The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-19
Men in
Session.
HOME INFLUENCES
Should be Fostered to Pre-
serve Nation and Church.

ence was presided over by Hon. Charles
A. Denny of Leicester. The morning
session was devoted to the business of
the conference and the discussion of
1 topics relating to the home. The after
noon was given up to mission subjects
and was marked by the delivery of an
| address by Rev. DR.. G. M. Lamson,
| formerly of this city, who is now the
president of the American Board of
Missions.
The chief business of the session was
the consideration of the proposition to
raise the per capita tax of the members
| of the central association from cents
to GA cents, in order to meet the debt
of $2500 which has been contracted by
the board of pastoral supply. No deci-
/ sion was reached, and it was voted to
refer the matter to the committee on
| resolutions, but that body made no re-
| port
The session of the morning was
opened by prayer by Rev DR.. A. f,
p. Perkins, who was followed by Rev.
| DR.. A. Y. Conrad in an address of well
| come to the conference.
The officials of the conference be-
| sides the moderator, already named,
We're Revs. E. NJ Chapman scribe and
A. G. Todd assistant scribe, who, to-
| gether with Rev. A. u. Conrad and Rev.
John B. Hunt, composed the provisional
| committee. The announcement was
made by the scribe that the general
association had accepted the resigna-
ton of w. A. Paine as treasurer and
| had appointed in his place II. B. Emer-
! son of Lynn. The same letter brought
| the matter OF the per capita tax before
! the conference and the proposition to
raise the amount met with consider
| able opposition. DR.. Conrad explained
| that the increase was made necessary
| by the action of the pastoral
supply board. Dr. McCullagh was
not in favor of acceding to the
| request made by the general asso-
citation to raise the tax. without ma
| ture elaboration. He did not wish tC
establish a precedent for such demands
/ in the future. Rev. George S. Dodge
and Rev. T. r. Babb of Holden were
| also DESTROYS of having the reason fol
| the increase more fully explained be-
fore the request was acceded to. Rev
DR.. Perkins took a similar attitude
while DR.. Conrad was inclined to think
| that the desired increase should be
made. The matter was finally referred
TO the committee on resolutions, OF
motion of Rev. John e. Dodge.
The committee on credentials was
| appointed by the chair and consisted o.
Reys. George S. Dodge, Fred Drew ant
j. A. Ware.
The committee on resolutions con
sisted of Rev. DIR. John E. futile
Charles G. Reed and Rev. d. C. Reid
Rev. S. w. Dixie of Auburndale spoke
on the Worth of the home to the com
munity and the church" He gave
statistics showing the prevalence of di.
vorces and other matters, which proved
| the immediate need of earnest and con.
scientious work in the home field He
desired that the home should be rec.
ognized as force in the social world
| Inc absence of home influences is re-
sponsible for much of the crime that
shocks the people of the day The pa
rent and the teacher should come near.
er together in their work. and both
should regard the home as the greatest
educational institution that exists.
Rev. DR.. Willard Scott of Piedmont
church spoke on the Worth of the
! home to its own members" and dis.
cussed that phase of the problem in his
usual interesting manner.
AT the conclusion of the morning SEES
sion the visiting delegates were served
with lunch by the ladies of Old South
Church, under the direction of Mrs. DR.
Peabody. About 300 We're seated at thf
| tables. ''i'
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session of the confer
/ ence was opened at o'clock with A
prayer by Rev. DR. Lamson and by
congregational singing. The first half
hour of the session was taken up by the
| reports of the committees on creden-
tials and resolutions.
The committee on credentials report
! ed that 80 out of 30 churches entitled to
! send delegates to the conference were
represented
The committee on resolutions pro-
scented the following, which were adopt
/ ed without discussion;
| recognizing the Importance of the
influence of the family in its relations
| TO the church, this resolution is offered
for adoption by the conference:
Resolved, that the Importance of fam
| lily prayers cannot be too strongly inn
| pressed, not only in its influence on
the home, but also in that the instruc-
! tive influence of the home reading of
the scriptures with the prayer prepares
| the younger members for the better I'M
/ derstanding of the Bible-its study in
j the Sabbath school-and lays the foun-
! dation for the reception of the seed
! sown in the preaching service, and we
/ recommend to the members of the CON
| ference that all, both by influence and
/ example. adopt the spirit of the reso-
/ luton for their own home government
as we'll as its adoption by the confer
ence.
Resolved a.. that the duty be laid
on each pastor of presenting and deveI-
oping in his own parish the function
! and work of the home. (2) That one
half hour per day be devoted TO this
subject by the provisional committee
! in the next conference.
Resolved, that the thanks Of the con-
1 ference be extended to the Old South
church and its pastor for the hospital
ity given on this occasion.
,, IL.
/ happiness of the individual but the eff
ficiency of our churches and the peace
and prosperity of our communities arc
| vitally bound up with the purity of the
people, and, whereas, the League for
! the Protection of the Family has
! proved itself an efficient and thorough
i ly scientific agency for directing atten-
ton to this trust and for educating the
people to the profound importance of it,
be it
i Resolved, that the Worcester Central
conference heartily commends the work
of the National League for the Pro-
lection of the Family to the attention
and support of the churches.
The most important address OF the
! afternoon was that delivered by Rev.
Dr. c. NJ Lamson of Hartford. who
spoke on THE new appeal Of missions
/ At the conclusion of DR.. LamsOn's ad-
dress the conference gave him Il ris-
ing vote of thanks.
\ DIR. Lamson said in part: The world
! is experiencing a great awakening in
I four essential directons-in commerce,
in education, in naturalization, and in
religion Commerce is saying to the
i world. Open wide your doors, there
must be no part of the world that is
not in touch with every other. But
there can be no true commerce unless
i there he truth Christian truth All
| the successful commercial nations are
Christian peoples. They are successful