Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-31

nary to the ordination of Mr. Moss. Rev.
DR.. Pattison of Worcester was chosen moder-
ator, and Rev. J. NJ. Chick of Grafton, clerk.
Hon. Isaac Davis read the proceedings of the
church. and the letter inviting the council.
Mr.. Lemuel Moss then gave an account OF his
christian experience, of his call to the minis
try, and of his views of religious truth His
statement was satisfactory to the council, and
it was unanimously voted to proceed to ordain
him to the work of the christian ministry.
The council then proceeded to the body of the
church, where the ordination exercises took
place, in the following order
| l. Voluntary.
2. Reading of the Scriptures, by Rev j. D. E.
| Jones of Worcester
8. Hymn.
4 Introductory prayer, by Rev J, Aldrich of
Worcester.
g. Sermon, by Rev j. R Scott, of Yonkers, N Y,
from the text Cor. 5:11-"Knowng therefore the
terors of the Lord, we persuade men" The sub
ject was-The anticipated day Of judgment, an IN
| centive to ministerial taithfuness. ~
l. Ordaining prayer, by Rev. DR.. Pattison of W or
cester.
s. Charge to the candidate, by Rev Dr. Robinson
of Rochester Theological Seminary W.
o. Right hand of fellowship, by Rev IL. L. way
To- Charge TO the church, by Rev, j & Warren
| d. D., of Boston.
II. Closing prayer by Rev. DR.. Fisher
10. Benediction, by the pastor
In the afternoon, at three o'clock, another
council assembled in the vestry of the Pleas
ant street church, to examine Rev. James
| Judson Tucker, candidate for pastor. Rev.
DR.. Arnold of Westboro' was chosed modera-
tor, and Rev j. NJ. lockwood of New Eng
land Village, clerk The exercises were sim
liar to those of the morning, and had an equal
ly satisfactory result.
The ordination exercises took place in the
evening. The sermon was preached by Rev.
j. Girdwood of New Bedford, from Hebrews
8 6-"But Christ as son over his own house,
whose house are we, if we hold fast the conf
dence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the
end" The preacher spoke of the meaning of
the apostle in speaking of Christs family as
referring to the church of Christ. Christ laid
down his life for the redemption of mankind,
and all who by this means are rescued from
the power of the destroyer, are of his family.
Christ's name is given to this family, the dis
cipies being first called christians at Antioch.
In speaking of the characteristics of christians
he divided his subject into two classes, those
characteristics peculiar to the individual men,
Der, and hose which belong to the collective
household. Each individual member should
be partaker of spiritual life, as distinct from
the moral or intellectual life; he should be
believer having no life apart from Christ, and
g. ,;f how foi IN, Ia
personality, and in the value and efficiency of
the atonement. He should be distinguished
by the indweIling of the Holy Spirit, absolute
trust in God, and should be possessed of
good hope through grace All these and more
are essential to membership in Christ's family
Hold fast to what you have, and struggle on
to attain more perfect title to membership.
The church as a body will be Judged by its
collective good, not by individual merit. He
must look to Christ's accepting him para
mount authority. The preacher enlarged on
these TOPICS drawing some practical lessons
for the church he addressed, showing the ne
nessity of looking to the Bible Tor the truth.
He closed ny congratulating the church on the
selection they had made, saying his whole
heart went with their pastor in his work.
The ordaining prayer was then made, in a
solemn and impressive manner, by Rev Dr.
Robinson of Andover Theological Seminary
The charge to the pastor was made by Rev.
Dr. Hovey Of Newton, who enforced the duty
of preaching Gods word, every part of it
taking the lessons of the Bible as the living
word of God. He charged him not to loosen
the cords of discipline. "The bishop must be
one who rueth well his own house, also how
can he govern the church."
Rev. Lemuel Moss then gave to the new
pastor the right hand of fellowship, giving
him joy that he had reached the gaol he had
for years labored to be worthy to attain, and
that he had made it now the starting point for
larger work.
Rev. j. d. E. Jones gave the charge to the
people. He congratulated them on the new
relation between pastor and people. They
were now no longer church without bish-
OPP. He congratulated them on the unanimity
Of their choice. You are, he said all agreed
that he is sent to you OF God. His own tastes
and feelings are all in this work it is his first
and only choice. Whatever the world may
have to offer or give, he voluntarily foregoes
You are his first flock first love is always the
best love, the strongest love. You have one
who never had charge, but comes with his
own heart to work with you and for you
This is the day of your nuptials. You have
loved before and well, but it is not well to
year after year drop tears over the grave of a
buried love. Let not the skeleton of the past
love come between you and him, but hold him
close TO your very soul. If husband who
takes for second wife young and trusty
woman, would it be kind, would it not be cru
ell, for him to hold the virtues of the first con
tinually between himself and her? Your pas.
tor will love you as he never will love another
people on earth. Return his love freely and
without grudging. Bold, brave, truthful
things have been said to-day, but there is dam
ger that when the present excitement and
good feeling has past, that you may grow cold,
and forget to continue your kindly wishes
and actions. Reserve some good things for
him by and by ; save some smiles and testi-
monials of good feeling for the coming years
Of toll. Hearts, like meadows, prefer frequent
showers to deluge. Receive him as your
pastor without reserve Do not ensave him,
but leave him free. Prescribe no method for
him, but let him fight in his own armor with
his own weapons Garibaldi in Italy fights
best for freedom when allowed to do it in his
own way. So your pastor can use most eff.