The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-30
REDEDICATION OF THE
CHURCH OF THE UNITY
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| power that rules the universe with
prayer and song. Our simple litany
| has the consent of all devout souls
| Our liturgy, for we have one, is the
liturgy in which the desire of humanity
+ for worship has in all ages found eX-
/ preston, prayer and song. All else is
mere form.
Prayer and song are older than
! Christianity itself, older than history
| older than the day when Agamemnon
| prayed to Jove. And let us thank God
! that whatever else pertaining to re-
ligion may have been affected by the
] evil passions of men there is no jar
! gon nor discord in the one song, and
one harmony which has been unbroken
from the beginning and shall continue
| in one song and one harmony till time
| shall be no more"
With a change of theme Senator
Hoar continued: THE habit of reading
the Bible is disappearing from our
households. If it is only to hear the
| Scriptures read it is worth while to
attend church. This venerated book is
beyond all question the foremost book
in all literature. If that were ALL it is
| the best and most ample teacher of
our noble English language.
1.-THE Had has been described as the
oracle of Jove. But the Bible is the
| oracle of an awake and living God. 1t
/ is the one most permanent as well as
the most sure entrance to the heart
and understanding of men.
I'VE have science and literature. But
| science is continually obliterating its
own past. One generation wipes out
as with a wet sponge. the work of the
| generation before. Secular literature
loses Its charm, with but very few eX
ceptions, with the generation in which
| it is brought forth. 1t cannot burst the
! letters of foreign tongues, nor, as a
rule, can it be translated. But the
Bible speaks as freshly to one age as
| to another.
Il am not speaking now of the in
SEPARATION of the Bible. In fact 1 do
means as the word is used by my
| theological brethren. But this 1 do
/ know. The Bible is contemporary with
every year. 1t speaks to us as freshly
| in our noble English translation as it
did to the Hebrews or to the Greeks.
| Those old stories of Abraham, of Lot,
of Isaac, of Rebekah, of Jacob of
Esau, the beautiful idyll of Ruth the
Psalms ofNDavid, the wisdom of Solo
mon, the great objurgations of Jere-
miah, the lofty aspirations of Isaiah,
| the triumphant note of Paul, the sweet
| allurement of John, the wonders of
the Gospels-in these the human note
/ of today is struck as no Shakespeare,
no Scott, no Dickens has ever struck
| it.
| IF YOU wish to acquire the art of
public speaking, to penetrate the souls
of iurymen. or TO move public meet
! ings. a court, or senate. Scripture
quotation is always the best thing to do
your work, You win find if The master
lkey to all doors.
Il WISH" Senator Hoar continued,
that people would bring their children
! to church again If NAV he tiresone
mons. but it is something thew will
never reproach their father and mother
| for when they grow M. think that
there should never he sermon
preached that has not in if at least one
sentence which a. bright small how or
girl will carry away with them "
Senator Hoar smoke briefly of tha mon
who have in fines mast stood in the
pulpit of the Church of the Unity and
| continued. 'If this parish has done
brave 1yor, in this civ If there have
gone ont from, these naUe mon who
| have done anvtbine il is because +bnv
cot lessons here Of a Sundav which
| thew did NOT forget In tha rest Of the
week IF these walls couId eneak thew
would he more sacred than anV Grove
! of Dodona
All The eood 1i+ertnra yood MANY
neonia oct y FER tbeI, Iaava scboo1 do
not snaak oF tba iIIi+era+a hut of h,,si-
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III ltseil, II Is Simply an oppol tuHltS
for righteous service without any man
gainsaylng II. me man VINO Is Tree Is
less ne taxes advantage OIL ms liberty
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men VINO slt IN the peWs now snoulu
have larger influence with thelr larg-
er means.
erous giving, Lei US learn 10 carry lne
lessons OF the pulpit lhto our IiVes. II
we 90 thls tneIl we nave Ihe rlght 70
Whlch our IaUhers sat
Dr' Hale Cheh reau phe following
poem Wr1tten by rev MI Phaieh' IN
memory OF MRS; Ailce Miller klce, the
ITeueulCdllOl Ol lne tnuTCH Oh the OIllly,
and and it was sung by the t audience to the