The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-15
INTERESTING MEETING.
Congregational Ministers Have Their
Semi-annual Conference,

OCHll-annu aI OOnTSre nee
"Coneio ct clercum," 1.-THE interna-
tional council and 1.-THE mind of the
Master for service" were among the
themes which lent interest to the semi
annual meeting of Worcester Central
ASSOCIATION Of Congregational ministers
at Plymouth church yesterday. There
We're about 80 in attendance, those
present being Rev Dr. Daniel Mer-
riman, Rev E. w. Phillips, Rev. E. NJ.
Chapman, Rev. DR.. Archibald McCul-
lagh, Rev. Sidney Crawford, Rutland;
Rev. Dr. ]. E. futile, Rev. C. F.
Scheff, Clinton; Rev. Samuel Cooper,
BoVlston; Rev. c. A. White, Princeton;
Rev ]. E. Dodge, Rev. S. A. Harlow,
Rev. H. e. Todd, Rev. E. R. Lathrop.
Shrewsbury; Rev. T. E. Babb, Holden:
Rev. A. H. Coolidge, Rev. w. w. Jor-
dan, Clinton; Rev Dr. Willard Scott,
Rev. DR.. Alexander Lewis, Rev. o. c.
Bailey, Rev. ]. E Hurlburt, Rev. Geo.
II. Pratt, Sterling; Rev. ]. H. Mat
thews, Rev. c. M. Pierce, Auburn; Rev.
George S. Dodge, Rev. b. G. Reid and
Rev. Dr. Eldridge Mix
The meeting was opened at 10 o'clock
by Rev. G. NJ. Pierce of Auburn, pres
ident. Rev. E. w. Phillips was secre-
tary. Rev. DR.. Archibald McCullagh
led the devotional service, and was fol-
lowed by Rev. ]. e. Matthews of Lake
view, who made an address IN 1.-THE
mind of the master for service" Phil.
II, 5. Rev. Mr. Matthews said in part:
Much has been said and written in
these days about the nature of the
Christian life and the qualifications for
Christian service, but no man since the
ascension of Christ has given us more
light upon the themes than ST. Paul
VINO has been styled the great thinker
of Christianity Paul fully realized
that the great essential in Christian
service is to be animated by the right
spirit, and out of his own triumphant
experience he could say that to have
the mind of Christ gives the light, the
wisdom, the power and the victory we
need, to live the best life and render
the best possible service to others.
The very first glimpse we get of the
mind of Jesus is when He left heaven,
with all 1t contained of brightness and
beauty for Him and took up his abode
in this in-benighted world In His
great condescension His inmost spirit
was most clearly revealed to us. An
other element in the mind of Jesus
which qualities for Christian service
is His conservation. He gave Himself
up wholly to His father. He made a
free will Offering of Himself In this
conservation His one great secret of
the highest life and service possible to
man. 1t is the true law of every right
life A third element in the mind of
Jesus qualifying us for Christian SER
vice is His love for souls His Jealous,
passionate longing to benefit others.
no
love. L also believe that in coming
from heaven to earth He saw sone-
thing in fallen, ruined humanity
worthy of his love. In Him love was
universal Throw wide open the doors
Of your mind, your heart, your life,
and invite Him in all the length and
breadth, and you may say with the
apostle, l live, yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me-
Rev. Sidney Crawford of Rutland
followed with an address on "Exege-
sis" President Pierce nominated a
committee on resolutions on the death
of Rev. E. S. Tingley, as follows: e. M.
Chapman, E. A. Lathrop, Shrewsbury,
and c. M. Pierce. On the death of Rev.
A. E. P. Perkins, President Pierce APP
pointed committee consisting of Rev.
Dr.. McCullagh Rev, T. e. Babb of
Holden and Rev. j. E. Dodge.
After a dinner served by Yeaw, there
was business meeting, at which re-
ports were read by DR.. j. e. Tuttie,
delegate to the state association, and
by Rev. q. w. Phillips, delegate to the
Andover examinations. Three minute
reports of the spiritual and other con-
ditions of the individual churches
Were given by the several pastors.
The last event of the day was an able
address on THE international council
its impressions and results" by DR..
Willard Scott. DR.. Scott kept his audi
ence of fellow clerics in a ripple of
laughter by his humorous descriptions
Of the appearance and manner of some
of the English brethren who crossed
the water for the council. He thought
that in polish and academic training
the Englishmen were the interiors Of
the Americans, but that the former had
a power, magnetism and grip of
their audiences that excelled the pulpit
oratory of the American clergyman.
After a discussion the meeting ad-
journed