Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-28


This tendency Is indicated in many
ways. OF course there Is dark side,
and with religious wars and race wars
impending, with contests between rich
and poor, capital and labor, white and
black, 1t seems as II the era Of unity
We're far in the distance.
But there is deeper movement, and
one which indicates more truly the way
IN which the world is moving For one
thlng, there Is no longer any new con-
tlnent TO be explored. The whole world
Is known to every part OF H. Conse-
Quently state secrets are impossible; the
ola style of statecraft is already going.
Agaln, intercommunication Is binding
tne nations closely together. The world
thinks about the same subjects and
aeaas the same books. AS there is a
growing physical unity, so there is also
an intellectual unity. This tendency is
sun more striking in the movement to-
WARD common language
People are becoming alike. The move
ment toward federation at present is
most evident among people of the same
race and language. Rivalry among the
nations is being supplanted by co-opera-
Lion, NO nation dares to act alone.
mere may be one more war, but that
will be all.
History should be read from the point
or view Of its interior forces; now the
study of history is divisive. There have
oeeh Two sides to every great struggle,
| ana there is truth on both Sides
Three points need especial emphasis:
There should be a sympathetic study of
the world. Schools, colleges, univer-
sites should have done with emphasize
Ing the things which separate and d.
vide.
The progress of the world and the
teachings of religion have brought into
new prominence the doctrine OF the
brotherhood of man. It is now leading
| the world, and will never be put down
me greatest hindrance to war is that
the workingmen are linking hands with
| the educated men and insisting that
| brothers should not fight. But brother
| hood is not yet realized, and will not be
| until men of every race and color are
accorded equal rights and treated with
equal courtesy In all parts Of the world.
Coincident with the movement toward
unity has been the rise in philosophical
and theological thought of the doctrine
OF the lmmanence of God, said the
| speaker. This is not without signifi-
| canoe. Its universal acceptance win
a necessity, since it teaches that in all
men is something of the divine, and
| that the masses of men can no longer
be treated as cattle and driven here and
there.
| This movement toward the unity of
the world imposes great and solemn
| obligations 1t is an ideal worthy Of the
| enthusiasm of the loftiest souls. No one
! can do much to hasten it, but every man
! can do something. God accomplishes
His purposes by human hands. The
| world needs leadership-rnen who are
sure that truth cannot be defeated
Where shall such leaders be sought ?
From our pulpits and our universities.
Our American colleges and universities
are already rising to their privilege and
duty, and daring to stand alone until
| the slower people see from which quar-
| ter the light will break Many elect
souls are already catching glirnpses of
the unity which is approaching.
He who unselfishly in this cause serves
his God. his country and his fellowmen.
said DR.. Bradford in conclusion, will be
| welcomed by the future as King Arthur
was welcomed.
| when there came, but faint
| As from beyond the limit Of the world,
| Like the last echo born of a great cry,
| Sounds as if some fair city were one voice
Around king returning from his wars -
|
DR. .Bradford's lecture was preceded
by some pleasant music Mr.. Walter
Farmer gave much pleasure with three
| selections on the organ--a toccata by
Bach, Gavotte Modierne by Lemaire,
| and the Allegro from a sonata by Whit
| ing. Mr.. Fred 1. Day of Boston, tenor
| and director at Rev. Charles Jefferson's
| church in Chelsea, made a favorable i'm
preston with Chaminade's Song OF
Faith" and Cesk's "Petites Roses. :"
Mrs. George B. Knowles was also
! warmly applauded, both before and af-
ter her singing Of Wickede's Spring
Time at the Heart"
Rev. DR.. Bradford is the guest of Rev.
DR.. A. z. Conrad while in Worcester. He
will preach at Yale university Sunday.
Thursday night, after the Lunde con-
cert, Mrs. Homer Gage gave a small
supper for Miss Lunde and her Boston
friends and few Worcester people. Be
| sides Miss Lunde, there were present
! from out of town, Mrs. b Z. Woolf the
/ accompanist, Miss Davis, and the man
ager of Steinert's Boston house.
!
Wednesday afternoon, at Emmanuel
church, the first of the meetings which
have been undertaken in connection
! with the extension work of the Worn-
! ans Club, was held, taking the form of
a mothers meeting. The 20 women who
came We're the mothers of the children
who belong to the sewing school of I'M
! manuel church, and were mostly for
eigners, six nationalities being repre-
sented among them.
Miss U. Waldo Cutler represented the
Woman's Club: DR. Eldridge Mix. the
city missionary, was also present. A
program was given, consisting of read
inBs by Mrs, George BroWneu and sing
ing by Mrs. Annie Gould. The features
were adapted to motherhood, and there
| We're songs for children
4 1t is proposed to hold these mother
meetings once every fortnight, at Hope
Church, the Church of the Covenant and
Belmont Street Church, for women in
shose districts. The object is both en-
tertainment and profit, and talks will
/ be given each time on topics concern
ing home, home life, sanitation and kin
dred subjects. The Woman's Club COM
nlittee who are interesting themselves
in having these meetings for the moth
ers are Mrs Helen A. b. Morse. Mrs.
I Emma F. Cutler Mrs. Florence p. w.
Bliss, Mrs. Rachel B. McMullin and Mrs.
Isabelle Mann.
1 Miss Baldwin gives a progressive con-
versation party this evening at 81 Chat
| ham street 1t will be followed by a
small dance in honor of Miss Adelaide
! Wyman.