The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . Worcester constitute the backbone of every philan-thropic effort. Directly or indirectly, they furnish the money for everyredemptive institution and agency in Worcester. Restoration, reclamation, and edification are the watchwords ofWorcester churches. Worcester people are a church-going compared with other cities of its size, our city is reverential and re-spectful in its attitude toward religion. As a result, its moral tone is high.*See sketch in Biographical Department. 286 THE Worcester of li Denominational li
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . Worcester constitute the backbone of every philan-thropic effort. Directly or indirectly, they furnish the money for everyredemptive institution and agency in Worcester. Restoration, reclamation, and edification are the watchwords ofWorcester churches. Worcester people are a church-going compared with other cities of its size, our city is reverential and re-spectful in its attitude toward religion. As a result, its moral tone is high.*See sketch in Biographical Department. 286 THE Worcester of li Denominational lines mark preferences rather than prejudices andprohibitions. Sectarian bigotry is rare. Unity in reform movements ispracticed. Divisions are lost in the consideration of important publicquestions. The denominational church life is marked by commendablezeal. There is emulation without envy. There is more of cooperationthan competition. An important and prominent feature of the church life of the city isthe Sunday school work. The past decade has witnessed an immense. OLD SOUTH CHURCH. advance on all previous periods in Bible study in Worcester. Sundayschools are conducted on a higher plane. New methods are adopted andzeal has immensely increased. While Worcester churches are inclined to be conservative, yet no-where else have the progressive features of modern church life had freerapplication. Organizations find splendid expression. The spirit ofinstitutionalism is rationally applied. The world-wide movementsamong young people have in Worcester vigorous representative bodies. The Worcester of 1898. 287 The Old South Church is much the oldest church organization inWorcester, antedating all others by seventy years. The early historyof Worcester is very largely the history of this church. Its presentelegant edifice was completed in i88g at a cost of $r60,000. Its mem-bership, the largest in the city, is 945.
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