Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-20
LAST OF EARTH.
Funeral Services of Rev. DR..
Cutler at Union Church.
Many City Pastors Were in the Large At
tendance-An Eloquent EuIogy Pro-
nounced by Rev. Or. Gould.

Funeral services over the remains of
Rev. Ebenezer Cutler, d. D., were held,
"Wednesday afternoon, at Union Church.
1t seemed peculiarly fitting and appro-
pirate that the first funeral to take place
from the new and handsome edifice
should be that of Dr. Cutler For %
years he had been its pastor and shortly
after his retirement from active service
he was made pastor emeritus. Now that
ne has passed away, the last sad rites
took place amid the stately and impress
sive surroundings of the church, to
which he had devoted all the best years
OF his life
The services were attended by a great
MANY people. DR. Cutters long residence
in this city and his service in Christian
work had permitted him to enjoy not
only the acquaintance but the friendship
of many people. All those who could find
the opportunity were present to pay the
last mark of respect to the man they all
loved so we'll
The city clergy was very largely rep
resented. The services were conducted
by four local Congregational clergymen,
three of whom had been contemporaries
of DR. Cutler while he was serving his
passionate at Union Church. The fourth,
Rev. John E. futile, d. D., had come
into close touch with DR. Cutler as pas
tor of the church over which the de-
ceased had been pastor emeritus. The
other three clergymen were Rev. Daniel
Merriman, D. D., pastor of Central
Church, who came there just before DR..
Cutler retired from Union Church; Rev.
George H. Gould, D. D., who was pastor
of Piedmont Church during a portion of
the time that DR.. Cutler was at Union;
and Rev A. H. Coolidge, for 80 years
pastor Of the Congregational Church at
Leicester. Rev. w. w. Sleeper, the only
other local Congregational pastor in ac-
tive service here during DIR. Cutters pas
torate, was in the audience
The other pastors who attended were
Rev Archibald McCullagh, D. D., pas
tor Of Plymouth Church.; Rev. A. u.
Conrad, D. D., pastor OF Old South
Church; Rev George S. Dodge, pastor
of Emmanuel Church; Rev. John E.
Dodge, pastor of Adams Square Congre-
gational Church. Rev w. B. Oleson,
pastor of Belmont Church; Rev. Ell
City Missionary Society; Rev. e. w.
Phillips, pastor of Hope Church; Rev. c.
f. Simmonds, chaplain at the jail Rev.
Almon Gunnison. d. D.. pastor of the
First Universalist Church; Rev. M. H.
Harris, pastor of All Souls Church
Rev. A. H. Vinton, d. D., pastor of All
Saints Church; Rev. B. D. Marshall,
Church, and Rev. r. H. Byington, d. D.,
of Newton; Rev John Gregson.
Among the we'll known citizens of
Worcester who attended were Col. E. B.
Stoddard, =. A. GQodnow, Gen. Josiah
Pickett, George L. Sanford, Albert
Brown, James H. Bancroft, George j..
Newton S. Haywood 6. Hon y
Whitcomb, Ephraim Tucker, Jr., NJ. F.
Kelsey, l.. c. Muzzy, c. M. Dyer, Clinton
Afford, A. w Rose. Henry Goddard,
Willard f. Pond, Arthur E. Gray, o. B.
Hadwen, w L. Clark, and Others
Prayers were said at the late resi-
dence of DR.. Cutler, previous to the SER
vice at the church. The easket was
brought in by six young men, the hon
orary pail bearers, who preceded the
casket being four of the deacons of the
church They were: Deacons G. B.
Green, John r. Sinclair, A. e. Wilson
and E. G. Tucker. 1t was placed in front
of the pulpit and about it were large
punches of lilies and white roses.
The services opened with brief but
comforting prayer by the pastor, Rev.
John e. futile, after which the quartet
sang asleep in Jesus" The Scriptures
were read by Rev. A; H. Coolidge who
selected a portion of the 14th chapter
of John, containing Christs words OF
comfort to his disciples. The quartet
sang again, this time rendering Rock
of ages"
Rev. Dr. Gould pronounced a most
eloquent and touching eulogy. Dr.
Gould had enjoyed a long and intimate
acquaintance with DR.. Cutler, and spoke
with great feeling of the venerable pas
tors character and work. 1t was only
with che greatest difficulty that DR.
Could could at times express himself
without emotion. He said:
Influence, emanating from a human
life. is one of the most subtle and in
comprehensive things with which we
have to deal in this world. And yet
beyond a question, it is one of the mos
active and puissant forces to be found
on this footstool of the Almighty Mer
can weigh the stars, but influence is
imponderable Men can measure vast
stellar distances, but who can triangu
late the height and breadth and deptf
and length of personal influence or tel
us how wide it reaches or when it will
end?
Influence, like all the great forces Of
nature, is largely silent in it's working
Like the kingdom Of heaven, it comes
not with observation,
sit IS neither 6elf-asserting nor self
reporting. 1t does not hustle, crowd Of
iostle. 1t does not cry nor lift up, MOI
cause it's voice to be heard in the street
influence, moreover, to be lasting, mus
be borne of character and not of reputa
ton. Notoriety never produces it. i
can be generated only by volume of be
ing, and not by volubility of tongue
Like truth, character is always the
daughter Of time. Who can measure
mothers influence in her home? AnG
yet, that influence is gentle as the fall
ing dew, as unheralded as gravitatior
and as noiseless as the sunshine. Rober
Pollock said of his Course of Time"
1t has my mothers divinity in it, AnC
the modern miracle of Methodis1n hat
been often traced directly back to thu
mother of the Wesleys.
VINO can estimate the influence of al
able, scholarly, devoted pastor over {
large and influential church for q
years? Who can calculate the full sweeI
and orbit Of such a ministry and regis
ter the sum tctal of it's power as Il
filters through all external conditions
down to the deepest roots of persona
character, bringing every nearer face tt
face not with human, but with divine
standards of conduct?
DIR. Cutler was pre-eminently a char
acter builder. He was one of Gods mas
ter workmen in this city for nearly q
generation, He built not with wood
hay and stubble, but with gold, silver
and precious stones. He planted his
whole ministry unshrinl1ingly on Gods
book, and from this lnexhaustible quar-
ry he excavated vast foundation prin.
6iples with which he has underpinned
largely. even down to the present day
the whole domestic, municipal anC
spiritual life of Union Church.
'sIn the modern use Of the word, DIR
Cutler was not an organizer. He ha6
no gift at 'hustling.' He would have
c1tt only an Indifferent figure at the
head of a modern institutional church