The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-28

of the Unity last night, Rev. Austin s.
Carver in extending the hand of fell
lowship to the new pastor, very neatly
| committed the Unitarians of Worcester
to the Trinitarian doctrine-in a GER
| tain sense.
THE Unitarians," he said, "were not
concerned with the metaphysics of the
Trinitarian belief, but in Worcester
with three churches, they might be said
to be Trinitarian, for we three are one"
Nc pastor was ever more royalty well
coined to new charge than Rev. Mr.
Phalen to the Church of the Unity. The
church is not great in the sense of be-
ing large in size, but it is great in in
1uence and in power for good.
Its membership includes many of the
leading lights in the intellectual, bust
ness and social life of the city. 1t is
church over which any clergyman
might be proud to preside. It's first pas
tor was the eminent divine and writer,
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., and
DR.. Hale was present last night to
preach the sermon of installation
The church was crowded to the doors.
So many wished to witness the ceremo-
ny that chairs had to be brought out
and set about the aisles. Not only was
every Unitarian church in the city rep
resented, but a number of prominent
citizens of other denominations were
noticed by The Spy reporters.
The two grand old men of American
Unitarianism, Senator George F. Hoar
and Rev. Edward Everett Hale made a
striking picture as they sat together
Though they may have reached the
sunset a
powers are undimmed and neither ev-
er appeared to better advantage than
last night while taking part in the in
stallation of the young pastor of this
church of Worcester Unitarianism.
1t is the character of such men that
gives one the idea of comparing Uni
tarianism with the temple of the golden
rule, with truth for it's foundation;
faith for its stones and pillars; hope for
the windows from which it looks out
ward and onward; charity for the dome
Gaping all.
In honor Of the occasion the pulpit
was prettily, but simply decorated.
Dr. Hale in his sermon, which was
mastery effort, spoke of the religion Of
the next century. 1t would be a
grander, broader Interpretation of
Christianity. UNCONVENTIONAL barriers
would be burned away and men instead
be engaged in the work of helping one
another
Every man is a son of God and God
is in every man, he said.
Senator Hoar in extending the well
come of the parish to the PASTOR gave
some interesting figures. The Church
of the Unity certainly has a record to
be proud of in every walk of life. Out
of "a mayors that have presided over
1Anr~ If he
Church of the Unity. 1t has been we'll
represented in political life, in the law
and in civic office, and these have been
men that never f1inched from duty.
Some people scott at Unitarians and
charge them with lack of religious be-
lief, but the members of the church
that distinguished themselves stood first
of all for character, and character,
Senator Hoar said, is the foundation
stone of the commonwealth and the
best that is in the commonwealth.
At the close of the exercises there was
a reception to the pastor in the parish
parlors. Rev. Calvin Stebbins late pas
tor of the church, who made the prayer
of installation, is the guest of Jonas G.
Clark and wife on Elm street.
The organ prelude, THE pastorale,
was rendered by Mrs. Carrie King
Hunt and Rev Bradley Gilman offered
the invocation. Scriptures were read
by Rev. George W. Kent of the South
Unitarian church, and the choir sang
Shellys tie Deum," which was fol-
lowed py the sermon.
DIR. HALEs SERMON.
Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale spoke
without using text and began by tell
ing of the pleasure it gave him to be
present at the installation Of the new
pastor OF the church. Fifty-three years
ago, when he was first called to the
pastorate, he said, this society was
formed of young men, active men,
young men with the courage of their
convictions and God on their side.
Il used to say Of Worcester in those
days, and l feel like saying it today
he said that it was a western town
set down in the heart of New England
1t was peopled by the same sort of men
who followed Cromwell, men who only
think of difficulty as something that
must be solved because it is a difficult
| ty
, Il should like to ask the question at
| the beginning, How is the next century
| going to handle the eternities, the es-
sentials of life? What is to be the re-
ligion of the new century? These are
the last days Of the old centuries, the
| closing days of the millennium of the
| founding of constitutional government.
| There must be better religion, simpler
I religion and more religion.
| standing at the Broad street station
! in Philadelphia the other day, l saw
one of the new locomotives with driv-
! ing wheels higher than my head, and
| huilt to make over so miles in 60 min
utes. and 1 could not help thinking Of
| the first time I saw the Meteor the
| 6rst of Stevenson's locomotives to be
| brought to America, and which was
| used on the road between Boston and
| Worcester As l looked at the giant
| that stood before me the other day,
| thought l could put the Meteor in my
pocket. This incident is a detail TO
show how much more power the COM
| ing millennium is going to use than the
| last. 1t needs more steam, more pow
or And how is this power TO be brought
| sbout9 There is more power in one Of
| the DYNAMO houses in Worcester than
| there was in all the United States at
the beginning of the revolutionary war.
| The changes brought into the world
Of man are evidences that it is world
| of God.
| AN English naturalist expressed his
| wonder to me not long ago, that was
a Christian minister, for he said he
Thought that Christianity had died
when Calico discovered the satellites
! oe Jupiter. one sort of Christianity
| did die then If you choose to tie your
religion up with any set of scientists,
| whose theories must die, then your re-
ligion must become dead. too. This is
what happened when the satellites OF