Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-22
EPW0R1HERS
I. At JAMESTOWN
Convention held al James.
town Past Week Biggest
Of Kidd IN State
eeuiah Camp Grounds

jamestown, June 2l.--The 1918 bis
marck District Epworth League con
v@ention was the greatest convention
OF the kind ever held in the state o.
North Dakota. Over $50 delegates
from towns were | nattendance, in ad
ditioa to the delegates many visitors
and officers from the district leagues
were present. The district officers
elected for the ensuing year are as
follows: President, Rev. F. w. Gress
of Beach; first vice president. VIM
Peterson, Washburn; second vice pres
ident, Lloyd D. Rounds, Mott; third
vice president, Rev. F. E. Hollet
Cakes; fourth vice president, Mrs. c.
+. Cooke, Dawson; secretary, Rev. Z,
-. ]. Reed, Steele; treasurer, Carl An
derson, Dickinson.
Among the noted speakers and Off
GERS in attendance ere DR.. Wilbur F.
Sheridan, General Secreta' of the
Epworth League from Chicago, Mrs.
Harvey Reeves Calkins, returned mis-
sionary from India, wife of the noted
lecturer and writer, Dr.. Calkins, and
the Rev. Chas. F. Weigele of Miami,
Florida. the evangelist and leader of
song, and the magnetic speaker, DR..
T. S, Cook Of Burlington, Iowa.
The program which had been pre-
viously arranged was followed with
but few changes.
The address by DR.. Sheridan on the
morning of June IS. formally opened
the program. although May of the
delegates did not arrive until after
noon. The general Secretary ably ad-
dressed the audience on The Epworth
League as an Ev~angelistic Force
which seemed to mark the theme Of
all subsequent meetings.
Ae reception was rendered the dele
gates at the auditorium Wednesday
evening at 1880. Aev. J. G. Morrison
acting as POSTMASTER. Five minute
toasts were responded TO by DR.. Dan
ford who said it gave him great pleas.
ure to welcome such a delegation OF
intelligent earnest young North Da-
kotans and said that in the religious
field many states were turning her
eyes toward 1.-THE North Dakota
Plans" Another speaker which was
DR.. Mckeigg Of California, who had
been a minister OF the gospel for over
lift years, the touching love shown
to this speaker demonstrated the rev
erence accorded to age and goodness
by the young soAe and daughters of
II great state. who wlSe told that
they were to return home and set the
pace for the church and preacher.
A service of song followed and ar
address was delivered by Rev. Chas.
Weigele of Miami Fla, which was
very impressive. "orz
Thursday an early morning prayer
meeting, led by Miss Jennie Morrison
Of Glendale, marked the opening of
the day. The rain which fell during
the night was greeted with smiles
and with this exception the weather
has been ideal. .oH-t-..
The following program was adhered
to during the morning.:
Some Problems of Effective Lead.
in the Sunday evening meet
by Victor Cooke of Dickinson.
Address on Missions, by Mrs. NJ. S.
Mallough, returned Missionary from
South America. "a
"A League Bible Study Class" by
VIM. Peterson, Washburn.
A lively discussion followed the
reading Of these papers and the dele.
gates stated they felt the discussions
so fully INDUCED in would prove OF
great benefit to each particular
league.
The Business Session was of an un.
usual order. Every report given from
forty-ie leagues present was OF
exceptional interest, as great improve.
ment was noted over previous years,
and an earnest wish was expressed
by the representatives of each league
to carry out the plans for a broader,
more spiritual vision for each depart
.nent. The concrete examples OF
charitable work, at home and abroad,
were many. Missionaries are being
in the home and foreign
fields, while the social work was of
the highest intellectual and spiritual
standard.
The financial reports were aston.
ishing. many new leagues had been or
and the cooperation is I'M
usual.
Miss Olive Paul. deaconess of AS
bury Hospital, st. Paul, made a plea.
the c~onsecrated help of the
she said 1.-The aim of Social
Service is to Win. Love, Hold AMI
Train our young people, and that on
young people could such social work
be accomplished"
At the service following preached
~ DR.. r. S. Cooke of Burlington, Ia.,
young men and women
gave themselves for Christian service
and 1t is impossible to recognize the
Time only will show but
he world will hear from these young
men and women who are willing to
their lives to their God for the
!elp of their fellow maa, but an epoch
s being marked in the state OF North
Dakota, whose influence will be felt
the world. Leaders for World
Wide Movements will no doubt be
from among some Of the Ep-
worth Leaguers present, at the 1913
held at jamestown.
FUNERAL OF MRS. SANDERS.
The funeral of Mrs. Ralph Sanders
vas held Saturday morning. A short
service was held at the Sanders res.
[dence on Thayer street, at 8 o'clock,
which was followed by a longer and
imnrpssivo anrvicn nj tho Cath.