The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-22
BAPTIST SOCIAL
UNION BANQUET
Rev. DR.. Anderson Of Providence
and Rev. Frank |. PhaIen the
Speakers at Pleasant Street
Baptist Church

The autumnal banquet Of the Wor-
cester Baptist Social Union was held
last night in the Pleasant Street Bap-
fist Church. The affair was attended
by 140 members and guests. The ban
quet was preceded by a social hour
from to o'clock. Following the re-
ception all sat down to the spread fur
nished by Rebboli. Music was by
Truda's orchestra. The invocation was
bv Rev George b. Lawson.
Seated at the head table were Hon.
j. H. Walker and Mrs. Walker DR..
Thomas D. Anderson, D. D., pastor of
Central Church, Providence, r. l, and
secretary of the Board of Fellows of
Brown University. Rev. Frank L.
Phalen and Mrs. Phalen, Rev. George
b. Lawson and Mrs. Lawson. Rev. A.
S. Burrows and Mrs. Burrows, Mr.. and
Mrs. George M. Wells OF Southbridge,
w. w. Johnson, Rev. DR.. Spenser b.
Meeser and Mrs Meeser, Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. Walker of Northboro, Mr.. and
Mrs MILFORD A. Bailey and Rev. T.
T. Filmer of Webster
The president, Hon. J. H. Walker,
made a brief speech of welcome. He
introduced Rev. Thomas D. Anderson,
DID, who spoke on Some Symptoms
of Danger in Present Social Condi-
tons"
The speaker said the greatest danger
is ignorance. When the report of the
assassins revolver sounded upon the
peaceful air at Buffalo and echoed
about the world, it was then that the
leaders in thought in this country real
lied the danger in lack of education
The speaker said he felt helpless, not
before the supreme power Of Provi-
dence, but in the presence of ignorant
men, for as he said, when we have q
reasonable antagonist we may hope
for something better; but what can we
do when confronted by arrant ignor-
ance and stupidity? The only solution
is to educate the human race and to
stand behind with a firmer support or
our public schools, the churches and
missions. There is danger in ignorance,
and the duty of the republic is to edu-
cate. There is danger in the signifl-
canoe of liberty People are attracted
to our country because of the liberty
of our land. But they fail to consider
that there Is a law of liberty as there
is a law Of life and Of society. When
you go against the law Of life You be-
gin to die.
Another danger is that of careless
Legislation. 1t is the business of legis-
lators to discover, to formulate and to
exact laws: not TO make them. The
laws of society are as old as the con-
stitution of society itself. 1t is for US,
to discover, recognize and obey the
laws of nature and to profit by them.
1t is one of the dangers to have men
in the Legislature who think they can
make laws.
There is danger in the concentration
If wealth and the disappearance of our
quality. There is slowly
coming into being an aristocracy and
he formation of classes. The ars-
ocracy of goodness is not unpopular
~ any means. But 1t is the aris-
Of wealth that is unpopular |
Money is appreciated because of it's |
value and every human ami |
nal knows what it is to be made com |
ortable. The aristocracy of wealth is |
Unpopular because it possesses some |
hing that everybody wants a portion !
#. The following were voted into the |
Mrs. S. B. Meeser, H. A. |
Wood, C. e. Parsons and Mrs. w. J. |
eddy. Rev. Frank L. Phalen, pastor of |
he Church OF the Unity, spoke on "A |
ook into the future
Rev. T. T. Filmer of Webster deliv- !
cred the benediction, and the exercises |
closed with the singing of Kellers |
American hymn.