The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14

conference of the nations, now in seS-
sion at The Hague, the opening address
of welcome not a sentence was
spoken recognizing the greatest civiliz-
ing agency of the universe the influence
whose fundamental doctrine is peace on
earth? Mayhap because the Turk was
present a touch of politics restrained
the allusion to the cause of Christian
ity, or a fear of offense. The very ses-
sion of representatives. of the nation is
q memorable victory for the cause OF
Christ 1t was necessary for Noah to
send the dove from the ark many times,
after patient waiting between her mis-
sions, before the covers of the ark were
raised to find the waters receding and
the land dry.
So that great peace which is to en-
dure will come. We have no reasonable
justification for the belief that it will
come in our time, nor in our children
generation But as the dove first re-
turned to Noah before the final mission,
with a single olive leaf. so has our dove
returned with enough to encourage. The
skeptic cries that was is chronic; peace
can never be. The dreamer now is lis
tened to. When first the young czar
made his proposal he was eyed askance
with raised eyebrows. Had the propo-
sition for such a conference come from
the holy see at Rome it would have
been accepted. Statesmen were dumb
founded. 1t was the discussion of the
bourses and the council halls. After the
first shock innuedo was current 1t is
but a trick of Russian diplomacy. 1t is
a move to steal a march on the rest of
the civilized world. The sanity of the
young car was questioned and hints
of heredity insanity were thrown broad
cast. Such was the opinion of the mar
kets and the clubs.
But that conference is now in session.
Public opinion is setting in in favor of
the young cars dream. The scheme
may and probably will break down, for
the world is not ready for it. Gods
own government is a government of
all the forces, for nature herself is
Gods. It is but by using his forces in
some degree that we can wage war at
all. Yet war is waged. In the end, it
will turn out to be all for his Kingdoms
sake; he has the secret of the mastery
for wars and violence are but part
of the divine plan, drawn on so large
a scale that it is beyond comprehension
and beyond the power of temporary
setbacks. The art of war has been
studied, and will be studied, and it's
practice will make advance strides un-
til the last is learned, then will begin
the great unlearned.
At the close of the service, DR.. Hunt
ington renewed acquaintance with the
older members of the church, with
whom ne labored 20 years. He was or
dained and indicted into the rectorship
of the church Dec. 8, 1862. His minis
| try began in a little chapel which DIR.
Huntington once described as a
beautiful specimen of rural architect
ure, on Pearl street, erected in 1916.
When this edifice was destroyed by fire
ir 1874 and ground was broken for the
present magnificent home of the parish,
Dec. 81, 1874 In its erection, DR.. Hunt
ington was a tireiess worker
After declining various calls from
churches and to important offices in the
ecclesiastical bodies of the Episcopal
church, one of which was to the office
of bishop in 1874, DR.. Huntington ac-
cepted a call to the rectorship of Grace
church, New York, in 1874, which po-
sition he now occupies. His devotion
tc his charge was untiring, and this,
coupled with his published writings and
his activity in the councils of the
church, has made him one of the con-
spicuous powers in the communion.
His rectorship of All Saints church
destined a change in the entire episco-
pacy of this city. He found the
church weak. and left it powerful; he
found it poorly housed, and left it the
owner of one of Worcester's costliest
and most beautiful church edifces
He is looked to as the father of All
Saints church as she is today and his
friends in Worcester number hundreds
! beyond the realm of his former parish.
He received at the services yesterday
abundant evidence of the esteem in
which he is regarded in this city, and
he was greeted last night in the pulpit
which he occupied nearly ten years,
with silent satisfaction by an audience
which packed the church to the doors.