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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1905
Page
7
Special selections from Fanny Crosby s 8000 hymns were sung at the Boston YMCA in tribute to the blind Bridgeport writer on the occasion of her 85th birthday. The assembly adopted a telegram of greeting to Miss Crosby asking God s blessing for many years to come.
Reverend Herbert S. Johnson at Warren Avenue Baptist Church urged Bostonians to study Fanny Crosby life and impact. He contrasted Crosby’s joy despite blindness with local unrest and stock-woe, urging compassion from employers toward the weak rather than profit.
Bishop William Lawrence at St Stephen's Church on Florence street urges Catholics to aid heathen in cities rather than abroad, noting children of God living amid urban heathenism. He spoke after confirming 47 people, the church's largest class in years, and later preached at St Andrew's Church on Chambers street.
The Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann of Orange New Jersey is to preach at Trinity Church in two services next Sunday while the vestry awaits his reply to their call for the rectorship.
Ella Rawls Reader, a Southern woman linked to Latin American revolutions and India rail contracts, speaks of Lipton backing and a Washington plot. She challenges rivals including lawyer Cromwell and Senator Morgan, vows to publish documents to prove a diplomatic plot against her and insists she remains a force in international affairs.
J B Ramsay a Middlesex county probation officer told a citizenship class at South Congregational Church that probation stands as a great crime preventive. He noted reform expectations, support for families, and that probation often helps curb drunkenness with regular reports and abstention from intoxicants.
At Bradley Beach Church Asbury Park New Jersey trustees set a 35 year age limit for accepting preachers. They threaten to withdraw church support unless age condition is enforced. Rev J E Lawn sent by the New Jersey conference may be asked to step aside for a younger man.
The private view in London drew fashionable guests critics and British artists who praised works by Cooper Herter Palmer and Keller. The exhibition runs through April 8 with standout pieces including Philadelphia Sky Scrapers Sorrow Open Book and Finishing Touches.
A mother wrote that her kids would drink Scott's Emulsion when she wasn't looking. The ad notes children enjoy it because it makes them feel good, looking fat and rosy. A free sample offer from Scott & Bowne, 400 Pearl Street, New York.
Hamilton W. Mabie spoke at Old South Church last evening on the religion of the man of letters. He said the writer speaks for himself and that literature is tied to religious expression through personal confession and temperament.
Newton Centre March 19 Reverend Dr. W C Bitting of New York spoke at a union evangelistic meeting in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He urged that the welfare of the soul is threatened by materialism and cited Reverend William Dawson’s recent success as proof that spirituality can rise from indifference when rekindled by living faith.
The Rev Avery A Shaw of Brookline declares he will not leave his Brookline parish despite considering a move to the Wlamer Road Church in Toronto. He cites the congregation's condition as reason to remain in his current post.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception hosted Rev John Scully S J presenting The Graces of the Married State. He defined marriage duties, fidelity, education of children, and religious formation. He condemned divorce and urged thoughtful engagement before marriage and parental consideration. The series continues next Sunday with Mixed Marriages topic.
The Rev. Dr. George L. Perin of Everyday Church Brookline urged pausing from overbusy life in a sermon on What to Do in Tent. He said Lent should teach reflection and stillness, noting the need to listen and wait to know God.
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