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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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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

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

In those days before the Christian Endeavor Society, the Epworth League, and other nation-wide organizations had appropriated the interest of the young people, the Chautauqua Circle was the literary society in many churches.

From The Story of Chautauqua by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

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