The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

The membership of the church has in
creased in remarkable manner dur
ing DR.. Holmes pastorate, and so rapid
has been the growth since he assumed
the feins of government, that alrea 5y
the need of larger church edifice has
been realized, and is being talked over
among the members Thus far there
and no formal action taken. but before
many years have passed, the church
will undoubtedly be occupying a new
church edifice that will be a credit to
the section of the city in which it win
stand, and powerful aid to the church
body itself in carrying out its work.
/ The present church structure, al
though shortly to be outgrown, is byI
mo means an unworthy unit in the long
list of Worcester houses of worship. In
location, it is especially favored, be-
ing a very desirable site at the corner
of the main thoroughfare, and a pretty
residential street. In architecture. It'll
is modest but substantial, and extreme
ly tasteful structure of wood. Since
its renovation. the interior has also
been made handsome and convenient
church home, with all the modern ac
ceSsories.
The societies of the church are those
which are commonly found in organi-
cations of the denomination. They are
uniformly ACTIVE in their various
spheres, and are worthy assistants to
the pastor in his labors The Ladies'
AID Society has been a great factor
in the recent removal of the debt of
The church. 1t is differed by Mrs. D.
w. Hoyt, president; Mrs. Vienna M
Dean, vice president; Mrs. Emma Cod
dard, treasurer; and Mrs. E. L. HUB
ley, secretary
The Ladies' Missionary Society is the
union of two societies 1.-The Home and
the Foreign. The officers of each So
ciety are the same, and the work of
each is done under their common dlree-
ton. The society does extensive work
in the section Of the city in which the
church is located besides being affil-
lated with the general missionary work
of the denomination, both in the for
eign fields of Africa and India, and in
the western states of the home coun-
try.
The officers are: Mrs. Charles f.
Rugg, president; Mrs. ]. S. Holmes.
vice president; Mrs. Vienna NJ. Dean.
treasurer; and Mrs. Matilda Taylor,
secretary.
The Sunday school of the church is
very active and thriving one with a
| large attendance, both young and old
| The superintendent at the present time
is e. H. Park, who has as his assistant
| Frank Pearl. G. G. Paine is the sec
rotary and treasurer.
The Christian Endeavor Society takes
| in the young people of the church with
| almost no exceptions. 1t is under the
able leadership of Miss e. Christine
Hoyt, its president.
The officers of the church itself are
as follows: Moderator Edwin H. Park;
treasurer, E. G. Holton; clerk, Edwin
w. Cutler; standing committee, W. r.
| Dean, S. S. Butler: finance committee.
c. F. Rugg, e. c. Holton, E. L. HUXLEY,
| P. w. Wood and e. c. Chaffin; music
committee, Miss Martha Goddard, p.
4 W. Wood and Frank Pearl.
I The pastor of the church, Rev. DR..
John S. Holmes, is man of the most
marked ability and one who has in the
past had charge of churches many
times larger than the one which his
sense Of duty combined with his love
for the New England home of his boy
hood has induced him to become the
pastor of in this city. He is man of
remarkable executive ability, as his
. record already made here shows: his
powers Of thought and his gifts of pull
Dit oratory have already become too
well known in Worcester to require
an extended comment.
DR.. Holmes was born in Maiden and
, lived there until the age OF IA, when
he removed with his parents to Boston
and there spent three years IN the dry
goods business and one and half
Years in the Suffolk National Bank. He
, prepared for college in Pierce Acad-
envy, In Middleboro, and obtained his
collegiate training in Brown Univer-
, sity. from which he graduated IN the
, class of ga. He was graduated three