Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-23
WORCESTER CITY And COUNTY.


voluntary the after which the PRAYER of
Invocation was made by Rev George NJ Bartol of
Cambridge. The Rev Samuel Clarke of Uxbridgc,
then read approximate portions of Scripture, after
which the following hymn was sung by the choir:
Great God, The followers of Thy Son.
We bow before Thy mercy seat
va Sr EMP tmeel ine n o. r Smf
i 'ro Ky I e7 ;n y' o,,J ,Io5co
The tokens Of Thy love display.
And favor, that shall never cease
We seek the truth which Jesus brought,
lis path OF life we long to tread!
Ana here tIair unrest i,,aneTca sbad
Sur ' sirs and li a ~, h f ~,
And we, in Thy great day, be found
Chiidren OF God ana heirs oil heaven
men iolLo"eu the sermon by NeV, james freelilah
C'siAe VI noS'on "nicn was ueoIueuly one Vi .ne
apie9' anu most poleu ulscouISeS VI even thal us
insuisleu pIe"cner' ne TOOK ms text from Ephe-
sians' ~ = mere Is one Douy ana one spirit
Inc reverend gentleman saia' inc parable Oh the
mustard seed ana oil ieayened bread contained TWO
different descriptions OF the church-the one was
outward ana visible ana the other inward ana IN
visible Inc church, to be complete, should not on
iy nave BODY winch Is VISIBLE but spirit which
IS not visible Inc spirit without the BODY would De
40 piele Us lHe Oou! without 'ne s'i'l'' Inc
visible 10 iiAeneu III u gram u
iiNS'"iu e'eu INC enuien INV isiOie " e"''"eu
pie@u nc 'l'iDle onulon oousis's III 10 0u'""iU
ioi LII anu VI s"i.iAA'ion' 'lo iiHe VI no! mon
eo'eu WIN ~ &C Inc INV WI u 'ii0
'oHI e1NiS'' eie'ei So ~ ~ u "
e' AIMING INC he"'Hel' uels'S, VI uHooile'e'e' oo
0"iieu, Vi any Ainu' Inc Si4nl0iS VI ii'Vie SHiiu
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20 nsei 'i'"n NY io'n iho No"'''n,
Oeiolsns 10 no visible Church, were nNeiy 10 IeSc"
ultimate saIFauoli, "ccolulng DIS me! LFeu up 10
'neir inward moral con'lc'iohs Oh llgnt'
Inc pie"cnYr next SPOKE ol the cuici 'i'lpic anu
'alu theFe was heeo OIL u Douy Us wen as soul Inc
question: was "li"' Soi' oi Douy tiie soul wants
MOI one diseased OF out Of heai'n' Du' one IN 'he
exercise Oh 'iie functions ol "ion all inc laws Oh
htai'ii' "S 10 ar, eAeioiSe' &c, are opSer'eu.
ne speaAei 'iieH Ve'0i U'e CHURCH iue"i' "S
oollti"steU WIN INC chuici actu"l
Inc iueal ohurch was Iull Oh NE ana rove 'each-
ing marvellous things, and making duty palmer and
Illuminating the path OF justice with light shining
unto perfect day, and uniting all classes Of society,
high and low by the law OF universal love- The ideal
church says to us, obey God rather than man. it is
first pure, and then peaceable; it puts religion above
form, practice before proession and considers deeds
anu "0'9 u more account 'iian o'eeu Vi 1t
c0e' 4'"'o 'iie e'e ll"i VICE
VI 'i' 10 o' ee''icu W in'ene0u"i 9peoui"
uoi - % III leSeii' iiiSpiI"uon "s wen as
Tue past anu IL loF .ne prevalence Vi the VIII Oh "ou
on earn no Wen aS III He"'eHi Dee'es Id Snor'' III
iA1 aug tliis car III " le"'en'
Inc lueai ehufch Is not Iouhd IN the past, nor IN
the present. Dut shouIu pe maze 10 eAiSt III the lu
lure as II might De- ny mans oDedlenee 10 Inc laws
u uou' me Sc'u"l church, as wen as lhat OF the
pas'' ""huereu very l"r from the lueaI' 1nere was
III II 700 l'uch oI 'le paSaisih ana heathehlsm OF
oIu' II Jesus were no" 10 make MS disappearance
On e@rth' ana ADVANCE MS pure ana simple doc
treS' lie "oulu oe ulSo"eu ny 'ne present profess
ing church Inc chuich "ctuaI was a uha church
II SUCKS 10 the letler oil scripture winch 1t idozes,
rather thah reverence inc hoiy, practical truths
tnerel thereby proving the truth OF the pas
sage 1.-THE letter ketl put the spirit maketh alive"
Inc american bloie society Venturea TO appoint
eoihi'ee TO revise Ferp"lly some OF the old-tash-
Scrint,re and tho church actual borri6od +boroo+
cry aye have taken o,vav our gods " Tho oc+,oi
Unitarian church he tbongbt was as suscortibIo Of
criticism Mt their brethren of the 00rtbodoxo faith
IF the Irntarians had Iass sactariapis, II no
csuse thew were less zealous than the otbers ono
of their faults was extreme ndivituaIism
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'i u 'iOSs "lie"uy oohseI,eu' oi tie oad
W " i'o0 soou I"'liei man u 'hose d"
90 en- 'lran
nv 81 i''ii VI 'iie ilsn' Inc
! all men and women within its snbere If should re
gard man more than the Sabbath, and its members
should be enploved in getting good and doing GOOD
! They should mite TO do the Lords wish ana rot
strength from the Lord to do good. rather than 70
partake of the Lords supper. The church should
be built on Christ. and not on the minister II
should be able to do its talking and thinking and
worshipping, although its minister be not present
church united az body of Christians sbonld look
upon the world with Christian vision. and bcnd Il,
energies towards wiping out evil sin, and error
therefrom. The body of the church should be al
ways active and yigiantin advancing the knowledge
Of Gods will.
The time is coming soid tho nroocbor ,rbo,, 4bo
dogmatc church and the professedlv liberal cburcb
shall all be taken up. and something better he sinh.
stituted in their places The nrorress of tho church
forward, in the future. as it should 90. was then
PORTRAYED in truthful and eloouent stvIc
The speaker seized the opportunity of the occasion
being the anniversary of the landing of the PjIOrms
upon Plymouth Rock, to nav a deserved tribnte 70
their virtues as pioneers of progress in truth in their
day and generation, and closed by a beaptif,l ov-