The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-11
WANTS A sign OUT.
DR.. Brady Asks That
Grace Church Spire
BE Lighted.
SINNERS WILL Be ATTRACTED.
Miss Louise Shepard viii
Open Evangeistic
Services.
SINNERS WILL Be ATTRACTED.

The trustees of Grace church will
meet Wednesday evening for consider
alton of a novel proposition. Rev. DR.
James Boyd Brady, pastor of the
church, wants an electric sign above
the belfry of the church, and directly
beneath the tower which projects into
the air above Walnut street DR..
Brady has received estimates on the
cost of erecting and operating an IL
Illuminated sign with the word Grace,
in letters three feet tall, and these he
will submit for the approval OF the
trustees.
DR.. Brady will lead soul saving
campaign, which will begin in Grace
church. Jan. l. and continue indefinite
ly. Meetings will be held every eve
ming except Saturday, and with the aid
of the incandescent light sign DR.. Bra
DIV believes that hundreds of souls will
find their way to the church and con-
version.
The evangelistic work will be of the
sort made world-famous by Moody and
Sankey, but the converts secured in
Grace church will be ushered into
church worship and Christianity under
auspices such as have never prevailed
in Worcester. Thursday evening, Miss
Louise Shepard, New York society
woman, who was converted about four
years ago, will begin the preliminaries
to the evangelistic work. Miss Shep-
ard is the daughter of parents of
wealth, and New York society was
shocked when she gave up its pleas
u-es.
She is a handsome woman of 80, and
was much sought in New York society,
after she had completed an eight-year
course of study in Europe. Her music
al education was liberal, and her adj
dresses on the evils of society life will
be interspersed with songs. She be-
came convinced of the frivolity of her
superficial society life and changed her
course. After conversion, she became
devoted Christian, and has since been
visiting the larger cities.
1t was of her DR.. Brady was think
ing when he wrote letters to friends in
this city, during his vacation in Maine
last summer when he referred to the
magnificent voice he had heard. While
on his way to Old Orchard, DR.. Brady
heard what to him was a new voice.
1t seemed to possess a strange, thrill
ing magnetism, and ii came from the
Methodist tabernacle, Where services
were being held. He was thrilled with
her singing and testimony, and after
leaving for home, he began communi-
CdLlt4S with utT, Mltn the result LlaL
she has been secured to visit Wor-
cester and give her romantic testimony
concerning her conversion from being
a gay society belle, into an humble but
rejoicing follower Of the man of Gal
lice.
Miss Shepard may be induced to con-
tinue her visit in this city until the
eyangelistic campaign is fairly under
way. DR.. Brady is arranging with
evangelistic singers in Boston and New
York to participate in the evangelical
services In Grace church. In three
months daily meetings in Boston, in
Peoples temple, Dr. Brady secured 800
converts. He does not expect the
number in this city to be as large, as
afternoon meetings will not be held.
The improvements in Grace church
will be finished this week The radiat-
ors have been in place for several days.
and heat has poured into the auditori-
UNI unchecked by ventilators. The
ventilation apparatus will be installed
today, and every equipment to the ia
bernacle will be in place for the evan
gelistic. work, except the illuminated
sign cleaning out above the belfry.
Favorable action by the board of trus-
tees will result in beginning the cree
ton of the 14-foot sign of incandescents
at once.