Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12

city. After the reading of scripture and
prayer, the annual reports were read.
The treasurer, Mr.. Roger F. Upham,
stated that $100S.69 had been paid in
benevolences outside the church, and
$291.71 in benevolences within. Rev. j.
H. Bourne, associate pastor in charge
of the Quinsigamond branch, reported A
favorable condition of affairs there. The
membership is 80, and during the past
year have been received by baptism
and 2 by letter.
Mr.. G. G. Davis, superintendent of the
Sunday school, showed this to be in a
f1ourishing condition, there being an in
crease in membership over last year.
The membership is now about 500. DR..
H. w. Page gave a resume of the year, 8
work of the Danforth Club Of which he
is president Mr.. Arthur Cook, .presi-
dent of the Y. p. S. G. E., reported a
total membership of So, with an aver
age attendance of about so. Miss Mar
tina Peck, president of the Junior work,
reported for that, and Miss Lille Bur-
bank for the Sunday school kindergar-
ten.
The three ladies' missionary societies
reported through their president, Mrs.
Leroy Cook, for the Foreign Mission
ary, Mrs. c. G. BTilliken for the Home,
and Mrs. w. H. Cook for the Young La
dies. Mrs. G, W. Barnes, president of
the Ladies' Social Circle, represented
that organization; Miss Abby Rugg
the Prayer Circle; Mrs. James Mellen
the baptism committee.
In his annual report for the standing
committee, the clerk, Mr.. L. F. Gordon,
gave a review Of the past year in the
history of the church, with particular
stress upon the new manuals which
have been introduced. He noted the
change which has taken place in the
board of deacons, Mr.. W. H. Clark hav-
ing taken the place of Mr.. G. G. Davis,
who resigned to assume the presidency
of the Sunday school. With. regard to
the numerical strength of the church,
he said it's present membership was 524,
small increase over that Of last year.
Twenty-nine have been received by
baptism, 25 by letter. by experience;
21 have been dismissed by letter. %
have been dropped from the church lists
and have been removed by death,
making a loss of 55 against gain Of
81. He also referred to the calling of
the associate pastor in July.
Last night rs members of the church
were dropped on account of lack of in
terest and. neglect of church duties, and
"a were placed, because of long abb
sence, on a suspended list, whence they
may, upon certain conditions, be re-
instated in full membership. 1t was
voted to cooperate with the Ministerial
Union in holding temperance meetings
on the fourth Sunday of January,
March, May, September and November
of the current year.
The following elections for the ensu-
ing year then took place: Deacons,
Messrs. S. N. Story, A. L. Burbank, r.
F. Upham, G. c. Whitney, F. A. Rich
ardson, w. H. Cook; treasurer, Mr.. r.
F. Upham; clerk, Mr.. L. F, Gordon; au-
ditor, Mr. w. K. Stanley; chairman OF
collectors, Mr.. G. Forrest Wesson; chair
man of ushers, Mr.. Frank Sears; mem
bers-at-large of standing committee
Messrs. P. D. Towne G. H. Johnson and
w. A. Bailey.
The meeting adjourned till the oath.
The parish meeting will be held tonight.
Friday the c. e. Society has a supper.
Mr Fl. D. Swift, of the Logan, Swift
& Brigham Envelope Company, gave an
instructive and extremely interesting
talk Tuesday evening before about go
members of the Mems Union of Old
South Church upon the wonders of the
STELLAR WOIIu. MT. OWllL mas IOIlS DeGn
student of astronomy, and his observ-
atory contains probably the best tele-
scope to be found in or around Worces-
ter. Last night he talked about the
moon, the Ptolemaic and Copernican
theories, the seasons and the character
istics of the different members of the
solar system. He had much to say that
was interesting of Mars. Then asteroids
and comets were explained, and the talk
came to a conclusion with the recitatioR
of Richard. Proetor's description of the
Milky Way, which Mr. Swift said was
the finest thing of its kind he knew.
The lecture was strewn with valuable
statistics and picturesque and awful
facts, which were still farther empha-
sized by series of diagrams and a
number of illustrated books. One vol
ume contained photographs of model
of the moon which took thirty years to
build
After the talk the men adjourned to
the dining room where luncheon was
served and a social hour pleasantly
DaSSed