The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-21
BIC CONVENTION
Congregational Min
listers to Meet in
No. Brookfield.
DR.. SCOTT TO SPEAK
Elaborate Program for Two
Days Session Ar
ranged.

North Brookfeld, April 2o.-The an
nual meeting of the Brookfield confer
ence Of Congregational churches will
take place Tuesday and Wednesday,
May 2 and 8, with the First Congrega-
tional church here, and the following
provisional program has been decided
upon: On Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
the meeting will organize and routine
business will be transacted. Then there
will be three-minute reports from the
various churches. followed by the dis
cussion, Congregational fellowship
its limits and it's manifestations" The
discussion will be followed by Rev. j.
F. Gaylord of Barre. An address will
be given on Porto Rico, our new field
for Christian work." by Rev. G. II.
Gutterson of Boston.
At 2 o'clock the report of the evan
gelical committee will be read. There
will be a discussion, 1.-TWO lost arts.
The first, Church discipline" will be
opened by Rev. r. ]. Kyle of Brim-
field. and the second, Personal effort
for conversions, by Rev. A. A. Brons-
don of Oklahoma. These will be fol-
lowed by another discussion, Present
perils of worldliness in our churches,
opened by Rev. w. B. Oleson Of War
rem.
At 7.SO o'clock the evening services
will be begun with praise service,
which will be led by Dana j. Pratt,
formerly of North Brookfeld, but now
choir director of the Old South church
of Worcester. The evening service will
be closed by an address by Rev. Will
lard Scott. D. D., Of Piedmont church,
Worcester.
The conference will open again Wed
nesday morning at o'clock, when the
reports of Sunday school and temper
ance committees will be read. There
will be discussion opened by Rev. =.
w. LOOMS of West Brookfield, on The
state dispensary as a substitute for the
saloon" Rev. George A. Hood of Bos-
ton. At 13O O'Clock w. G. Hamilton
of Ware will give an address entitled,
1.-THE Christian fathers privilege and
responsibility" A sermon, THE abun-
dant life" will be delivered by Rev. D.
Ia, Stone of Gilbertville. After the
sacrament of the Lords supper, the
conference will adjourn.
The devotional services will be in
charge of the moderator, Rev. A. b
Bassett of Ware. On Tuesday evening
an entertainment will be provided. The
dQQItSS ny LII. oNOtl 10 S<NSStt~0 ~ ~
feature of the conference. He writes
of it that 1T is the story of the little
white church at the country cross roads
together with its influence on the com
munity where it is set to live, an IL
Illustration of the benefcent activity OF
minister and his church when they
arise to the opportunity set before them
in the community"
The committed of arrangements is
chard and w. M. Crawford.
Word has been received here that
James Campion, formerly a North
Brookfield man, and the son of Mrs
Dennis Campion of North Main street
has just been elected an alderman in
Denver, Col. He received 600 votes ov-
er his closest. competitor for the office,
John Rusk, another North Brookheld
man is also in Denver, where he Is do
ing well in the grocery business.
Mortimer E. Howard of Bell street
has received a letter from Manager
Mackey of the North Adams base ball
team, offering him trial as pitcher.
Howard is not yet 20 years of age, but
has pitched winning ball the past three
years.
Most of his work has been done with
North Brookheld and the G. T. A. team
Of Spencer while he has also played
good ball for various teams in Worces-
ter county. With Catcher William Ber-
gen he made up a pony battery that
was hard to beat The young man has
not yet decided whether he will take
the trial or not. If he does he will
have the good wishes of all the local
fans who have admired his work here.
The newly organized base ball team
put in sharp practice yesterday and
are in readiness for the game in West
Brookfield Saturday. AS the North
Brookfield grounds are not yet in good
shape, Manager Frank Holland wants
a few more games out of town but will
give return games later on in the sea-
son.
that Prof William H. Quigley under
Vincent's hospital, Worcester, this
morning, and will soon be able to re-
turn to his home here.
Amos Fontaine of Forest street is
conyalescent after his attack of diph-
iberia.
The management of the Warren bas-
ket ball team sent word to North
Brookf1eld this morning that they
would play in East BrOokfield Satur-
day night and the game will take
place as scheduled.
Daniel Splaine has withdrawn from
the firm of H. Splaine & Co., and will
go into business of some other ma
ture.
Court North Brookfeld, F. of A, has
definitely decided to give its reception
Thursday night.