Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-18
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REDEDICATIoN WEEK.
Services at the Newly Enlarged Beautl-
fed Central Baptist Church,


This week will be an interesting week
with the townspeople who attend the
Central Baptist Church, as a number Of
services viii be held there during the
week, and the pastor has APPLY styled
it rededtcation week.
This evening the first service will be
held. The ''rededication" OF the church
will take place and sermon
will be preached by Rev. H.
o. Hiseox of Maiden, one Of
the most eloquent Of Baptist divines in
the state. Wednesday evening will be
a rally OF all church members. and the
roll call will be read. Friday evening
a Swedish service will be held for Swed-
ish members of the congregation par
ticularly. On Sunday there viii be two
sermons by the pastor, morning and
evening, and grand rally Of Sunday
school children will occur at IL o'clock
in the vestry Of the church. The SER
vices will close Tuesday evening, Jan.
18th, with a reunion and thanksgiving
banquet,
The church looks very beautiful since
the work of remodelhng has been COM
pleted, and it may be Of interest to know
just what has been done during the time
that the repairs have been going on.
An extensive addition has been added
to the structure on the north end, ana
makes room for a new baptistry. OF the
latest design. The organ which for
merly stood at the back of the church
has been moved to the front to the
right OF the congregation, and the choir
in front of the church has been newly
carpeted and frescoed. Where the or
gan formerly stood is q gallery with a
seating capacity Of 96 The church,
formerly heated by two large furnaces,
is now heated by steam, and electricity
is now used as well as gas for illumin-
ating. In the new addition, commodi-
GUS rooms have been arranged for rob-
ing rooms for times of baptism; and
there is pleasant room for study for
the pastor in the church building
On the ground floor, ladies' parlor
has teen added, suitable for society
meetings; room also for class meet
ings or for class suppers; and large
and convenient kitchen to take the place
of the smaller one formerly in the front
portion Of the vestry. The vestry it
self has been greatly beautifed by inte-
rior decorations and the addition OF
handsome colored glass windows.
The additional space gives room for
more class rooms and more rooms for
the extensive library that this Sunday
school has had for some years, and to
Which they are constantly adding new
books and valuable reference works.
Altogether, extensive work has been
done and has added greatly to the value
and usefulness OF the property of this
church, which has always been pros
porous and beneficial to the town and
community. To the success Of this
present work Of improvement, the
church is In no small way
indebted to the untiring zeal
Of the pastor, Rev. II. Jerome White,
who has worked arduously for the hap
py elimination that will be realized at
the rededication this evening
ABOUT TOWN.
Rev Willis c. iadley gave the Sec
ond address in the series he has pre-
pared especially for young men,
Sunday evening, at the Congregational
Church His theme was "The young
man and his body"
There was hot game of basket ball
in the 7. M. G. A. gymnasium Saturday
night between two local teams, which
resulted in a tie, score II to u. The
teams were made up Of the best local
players and at times the game was very
interesting to the large crowd Of spec
tators. The teams were as follows:
First team. Second team.
Robinson (capt.) Sanders b
Rose / E Bacon + b
Pollard c Wilson c (capt)
cambridge + b Curtis S
AfcNie b Daniels / f
Referee. George t. Howard
The body of Andrew B. Goodier, who
died in San Francisco, Jan. Z, arrived
here Saturday night, and was Buried
Sunday from the residence Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs B. L. Bugbee, Hillside park
William Borois, a hostler who has
been in the employ Of F.. Z. Northrup,
the stable man, left suddenly Sunday
morning, presumably for Webster, and
has failed to return. He took an ulster,
a pair Of gloves and about SIS that were
not his, and the owners are making
diligent search for him.
Joseph Shesler has resigned his posi-
ton with the American Optical Com
pany and entered the employ Of D.
Harrington & Son, knife manufacturers.
A BRISK RUNAWAY.
Quite a brisk runaway occurred on
Main street, Monday noon. A horse at
tached to one of the delivery wagons Of
VIM. D. Morse's grocery store, took
fright at the band concert given by the
Uncle Toms Cabin company band, and
ran through the crowd on the street.
No one was in the wagon, and FORUM
ately no one was injured The wagon,
however, was pretty we'll smashed up.