The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
Leicester Minister
Makes Review.
THE HONORED DEAD
Spoken Of in Glowing Terms
by Rev. D. C. Reid.

Leicester, Jan. S-Rev. D. G.. Reid
pastor of the First Congregational
church. preached his annual memorial
sermon for those who had been taken
from the ranks of the church and par-
lsh during 1898 by death. Twelve
members have died during the past
year, and these included several of the
oldest and most influential citizens of
the town. Only two were below so
years old-Myron w. Sprague and w
II Holbrook, and Mrs Lucy D. Thurs
ton the Oldest, was % years old.
The names. with date of death and
the ages, are as follows: Jan. IL, Mrs.
Lucy B. Thurston, aged Sc gears 5
months; Feb. l, Mrs Mehitable D.
Wh1tford, aged IS years; Feb. 10, Miss
Eidora E. Loring, aged So years, Z
months; April 10, Joseph Murdoch.
AGED ~ years, 10 months; April &c, Mrs.
Elizabeth L. Davis White, aged "a
years, IL months; May 4, Charles B.
Brown, aged 20 years, 8 months; Nav
r. Lory Sprague Watson, "a years;
May 80. Miss Hannah w. Chilson, "
years months; June 6, William w.
stone, 81 years, months; June 10, My
ron w. Sprague, 50 years, months;
June 10, Fannie H. Coggswell, rs years,
months; Dec. 81, Walter Henry Hol-
brook, IL years, 10 months
MT. Reld made remarks upon the
character and the life of the deceased,
the substance of which is as follows:
Those who have died during the
year 1898 We're almost all among the
last of the older generation, who lived
tore the era of electric cars and the
hurry and rapid change of the present
DAY. They were all marked by sterling
honesty and faithfulness to duty. They
TO a marked degree had that quality
Which alone achieves great things. and
makes nation great, a sense of per-
sonal responsibility for all the affairs
OF the community-politica education
al, financial and religious.
They did not surrender these things
t. professionals; they looked after eY-
erything themselves, and saw that all
was Wen done. And by the works
Which they have done, by the institu-
lions they have built, by their public
requests, by their impress upon the
present generation, though dead, they
continue to speak and bless the world.
The subject of Mr.. Reds sermon was
immortality The truth which he
deliberately pressed upon the mind was
that though our lives We're brief, yet
they were not Insignificant. They can
be rendered immortal by projecting
ourselves for good into the world
around US.
The man who builds a factory or
endows school, or builds O library,
or embodies his thought in books, con-
10 two INF, L,
long after his body has crumbled into
dust. All those who have died during
the past year have done this. And they
have won the two immortalities pos
sible to man, the earthly, in that their
works can never die, and The heavenly.
for through Christ they shall live for
ever.
The annual business meeting of tine
Worcester Leicester and Spencer lee
lief Association was held late Satur-
day evening. The officers for the ensu-
ing year are: President, Horace ].
Gravel; vice president, Everett Sweet:
recording secetary, Stevens; fin
ancial secretary, Fred Barrett; treas
urer, Clinton NJ. Larry. It was voted
that the president and vice president
with William Gage, be appointed
visiting committee. During The year
over $500 have been paid out in bene-
fits to members who were sick.
William Woods, Jr., Edward Woods
and Fred Gosler saw an animal on the
north shore of S4cgent's pond TODAY
which looked rather strange to them.
They ran across and found it was a
large Woodchuck that had become ra-
Their mixed as to the seasons. The boys
killed it and took it home.
The Topic Club will hold social
meeting on Tuesday at p. M, with
Miss Joslyn, Miss Capen of Spencer
will give talk on Village life in
Germany" and there will also be mu-
sic.
The Ladies' Society of the Unitarian
Church will hold their regular meet
ing on Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock with Mrs. Henry L. Watson.
Mrs. Harrington Howard and Charles
L. Davis are among the recent grip
victims.
Harry w. Casey is out again, after
being confined to the house for a week
with the grip.
Charles Hannigan has again become
conductor on the Worcester and Subur- !
ban.
w. E. Wickman, from the Park av-
enue church, Worcester, took part in |
the evening services at the Sanderson
M. E. church, tonight, and spoke and
sang in the Swedish tongue. The pas
tor, Rev. Alonzo Sanderson, also spoke. (
AT the Unitarian church, Rev. Ma
thaniel Seaver preached his annual ser
mon for the new year which he intend
ed to give week ago, but did not, on /
account of the storm.
The annual meeting of the First Con- |
or q oil xtrfII L..
day evening at 730 o'clock.
The Ladies Charitable Society will
meet on Friday afternoon at the church
parlors.
A special Mems league service was
held, this evening, at the First Congre-
gational church. The subject of the
sermon was: Heavenly Immortality,
or Johns Vision of the Redeemed The
following special program of music and
recitations was given: Hope Sub
lime" by G.. ID. Cur, Fl. H. Disco, vio-