The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26

is freshness. There is no excuse for a
man to be dull though he may not be
a philosopher. The country people re-
member bright things that some keen
men say better than they remember
deep thoughts. The country churches
run more in ruts than the city churches
and they should not. There should be
advertising in the country churches to
attract attention. This is not sensa-
tionalism; it is telling what is to hap
pen. Have notices put out when you
come to a community.
The third essential is work. There is
no excuse for laziness. A pastor with
a church of only 30, should work as
hard as the pastor with 500 or a thou
sand. Be alive to the needs of your
church, look into your own fields, not
to see how soon you can get out of it,
but how much. You have been praying
for the spirit. and it hasn't come. DO
not think God has been holding it back
from you, but think of how many have
been inspired by your patience Work
You Will get out Of a church what you
put Into it, and if you put work into
it, you will get results.
Brother in the little church. magnify
your position work on until the one
who gives rewards will crown you with
the praise for work we'll done.
REV. MR.. QUICTcs ADDRESS.
Rev. George w. Quick of Springfield
spoke on when ought the multiplied
ton of churches be encouraged" He
said in substance
Every case differs so much from all
other cases that it is impossible to lay
down any rule to cover ala cases. The
best that can be done is to lay down
some general laws by the aid of a joint
council of thought, and derive aid
There should be multiplication of
churches when the cause demands it,
when the people wish it, and when the
holy spirit directs it. This cause for
expansion exists when the mother
church has become so large and so
scattered that IL has become impossible
to give instruction to all its members
There is a great movement in the pop
ulation of the state, so that the large
bodies of the churches are becoming
very much scattered, The policy of
some conservative churches seems to
be to allow these scattered members to
go into churches of some other denom-
nations. But we are under no more OBJ
legations to make Baptists than we
are to take care of them.
There is sometimes a new field to
be cultivated by the church, and there
is need of a church in that new loeali-
ty. The worlds need of the gospel ex-
plains the gospel of grace. WeIshould
not build a church merely for personal
convenience, or because somebody has
become dissatisfied in the home
church. There must be a need for it.
The success of the Roman churches in
our cities is due TO the fact that they
organize in time. We have times over
been too slow to see the open door.
We should not build a church to COM
pete with church of another denom-
ination, but we must not wait until the
field Is already occupied
The local church must favor it for
two reasons, first to be willing to col
onize Though the parent church may
be weakened by colonization, the young
churches will be able to help it, Or let
there be Capitalization of the older
churches, if it is necessary.
And may not some of our churches
do well to wear themselves out for the
sake of younger churches which they
have helped into being? And there must
be Willingness to Cooperate
The third point is that of spiritual
guidance. You must deal with the holy
spirit if you are going to do church
work We cannot afford even in the
smallest particular to depend on our