Excerpt from The Epworth League, Its Place in Methodism: A Manual HE Epvvorth League is a child of Provi dence3 That is to say, it is one of those providential movements which have character ized the history of the Christian Church, and are nowhere more apparent than in the rise and progress of Methodism. One ot our bishops has well said that the 1sth of May, 1889, with the results of its Cleveland Conference, will stand in Methodist history beside that Christmas-day of 1784, on which the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. The Church was ripe for the Epworth League. Methodist condi tions demanded it. And when the fullness of time had come, quietly, and withal so suddenly as to be a surprise and wonder to most, it took its place in our Methodist household. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.