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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1891
Page
8
The Rev Dr Brooks preached at Trinity, urging that one must renounce worldly life to serve God. He contrasted Mammon with faith, extolled labor as divine, and urged dignity for workers while condemning idleness and class contempt.
Dr. A A Miner preached on Isaiah 9 6 at the Columbus Hyvyenne Universalist Church. He described peace as a moral spiritual condition, led by Christ the prince of peace, evidenced by civilization progress, justice truth and charity, and restoration of peace through gospel aid. Examples included a repentant prodigal son.
Professor J B Taylor spoke on Royal Solicitude at the Weston Y M C A Sunday meeting citing David and Absalom to illustrate divine graciousness. Cambridge and Somerville pastors filled pulpits as weather permitted with many churches resuming summer services and welcoming new pastors.
Rev J W Garton of Cambridge Baptist Church delivered a Labor Day sermon using John 5 17 to argue that work is honorable and beneficent. A large congregation listened as he stressed toil as a positive duty and social good in daily life.
The Rev Dr Thomas Kellen Thomas preached at Narvard Church Brookline after a London vacation. He opened with Mark 11:2 on Christ's presence in city and temple, urging believers to seek the divine among daily life, contrasting thoughtfulness with thoughtlessness.
A historical sermon emphasizes material views declining, the living force of electricity as evidence of unseen realities, and the need to trust divine presence. It extols faith over unbelief, notes Christ’s silent look as a moral moment, and recalls Jesus’ cleansing of the temple amid orthodoxy and bigotry. An informal reception followed.
The Rev S E Breen formerly of Trinity and Grace M E churches in Cambridge begins a movement to establish a new Methodist Society in Cambridge. He held meetings at Central Hall amid protests, with about 200 attendees. he plans a Sunday school and Bible class and seeks fifty communicants before organizing a church, taking his text from Matthew 9 35 37. He asserts open doors and no salary until organized.
The Rev. Dr. Potter of Lexington spoke at Second Church Dorchester about Joseph Neesima the Japanese educational reformer. Neesima, son of a Japanese prince, left school in youth to seek America, studied in Andover and Amherst, joined the Japanese embassy as secretary, preached his first sermon in Lexington, and later founded Japan's first Christian university.
Sealed bids for building Medford section 20 Everett Malden section 40 and Wyerett section 23 were opened by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners at Lincoln Street. Bids list amounts from major firms including Metropolitan Construction and National Construction with several contenders. Bids for section 40 were heard but taken under advisement.
City labor groups coordinate a large parade with 18500 expected participants led by Central Labor Union and building trades bodies. Units form on Boylston Street and Copley Square with a 9 am start and a planned review at Haymarket.
Captain Irish of Station 4 refutes a morning newspaper report that he issued a Sunday bakery closure. He explains grocers complained of kitchen groceries selling bread on Sunday to boost trade, and he authorized selling bread and baked beans with a plan to resolve next Saturday.
The advertisement from Paine's Furniture Company at 48 Canal Street offers surprising bargains in fine oak furniture. The notice urges shoppers to hurry, signaling a limited-time opportunity to inaugurate a new line with minimal expense this week.
The Wendell Phillips Association opens at 12 Washington Street near Hollis Street a union labor and social reform headquarters. It will host rooms halls and offices under a nonpartisan umbrella, managing reforms and renting 17 rooms and two halls to labor or other groups at 260 dollars and 34 per night.
Former governor Long addressed the Republican Editors Club of Massachusetts at the United States Hotel on Saturday, discussing press party relations. The club will now meet on the first Saturday monthly, with other Saturday meetings noted for the Boston Club and the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Union. One hundred second hand safes for sale by L C Morris & Co at 64 Sudbury Street.
The season nears its end in Eastern waters with many clubs planning fixtures three weeks ahead. The highlight is the Eastern Yacht Club regatta off Marblehead tomorrow with prizes for schooners and the 468 class, while steamer New York will follow the race from Commercial Wharf. Multiple races across Marblehead, Nahant, and Monatiquot districts unfold Saturday through Monday, weather permitting, with results kept for several classes.
The forecast notes continued coastal cloudiness with light rain likely in Northern New England, interior clearing and rising temperatures, and westerly winds. Southern New England sees clouds near the coast with little rainfall and a gradual warm-up. Tuesday shows colder fair weather. Weather synopsis details a coastal rain event from Virginia to the coast with light rainfall, notable at Norfolk and Wilmington, then clearing south of New York, with an anticyclone over much of the country and a general cold trend in the north.
An extra 2 PM matinee is listed at the Boston Museum of Art for Ye Karlie Trouble. Opening performances include The Power of the Press at the Globe Old Homestead at the Boston and My Jack at the Grand Opera. The County Fair at the Park adds an extra show this afternoon.
The Supreme Judicial Court held the owners of Ocean Park Hartford Park and Waban Park dedicated these spaces to public use before 1880 and that the public acceptance occurred by use, not by town action. The decision found the land company intended open parks for the public and that a deed did not reserve private ownership or private sale of the spaces. Decree for the plaintiff.
Wet Saturday limits cricket as B A A eleven defeats Pawtucket by six wickets while Brockton and Chelsea win. Lord Hawke’s team sails Sept 15 from Liverpool. discussions of a Boston match with B A A continue amid Lowell club disruptions and ground issues. Today’s fixtures include Somervilles against Albions and Chelsea against Lynns.
At the Saturday meeting the Horticultural Society elected four new members and chose twelve delegates to attend the American Pomological Society annual meeting in Washington from September 22 to 25.
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