The Worcester spy., 1898-11-20

paign about them that never fails to
extract the required funds from the
pocket of some one to carry on the
fight against the powers of evil.
Among the Worcester clergymen
there is no one who has a better rec
ord for the raising of church debts than
the superintendent of the Methodist
city missions, the genial Rev, Alonzo
SanderSon He can point without
boasting to seven churches in the state
which owe their existence to him more
than to any other human being. In
raising the debts on these seven
churches Mr.. Sanderson has solicited
and collected sums that aggregate more
than 100000. All these places of WOr-
ship are of the Methodist denomination
and the majority of them are or We're
at the time of their institution mission
churches. The names Of the churches
that Mr. Sanderson Ina built or re-
paired are as follows: Bay View,
Gloucester; Lynn, Laurel Street, War
ren, Park Avenue, Lake View and
Leicester
Mr.. Sanderson was born in Lunen-
I burg, in 1881 He spent several years in
| teaching in Pennsylvania and then
completed his education at Brown Uni
Nersity He was appointed to the pas
torate of the Methodist Church in
South Athol in 1853, and since that time
has been actively engaged i'm mission
work and has frequently been obliged
to have two or three assistants, so eX-
Itensive have been his operations in this
field.
Today Thanksgiving services will be
the rule in many of the churches.
| Piedmont Church will have a. special
musical program at all it's services, and
l)r, Scott VIII preach a sermon on
| a Thanksgiving topic. The evening
musical program viii be as follows:
harvest anthem in four parts
Sing to the Lord of Harvest. ,Barnby
Awake up, my glory" .......C Chadwick
| Father in heaven" ".............. Button
Tenor solo froLl Mendelssohns
: Elijah IF with all your
The services in the various churches
next Thursday morning will be of the
usual special character cOmmemora-
tive of Thanksgiving
All the churches of the Congrega-
tional, Methodist and Baptist denomi-
nations will have special services. in
some cases of a union character The
Methodists will all unite i'm the morn
ing service at Trinity Church. where
the exercises will be conUucted by Rev
DR.. King, the pastor. 1t is planned
to have all the Methodist pastors of
the city deliver short addresses and
also give some of the laymeil a chance
to speak.
The union service of the Baptists will
take place in the Lincoln Square
Church, and there will be an attractive
list of speakers. Among them will be
DR.. e. o. Mallory of Dewey Street,
Rev. j. S. Holmes of Adams Square.
and Rev. j. II. Bourne of Quinsiga-
mond.
There will be a union service at Ply
mouth Church at 10. 80 o'clock. There
will be addresses by Rev. Dr. Almon
GunnisOn of the First Universalist
Church and Rev. w. J. Thompson of
Grace Church. At the same hour there
Will be union service at Pilgrim
Church, where Rev. DR.. Willard Scott
OF Piedmont will preach.
Piedmont Church has organized a
choral union, and the members will
meet for rehearsals every Sunday w
A. Rowland, the director of the church
choir will have the work of the union
under his charge. The present aim Of
the union IS to prepare the music for
the service at Christmas.
The Literary and Social Society Of
Piedmont Church will hold its Noven-
Der meeting at the home of H. B. Lin
coin, is Claremont street tomorrow.
Large additions will be made to the
membership of the society at this
meeting, and an interesting program of
papers on historical subjects will be
presented.