The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-10

tereSt OF the churCh IN lne Welldlc VI
the working man." He stated that De
fore he became a minister he had been
a day laborer, and thus he knew both
sides of the life of the different classes.
He said the church must ever become
a partisan society and that the chufch
that excludes any class excludes CHRIST
with that class, The church must take
a special interest in the Worklngmah
because they form the most numerous
class The afternoon opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr.. Stewart The topic
for the afternoon THE Christian nur-
ture of children" was taken up. Mrs.
Willard Scott of Worcester read a pa
per dealing with the part in the train
ing of children. which should be done
in THE home" She gave a very clear
account of her side of the question and
was literally applauded.
After this address unfinished busi-
ness was taken up. Rev. A. H. Conrad
of Worcester read the report of the
committee on resolutions.
Dr. Conrad read a copy of resolutions
drawn up to express the feelings of the
conference at the death Of Rev. George
H. Gould, and they We're adopted by
unanimous rising vote. Rev AleXan-
der Lewis offered prayer after the vote
The resolutions, which will be spread
upon the records and presented to the
family of DR.. Gould, were as follows;
Whereas our divine Father has called
to the blessed reward of the faithful
our beloved brother, Rev. DR.. George
H. Gould;
Resolved, that the Worcester cen
trail conference records its deep sense
of bereavement and herewith expresses
| it's deep sense of gratitude to Almighty
God for the large contribution made
| by our deceased brother to the wis
! dom, courage, hope and prosperity of
| the churches Of this conference and of
| the kingdom of God.
I'VE recognize that we have lost an
| able counselor, a teacher of rare in
sight, devout spirit, and discriminating
| judgment, and a preacher Of right
eousness who, for commanding elo-
quence chaste rhetoric, burning con-
victions and convincing logic stood
| among the foremost men of his day.
In personal life, vigorous in thought
and feeling, tender and sypathetic,
while ever exhibiting a manhood Of
! virile type, he embodied in unusual de-
gree the spirit of the gospel of Christ,
| of which he was such an able minister
and expositor.
Loyal to the Bible, to the Christ of
| Calvary and to the church of God, an
! advocate of every important social and
moral reform; on great public ques
| tions loyal to convictions, and true to
| truth, he builded himself lastingly into
our civic and religious institutions, and
left a blessed record of an illustrious
| life
"Admiring his manifold virtues and
| grateful for the inspiration of his
noble life we await expectantly the
blessed reunion in the home above,
where a sweet fellowship, temporarily
| disturbed by death, will be permanent
ly restored.
"To our beloved sister, Mrs, Gould,
and all the sorrowing relatives, we ex-
! tend our sincere sympathy in the hour
| of their affiiction and sorrow, and re-
| joice that their bereavement has
sweet relief in the full assurance Of
the peace rest and joy of the beloved
| one who goried above all else in the
| cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
| Resolutions were also adopted, eX-
pressing the appreciation of the visit
| ors for the kindness and courtesy
| shown them in Leicester and thanking
those who had addressed the meeting.
1t was also voted that the conference
recommend that the plan of charging
nominal fee for dinner should be
continued.
Another resolution was passed, on
motion of Rev. j. e. futile, seconded
by Rev 7. e. Babb, recommending that
each church should pay the expenses
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the association.
Rev. w. w Jordan read the report
of the nominating committee, and it
was accepted. The following were
named For member of provisional com
mittee. Charles NJ Smith, Worcester;
auditor Clinton NJ. Dyer; statistical
secretary. Rev. #. q. Babb of Holden
delegate and alternate to the general
association, George /. Newton of WOr-
cester and Rev. {. NJ. Pierce of Au-
burn; committee on home missions,
Rev. r. NJ Taft of Worcester, Rev.
e. NJ. Phillips Of Worcester Hon. Chas.
A. Denny of leicester
Committee of Sunday school work, H.
c. Brown, Old South, Mrs. NJ. P. Hig-
gins and Paul 3. Morgan, Worcester;
committee on Y. p. S. c. e., George r.
Copeland, G. Frank White and Rev.
E A. Lathrop of Shrewsbury.
The committee on credentials report
| ed that 28 out of 81 churches were rep
resented by delegates. There were
present seven presidents and thirteen
| delegates from Endeavor societies,
eight Sunday school superintendent
/ and thirty-three Sunday school dele
gates, twenty-five acting pastors, three
| otherwise employed, and siXty-tWo del
| egates, a total of las.
Mrs. L. w. Cutler, superintendent of
the Central church Sunday school, read
\ a paper on christian nurture OF chill
dren in the Sunday school" Princi-
pal z. E. Thompson of the Ledge street
school. Worcester, read a paper on
Training in morals in the public
schools" Rev A. w. Hitchcock of
Newburyport read a very able paper
entitled THE pastor and the children"
| The papers were all excellent, and the
audience left with a clear idea of the
| different phases of the subject as dis
cussed by experts.
| on motion of Rev. e. w. Chapman it
was voted that the provisional commit
tee be authorized to appoint delegates
| to the national council to be held in
Boston in September, with power to
give credentials. A hymn was sung
and Rev. ]. e. futile pronounced the
| benediction.