Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-21
klamath District EpWOrth
League Meet Great Success

meetings in our city planning, pray
ing, singing and working for all that
Is good and pure and holy in this
and other communities represented.
Few people realize the importance of
this convention, which compares ia
vorably with any other gathering OF
similar nature ever held in the Gram
ite City. The first meeting of the
district officers was held last July.
and in September work on the pro-
gram was begun, President Il, o.
Smith organized eleven league dis
tricts in the northwest and thus
made possible the securing of Dan
Brummitt, editor of the Epworth
Herald, Chicago, to speak at this and
other northwest conventions. Brum-
mitt is known as THE Big Epworth-
ian" and divides with the general
secretary the work of forming among
the young people of the Methodist
church "a league offensive and de-
fensive, with every soldier of Jesus
Christ" which was the announced
desire of John Wesley.
In his address Saturday evening
Mr.. Brummitt described the Epworth
League as a laboratory of youth,
comparable to Edison's scientific
laboratory in New Jersey, where
great discoveries are made as result
of countless experiments nearly all
OF which are failures, Whenever an
experiment succeeds the resultant in
vention is taken out of the laboratory
and put to work for the benefit OF
mankind. Epworthians are at the
experimental age and make many
necessary mistakes in finding out
what they can do best and how best
to do it. When they succeed they
enter other fields of useful activity.
One of the most remarkable meet
ings of the convention was the sun
rise prayer meeting held in the park
Saturday morning with an attend
ance of sixty. That such a large
number should attend devotional
meeting at such a very early hour, Is
the best possible proof of the spirit
of service which animated the con-
vention.
Another remarkable feature Of the
convention was the banquet Saturday
evening. This was in charge of the
Teacup Club and Ladies Aid Of the
local church, and the ladies certainly
did good job of feeding the young
folks. The piece de resistance" was
chicken pie, the filling being secured
by fair means or fowl, as Rev, Doug
lass was observed coming down
North Main street early Saturday
morning with a fat, yellow-legged
rooster under his arm. There were
also sandwiches, potatoes, pickles,
salad, cake, coffee, jelly and Ashland
peaches. Two hundred guests sat
down to supper, completely filling
one small and two large rooms. The
hour was o'clock, and by s o'clock
the eats had been disposed of and
seven speeches delivered and assimi-
lated. If any other banquet beats
this record it will have to go some.
Rev. Reed filled the position Of toast
master in his usually Happy style.
Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Mayor Lamkin, j. 0. Rigg and
Fl. o. Butterfield, and responses
made by Hubert wilkins Of Grants
Pass and Dan Brummitt of Chicago.
Mr.. Butterfield called attention to
the fact that many of the league boys
were soon expected to enter active
military service of their country and
that they would need the prayers and
letters of those who remained at
home. Mr.. Brummitt showed roll
of honor which was being put into
the various chapters and which con-
tains the names of the members who
had enlisted for the war together
with statement that they were
lighting for the establishment or
Christian ideals and that every SOL
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