The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-25

the world is opposed to conservatism.
That spirit which will not care for the
history of the past, but rushes on to
the solution of
PREsENT-DAY PROBLEMS.
1t seems to me that the duty of the
conservative is to realize how great is
his opportunity. If he has truth, let
him not bring it forth in musty formu-
la. It is no time for him to give up
the battle. He has a duty to the pres
ent. He is to produce babies, not
mummies; life, not death. What the
people need today is life, living truth,
not the presentation of the past.
1t is the question now as to what is
living truth. God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten son." is
not a past dogma. Men are not inter
ested in the formulas of the past, but
in the solution of present day prob
lens, and if truths OF the past help
solve them, then they will be accepted
as such.
Though the scholarship of today is
liberal, yet there have been some of the
finest conservative writings brought
out during the past few years. When
we leave the seminaries we have never
touched the truth, we have only dab
bled on the outskirts. We never come
to the truth until we deive into the
book and realize the spirit of it.
l believe we need the scholarship of
the day to refute error. We are not
going to put down heresy by calling it
heresy. Error was only put down by
truth. All the new discoveries of the
Old and New Testaments prevail upon
the conservative man to present the
truth.
1t is the time to present the truth of
Jesus Christ in living words, worked
cut by everyday experience
DO we make the blood of Christ a
living fact for the salvation of man?
We dole out the book in dogma, we
load men with the letter, but we do not
present the truth of Gods ability and
desire to save man as living truth.
Is it true in regard to the doctrine
hell? Is it wonder that men stagger
at it? l believe that the Orthodox man
who believes in an eternal hell and
does not feel for humanity, has not
thought of what he speaks. I believe
that what the conservative man wants
is life, not letter. How can orthodoxy
continue to be liberalism and live? We
need new methods. we need new life
How many there are today who are
shocked by worldliness. How many
hate and curse the liquor man and
drunkard and vet can not control
their tongues. They have never known
what worldliness is, for they are
stepped in WOrldliness. Worldliness is
IN the life within, How many are
shocked at the indulgences of Chris
tlans ana take their own wealth and
hoard 1t instead of giving it to Gods
work
| believe that the world today hates
the church, that all classes have no
place for liberalism and churchianitv
put men and women who speak like
Jesus, when he said: "I am come ia
bring life and give it abundantly." Or,
to go farther, we might say: "I am the
nay and the truth and the life"
THE TRUTH
which we present is ourselves.
The great need of TODAY is that
truth may be given inits organic power,
not in its external she'll"
DEACON cHAPMAN's DEATH
Just before the singing of the HYMN
following the sermon, DR.. Graves an
nounced the sudden death of Deacon
George ". Chapman of fremont Tenn
pie, Boston. DR.. Graves left at once
Tor Boston, Or. B. D. Hahn of SPRING
held taking his place as moderator.
The treasurer's report followed next
IN order and was read by Francis T.
Hazelwood, showing the receipts for
the year to be $12, 1922 expenditures
81, $3.50, leaving a balance Of $1,000 "a
The permanent fund amounts to S57,
1926 ~ @'''
The report of the obituary commit
tee was read by Rev. c. M. Bowers of
CLINTON. There have been but seven
deaths In the conference during the past
y months, as follows Rev. Samuel
White Duncan, D. D.. Rev. Isaiah K.
Carpenter, Rev. William Lovelace. Rev.
Joseph c. Foster, D. D., Rev. Charles
William Reding, Rev. Henry G. SAT-
ford, Rev. Daniel Round, A. S. Gum
part, ID. D. This report was seconded
and the report of the committee on an
polntments was called for, and the fol-
loving appointments adopted Essayist,
Rev. f. w. Bakeman, Chelsea: alter
nate Rev. II. S. Johnson, Boston:
preacher, Rev F. S. Weston, Natick:
alternate, Rev, S. B. Meeser, Worces
ter.
The following obituary committee was
appointed by the moderator: Barnsta
bic, c. w. Williams; Berkshire. ]. d
Bigger; Boston north, r. o. Sherwood:
Boston south, c. r. Bowers; Boston
east, H. o. Hiscocks; Boston west, Rob
ert L. Webb; birmingham, F. T.
Whitman; Franklin, c. S. Pease; Mer-
rimac river, S. T. Ford; Miller's River
James ShiDman; Old Colony, D. r.
Wyman; Salem, J. q. Norcross; Taun-
ton, 0. ]. White; Wachusett, Fred Rec
tor; Westfield. J. c. Breaker; Worces-
ter, G. M Bowers.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Owing to the absence of any member
of the nominating committee, it was
moved that the board of directors of
last year be reelected with power TO
fill all vacancies in It's own body and
in the general officers. The list of Off
GERS is as follows Rev. B. D. Hahn.
president; Rev. C.. B. Turner, secretary;
Rev. F. T. Hazlewood, treasurer; board
Of directors, Revs. H. o. Hiscox, II. s
Johnson, F. 3. Greul, D. D., Rev. 7
P. Abbott. D. D., ]. G. Foster, D. d..
II. 7. DeWolf, A. M. Crane, C. S. Pease,
c. T. Morgan, E. o. Taylor, ]. K. Rich
ardson, F. L. Wilkins, D. D.. j. s.
Swain, Frank Rector, G. C. Baldwin.
Jr., A. j. Hopkins; auditors, Rev. q
II. Spalding, D. D., Rev. j. w. Brig
ham,
The following resolution was offered
by Rev. George f. Horn, d. D., witor
OF The Waterman:
Resolved, that this conference de-
clare its conviction that strict CON
formity to the New Testament rule of
marriage and divorce should control the
discipline Of our churches and the nrac-
tice of our preachers in the solemniza-
ton of marriage
This was carried after a little dis