meeting" was read in his absence. Ad-
dresses were made by Rev. w. c. Han
son of Clay Center, Kan, on the Morn
ing Watch and by Rev. DIR. S. H
Werlein of Little Rock, Ark, on open
Air Work.
1--WE must go out after the sinners"
said Dr. Werlein. What are we do
ing for the millions OF people in this
country who know not God and who
are on their way to perdition? The
heather in foreign lands have no
far Of Iryof
in our own country. If open air meet
ings are profitable in Bombay, Peking
London and Paris, why shouldn't they
be in Seattle, San Francisco New Or
leans and New York;
MANY SUBJECTS DISCUSSED
At the brief afternoon session Rev.
DR.. H. l. Rasmus of Spokane led the
devotions. Rev DR.. Franklin Hamil-
ton, chancellor of the American uni
versity, Washington, d. c., and Rev. DIR.
Charles Edward Locke of Los Angeles
discussed The Call"
Under the topic, THE Equipment"
Rev. DR.. E. c. McVoy OF ST. Louis spoke
on Observation-Disclosures Rev.
DR.. George P. Mains of New York.
publishing agent spoke on Books
and Literature; Rev. DR.. stephen ].
Herben of Chicago, editor of the Ep-
worth Herald spoke on Periodicals"
and Rev. r. d. Hamilton of Listowel,
Ont, spoke on Personal Training"
THREE LEAGUES REPRESENTED
The topic, 1.-The Service" was treated
by Prof j. McHenry Jones of Charles
town, w. Va: president of West Vir-
ginia collegiate institute. and Rev. Dr.
Edwin A. Schell of Mount Pleasant, Ia.
president OF Iowa Wesleyan university
The night session was presided over
by Bishop Charles W. Smith of Port
land, Ore. Rev. E. II. Mowre of the
same city led the devotions and the
addresses were by the general secre-
taries of the three affiliated legues-
Rev. DIR. H. NJ Duboz of Nashville,
Tenn. for the church south; Rev. S. t.
Bartlett of Toronto, for Canada, and
Rev. Edwin NJ. Randall of Chicago for
the Methodist Episcopal church.
The problem that is troubling the
Epworth league leaders was referred
to again tonight when Canadian Secre-
tary Bartlett, looking over the gray
heads of his hearers, said:
Il don't know how it is on this side
of the line, but the average age of the
Epworth leaguers of Canada is too old.
There is a place for the gray haired
but 1t is not in the Epworth lea que.
The league must be maintained as a
young peoples society, or it must
perish.