Epworth League

Epworth League
Epworth League Ep"worth League A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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