The San Francisco call., 1913-08-06
AGED GLE ERGYMAN
PASSES To REST
Rev. Joseph Worcester, Swe-
denborgian Minister, Dies
at Advanced Age
Friend of Orphan Boys and
Well Known in City for
Good Deeds

The Rev. Joseph Worcester, for 40
years pastor of the Second Swenden-
borgian church of San Francisco. died
1880 Vallejo street, on the crest of
Russian hill. overlooking San Fran
cisco bay and the city which he we'll
loved. A man endowed with a rare
gift of sympathy and friendship, Mr.
Worcester has left an indelible trace
on the city in which he lived quietly.
s'nodestiv and in studious seclusion
ne noIsief aspects of its life.
s. faiie a3s GOOD y 8 ks are incalculable,
PATS most aract sci vice was that rem
6ersd dtfr.Rg the last 80 years or more
80 5rph Il bays whom he assisted to
secure eaus S3tca nd a footing in the
ssstcn ofherwise would have
EH1 HoME BeH BOYS
Eee esures he left which can
.le. - assso0 iatea from his name are
the beautiful church at Lyon and
Washington streets, which Mr..
Worcester planned with A. Page
Brown, the architect. and the home
of the Society for Helping Boys at
Mariposa and Utah streets. used for
lodging place for boys he started in
life work. The practical nature of
this association under Mr.. Worcesters
leadership made it possible for him to
secure whatever funds were neces-
sary for the maintenance of the homes
but it was his plan that the institution
should not be charity, but should
have for an object making the boys
under its direction self-reliant and
self-supporting.
During the illness of Mr. Worcester
- IL i<ar
of Bruce Porter. the artist, who Will
continue the founders work.
The church of the Second Sweden
borgian society or the Lyon street
Society of the Church of the New Jer-
usalem. is az embodiment of Mr.. Wor-
cester's architectural ideals.
SELECTED CHURCH TIMBERs
He selected the timbers for the
building in the redwood forests of the
Santa Cruz mountains and interested
the lumbermen so deeply in his plan
that they transported the material by
team from the forests to San Fran
cisco, not wishing to hazard it on
railroad journey. The church was built
in 1895. Features Of the edifice are
the stained glass windows designed by
Bruce Porter and paintings by William
Keith, one of the closest friends of the
clergyman.
ham, Mass, a suburb of Boston, II
years ago last May. He was edu-
Gated in Harvard university and was
in his youth an associate of the lit
erary coterie of New England. An in
innate OF his early manhood was a
son of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
the poet. In 1863 Mr.. Worcester came
to California on the sailing ship Golden
Gate. Later he returned to Boston
and was ordained Swedenborgian
clergyman. He came to California
q gain in 1856 and since that time had
lived almost continuously in San Fran
cisco. He was a member of a family
of Swedenborgian clergymen.
WAS NEVER MARRIED
He never married and his two broth
ers died before he did. A niece, Mrs
Ann Kidder lives in Berkeley and a
nephew, DR.. Alfred Worcester, came
from Boston to San Francisco to treat
the venerable pastor in his last days
The funeral will be held today at
o'clock from Mr.. Worcester's church.
The services viii be read by s. s.
Seward Jr.. a member of the congre-
cation, who has been conducting the
services since Mr.. Worcester's illness,
which began 10 months ago
DR.. A. c. Moore, the Osteopath, has