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Epworth League

American  
[ep-werth] / ˈɛp wərθ /

noun

  1. the Methodist youth organization, founded in 1889 to promote fellowship, worship, Christian service, and the study of the Scriptures.


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At 15, he took over the local Epworth League and made it into a tri-city organization which embraced two neighboring towns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ennis H. Coale, 20; is a good Methodist and a member of the Epworth League.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of John Sparkman's many extracurricular activities was membership in the Epworth League of Tuscaloosa's First Methodist Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of his followers, pretty, brown-haired Ann Sabljak of the Young Communist League, wriggled her way into the Methodist Episcopal Church's old Epworth League.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until lately nothing at all had been done comparable to the specialized development of young people's work in America, but now the Epworth League was beginning to be utilized and adapted to Chinese ways.

From John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment by Dan B. Brummitt

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