The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-01
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

events OF the week takes pace toue'S
at the First Unitarian Church, when 100
people will be added to the rolls of
the church. AS was stated exclusive
ly in The Spy last week, the unprece-
dented increase in the membership of
the church is due to the change re-
Gently made in the covenant of the
church, whereby certain objections to
signing the rolls of the church have
now been removed The ceremony of
joining the church will consist only of
the act of signing the covenant Of the
parish, and there will be no special ser
vices to mark the unusual event.
Last night the good old custom of
watching the old year out and the New
Year in. with a season of prayer and
meditation was observed at number
of the churches. The services of this
kind at the Dewey Street Baptist
Church included two sermons of an in
teresting and instructive nature. one by
Rev. o. F. Mallory, the pastor of
the church, and the other by Rev. DR..
John Holmes of the Adams Square
Church.
The Pleasant Street Baptist Church
will celebrate a season of prayer dur
ing the coming week. There will be a
| prayer meeting at the church every
evening except Saturday. The sub
lects of the meetings are as follows.
/ Monday, confession and thanksgiving;
! Tuesday, prayer for all churches and
| denominations; Wednesday, prayers for
! Worldwide eVangelization, for nations
| and their rulers, for home and foreign
| missionaries; Thursday, prayer for the
| city, the families and homes schools
and colleges; Friday, prayer for church
friends and acquaintances. The meet
lngs Will begin at 7.45 each evening.
| and last just an hour each. At the
! close of the Monday evening meeting.
| there Will be a meeting of the standing
committee of the church.
The ladies of Plymouth Church have
issued invitations to the members Of
the church and parish to attend a New
Years social to be given in the chapel
| next Tuesday evening from 7.30 to 10
o'clock. There will be music by the
church choir and the ladies of the ex-
ecutiVe committee of the Ladies Be
neVolent Society will Informally receive
the guests.
On Wednesday evening, the monthly
concert of prayer for missions of Plym-
outh Church will be held, the subject
being Spain and Austria DR.. John
{. Berry will lead the meeting.
On Thursday evening, the annual
meeting of the Plymouth Congregations
al Society (parish) will be held in the
chapel. 1t is expected that the meet
ing will be called upon to act on i'm
portant business.
The Whatsoever Club of the church
viii meet in the ladies' parlor of the
church on Thursday afternoon. The j.
Z. r. meeting comes on Friday at 4.15,
the subject being What new things
would you like this year," At 745 Fri
DAY evening, there VIII he a special
prayer meeting of the church to offer
petitions for Our country and the
work Of the church" The meeting win
be lead by Mr.. Willis f. Sibey. The
sewing class meets in the intermediate
room of the church on Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
A special collection TO meet the ex-
penses of the church was taken last
Wednesday evening, and more than
S3OO was realized. One week from to-
day, Rev. DR.. McCullagh will exchange
pulpits with Rev. Philip S. Moxom of
Springfield.
The coming week Will be a busy one
with the rector and people of St Johns
Episcopal Church. There will be many
meetings and rehaarsals of various ma
lures, including the meeting of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew tomorrow
evening at 73O p. m, and the Silver
cross League, Tuesday evening at 100
in the parish hall. On FriQay the
Epiphany will be celebrated with a ser
vice at 10 o'clock in the morning and
cohnfmatlon instruction IN the after
noon. Communion will take place at
st. Johns nOXt Sunday. At the request
of the bishop, the annual confirmation
or the church will De postponed this
year from Jan. 18th to Feb 5th. A
special and very interesting musical
service will be given this morning in
honor of the day.
The annual New Years reception will
be held at Pilgrim church touorroyv
evening at 7.30 o'clock. There win ba
music, refreshments and a general good
time. AT o'clock the Pilgrim Cadets
VIII meet Tor their annual election of
officers. On Wednesday evening. the
central committee of the church holds
an important business meeting. The
sewing classes of Pilgrim church are
hecomlng so crowded that it is expected
| that it will soon be necessary to turn
away new scholars. There is urgent
need of more teachers.
The annual meeting of the Pilgrim
church and society will be held on We'd
nesday evening, January II. There will
be reports from all the officers of the
church, and it is intended that these
reports be printed for distribution.
The coming week will be observed as
one of prayer at Union church. There
will be prayer meetings, beginning
Tuesday evening and ending on Friday
evening. On Tuesday morning at 10 20
o'clock, the executive board of the
Wcman's Association will meet with
Mrs futile. Next Sunday morning, the
pastor of the church, Rev DR.. John E.
futile, will make a report on the fin