Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-24

he is a Romanist, for l reckon it priv
ilege to extend the helping hand to the
truth. Let us seek to make our mis-
sions self-supporting; and ], for one,
wish that these meetings might result
In a sweeping Baptist revival such as
is seldom seen. For weeks the Baptist
pastors have been untir1ng In their ef-
forts, but they feel just as fresh, and
/ would willingly offer my ef-
fort for the next four weeks gladly and
thankfully. What we want is more souls.
l have often asked myself, Penney,
what is the matter with your preach
ing?" Souls have been saved, and the
spirit quickened, but we all want a
spiritual uprising such as we have never
seen.
George C. Whitney was then called
upon to state the financial working of
the mission board for the past year, He
said that the amount wanted was $3.50
to meet the deficit Of the year. Since
the organization of the local board
about $25, 900 had been received from the
state board, and from the executive com
mittee $4,000 which, with $4,000 for home
missions from Worcester, made about
$4,000. The expenses for the year end
ing March 31st will be $2620, while the
estimated receipts are $3.50 The state
board had said that Worcester's mission
and accordingly this year the board has
$3.50 less than for the last five years. The
expenses have been: Greendale Mission,
S1150; Quinsigamond, $675; Finn, SIS;
French, $500.
A collection was taken to raise the de-
ficit, and $3.50 was secured.
Rev. Woodman Bradbury was the last
speaker, and his earnest address was
accorded warm attention. He said that
ha oh MI inc Vrrifh ~
problem of the Goth century. He then
quoted statistics, showing that the ur-
ban population was growing enormously
at the expense of the rural, and stated
that this growth would materially In
crease in the future. The age Of dis
tinctive agriculture had passed forever,
and the present is the dawning of the
social era In the cities there will be
such aggregations of people in the fu-
ture as have never been imagined,
Fifty years ago who would have
thought that Worcester would be what
1t Is today; and who now can tell what
Worcester will be fifty years hence? ?
Here we have the moral phenomena to
deal with, as shown by the compleXity
of our population. We speak of cosmo-
politan London, but there only two per
cent of the inhabitants are foreign-born,
that is, outside of Great Britain and Ire
AellAO- LII Liz elCtLl OlliSS VI 4NtWf IOIh,
Chicago, ST. Louis, etc., 20 per cent are
| foreign in their birth, and 75 per cent
have foreign parents
These are the classes that so success
fully mismanage our American cities.
Foreign cities have superior govern
ments. In Cincinnati, recently, citi-
zen of American parentage and born
in America, went to the polls to vote.
4 The three tellers were respectively a
/ Swede, a German and an Irishman
They asked him to show his naturali-
zation papers, and because he had none
as they had, he could not vote There is
/ something for us to do to elevate the
standard of our foreign population by
1 our character and manhood Business
\ men do not refuse the mayoralty nomi-
nation if they are asked; high school
girls maintain the purity Of the schools;
parents, watch the morality of your
children! l have little confidence in the
| man who believes not in foreign mis-
sions, and less in him who rejects the
/ home. In the Bay state there are Sc
| per cent of foreigners. They are here
on the east side, in the congested dis
| tricts. 1t is our privilege to bring them
to Christ. Cain the murderer built the
first city, and our cities have since been
the cesspool of sin. But there is a
greater city, the city of the Kingdom
of God
The exercises closed with benediction
by Rev. Hiram Conway of the John
Street Church.