Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-24
WORCESTER CITY AND COUNTY.


A SOLEMN WARNING.-The stealing Of
newspapers from the doors of subscribers, in
the morning. has been carried on, in this city,
for two or three weeks past, to an extent never
known before, insOmuch, that, after taking all
possible care to secure faithful delivery, our
office had become scene of almost constant
complaint from morning to night, of subscrib-
ers who failed to get their papers. Arrange
ments were, therefore, made for watch, on
Saturday morning, and an Irish boy, named
Teddy Collins, was soon detected in the
act of stealing The SPY from the store
door of M. B. Green, having already la
ken three copies of The Spy and one of
the Bay State from other doors. He was
consequently taken before the Police Court,
and there convicted of the thefts, and sent
to the State Reform School at Westboro',
during his minority. He is about thr-
teen years DID, He says that there are sew
eral other boys who make regular bus
mess of stealing the morning papers and sell
ing them, but refused to disclose their names.
If they do not abstain in the future, they, too,
will probably be detected, and have the oppor-
tunity of following Teddy to his new home
CHURCH OF THE UNITY.-Rev. Mr.. Shipper
preached an excellent discourse, Sunday morn
ing, from Acts, 2:l2-"And they were all
amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to an
other, What meaneth this 2" The design of
the discourse was to show that skepticism with
reference to particular dogmas was an indica-
ton of the dawn of more correct ideas of relig-
ious subjects, and was the evidence of a seek
ing and inquiring mind, which should be di-
rected and encouraged rather than reproved.
He sustained the position byargument and il
lustration, in an interesting and instructive
manner The ministrations of Mr. Shipper,
thus far, have proved highly successful, and
are received by large congregations.
The afternoon meeting was devoted to con-
sideration of the wants of the Sunday school,
and particularly of the library, which needs
enlargement.
The Superintendent of the school, Abraham
Firth, Esq, made his report, in which it was
stated that, although the subject had been neg
lected, there were now 45 scholars and teach
ers. He recommended increased attention to
the school. The library consists of 100 vol
umes, which he thought should be largely in
creased, with the works of the best authors,
including writer's on such scientific subjects as
have bearing on religious truth.
Rev. MIR. Shipper gave an account of the
origin of Sunday schools, seventy years since,
by Richard Wright, son of printer, who
started the first one in England, for the instruc
ton of destitute children;on Sunday. Helmet
the opposition of the Church, who thought it
Dissertation of the Sabbath. The first Sunday
school in this country was started in Beverly,
in this State, in 1870 The American Sunday
School Union was formed in 1924, and it now
embraces five million children and half mil
lion teachers. Such had been the advance
ment and influence of the germ planted seven
ty years ago. Mr.. Shipper enlarged upon the
boundless influence of the school for good, and
as aid thereto asked for an increase of the par
ish library, in which the works and lives of
progressive Christian men of all times, without
regard to creed, like Fenelon, Luther, Chan
ming, Bushnell, Parker, Beecher, &C., should
occupy prominent position.
Mr.. Shipper then called upon Judge Thorn
as, who made very eloquent and excellent re-
marks on the necessity ola support of the Sun
day school, and urging an increase of the libra
ry, not with the Satanic, yellow-covered, lit
erary trash which so extensively abounds, but
with books containing the thoughts and exper-
fences of the sanity souls, whose lives have
adorned the church in all ages, from the proph.
cts and apostles of the Old and New Tesla
ments, down to the present time. He would
have meat for men and women, as well as milk
for babes, in our literature. AS a church, he
said, we should be universal church, the rep
resentative of denominations, and bound to-
gether, not by unity of doctrine, but by unity
of action on the great principles of Christianity,
taught by its Founder.
When Judge Thomas had concluded, Mr..
Shipper called upon Judge Chaplin, who re
sponded, recommending a nearer approach to
the great principles of the gospel, in our pro-
fession and practice, as church members, in
stead of adherence to dogmas of past ages. He
concluded by offering the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, of the Church of the Unity, in
view of the withdrawal of friend, Mr.. Albert
Tolman, from the office of Superintendent of Sunday
School, an office which he has held much to our
acceptance through many years, tender to him
our hearty thanks for his fidelity and devotion to the
discharge of its duties, and heartfelt sympathy
with him in those repeated sorrows and beTeave-
ments which have fallen like clouds upon his home
On motion of Joseph Mason Esq, the report
of the Superintendent Mr.. Firth, was then
adopted unanimously.
After the taking Of contribution for the Ii
brary, and the singing of the Dsmission hymn
the meeting closed at half past four o'clock
The contribution amounted to $l67, and, we
understand, will be further increased
TABLEAUx.-Dr Bemis, the devoted super
intendent of the State Lunatic Hospital, in
this city, seems to be untiring in his efforts for