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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
8
This sermon outlines Moses and Aaron confronting Pharaoh with Israel’s call to serve God, the looming final plague, and Pharaoh’s hardened heart. It explains the nine previous plagues, the redemptive distinction between Egyptians and Israelites, and the ultimate declaration of God’s name through wonders and mercy.
Rev S H Doyle urges balanced use of gifts from God with accountability. Those gifted must avoid neglect or misuse, as greater talents bring greater responsibility. Emphasizes living as light through good works to glorify God and influence others. Includes prayer meeting and Bible readings for Dec 8 week.
The Christian Intelligencer asserts that God supplies true necessities rather than desires, often opposing worldly wants. It emphasizes God’s fullness as source of strength, wisdom, and mercy, meeting human inadequacies with divine sufficiency and grace.
The article argues that Christians must align conscience with God’s will through Scripture and the Holy Spirit. It states that true conscience guides action only after training by revelation, and urges Lutherans to be diligent in knowing and applying conscience as a rule of life.
A compact quotation attributed to General Gordon stresses the gospel as total forgetfulness of self and the complete denial of world praise or judgment, presenting a disciplined, anonymous insight into spiritual humility.
Quotation by Canon Farrar asserts there is only one real failure in life failure to be true to the occasion. It emphasizes using the moment rightly and living with integrity, urging steadfast adherence to the situation at hand.
Poetic couplet praising steadfast love and enduring care. The Countess asserts that despite infrequent smiles, true affection remains constant to the end, celebrating loyalty and healing through wounds.
A long column enumerates Sunday services for numerous churches in Chelmsford area including First Church of Christ, Scientist. Central M. E.. St. Anne's. St. Patrick's. Universalist. Unitarian. and other denominations. Details include service times, Sunday schools, youth meetings, and special observances at venues on Chelmsford and Gorham streets, Central Street, and nearby roads.
Miss Annie Brown and Gerry Glover were arraigned in South Framingham on charges of larceny from Franklin A. Stone's Holliston residence last August. Glover testified that he held the goods, later claimed to have left them in his hen house by Brown, who said they were stolen. Brown admitted seeing silverware in court but denied knowledge and said she last saw Grover July 26 or 27 at the depot and shop. Court held probable cause. Glover bound over for $500 and to appear at the next term. Also notes of deaths, Thanksgiving services, visitors, Grange meetings moved to Tuesdays in 1902, and a steam roller arrival for State road work.
Miss Ruth Bennett daughter of Mrs Theodore Bennett of Weston married Brenton H Dickson Jr of Weston in a ceremony led by Rev Cyrus W Heizer with Rev Chas F Russell assisting. Attendees included Sophie Bennett, maid of honor, and several Weston Wayland Boston guests. A private reception followed at the bride’s mother’s home. The couple will reside at Ivy Abbey in Weston.
Carlisle observed Thanksgiving with a morning service at the Baptist church led by Rev. Bernard Coppings of Acton Centre. Attendees included Mrs. Carrie A. Nye and daughter Mamie from Boston, and Mr. Oscar Needham and family from Arlington visiting Mr. Osman Needham. A Y P S G social followed in the vestry with piano solos, readings, and songs by local teachers and Miss Hattie E. Smith, with ice cream and cake served.
Thanksgiving activities in Graniteville included a hockey game on the mill pond with three inch ice and a 11 to 0 football win by Westford over Littleton. Local incidents included a night burglary netting $55, two watches, a gold ring, twenty bags of flour and grain, and a hunter recovered a satchel used to haul the loot. Stone contractor Thomas Rafferty donated a stone base for a St Anne statue at St Catherine's church. Out-of-town visitors included Fred Winchell of Beverly and Mr and Mrs Percy Blood of Boston. The M E church Ladies Aid fair will be held in two evenings next week with musical quartets.
The Groton farmers and mechanics club plans a four grand concert and ball in the town hall on Friday evening December 18. Deacon and Mrs Alva Wright observed their 60th wedding anniversary on Monday November 25. They wed on Thanksgiving Day that year the 25th. Deacon Wright, a vigorous older man, has nearly finished building a fourth dwelling on Champney Street and has the well for the last one nearly ready to begin laying the stone. He said on Saturday he reached water but kept digging a few feet further to ensure a solid source.
The Wakefield count of smallpox cases grew to five on Tuesday after Mrs. Dana Dudley, wife of the inventor of the Dudley pneumatic gun, was identified as a patient. She has not left town recently and was recently married.
In Littleton Common the Orthodox church held a mis sions program on the first Sunday evening each month with singing readings and offerings totaling nearly 16. Thanksgiving Day marked the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Chamberlin with a family gathering. A flock of wild geese preceded a cold spell. Mrs. Emma S. Dutton led a Christian Endeavor meeting on December 6. Visitors at the Unitarian church included Miss Grace Hammond, Mr Hewatt, and Mr and Mrs Ernest H. Lee, while chickadee songs persist despite the cold. RK
Word arrived from Beresford Saskatchewan where Rev John J Henchey died after a pneumonia illness in his first assignment since being ordained in June He celebrated his first mass in Woburn at St Charles church and was a Woburn native who studied at local schools Boston College a Baltimore preparatory school and a Niagara Falls theological institution.
The West Chelmsford debating society will convene next Saturday evening December 7 with violin by Fred A. Snow and singing by Rev. C C Hiller. The debate favors a short term for town officers with Edward Olney Arthur Mallalieu for and Loren J Ellinwood William R Taylor against. Also noted are a Thanksgiving football win for Westford 11 to 0 over Littleton at Ayer, and upcoming farmers institutes and grange meetings in Tyngsboro Lowell and Westford.
The Women’s Alliance of Billerica sent reading material to Capt. and Mrs. Burke at the Isles of Shoals lighthouse ten miles at sea. The note from the couple reveals a touching home life marked by loyal affection and duty to their two young children despite winter isolation and demanding duties.
Letters from Isles of Shoals report delays due to rough seas and a sick child treated ashore. Captain Burke praises his wife's care during illness and gratitude for books sent. Local obituaries, church events, guild notes, and historical society item mentions follow, including updates on Miss Viola Sanborn, 1901- era sermons, and community notices about Nantucket author C C Hussey.
Obituary reports Mrs Mary B Abbott dies at 84 widow of Ansel Abbott with two daughters and a son. Funeral held at her home with Rev I G Miller officiating. Thanksgiving exercises by local schools praised. Arion club concert drew crowds in Warner course. Clarence Patch burial noted. Snowstorm disrupts town and a sale at Wetherbee house listed among other notes.
Prices from Mung & Co. grocers J B Cover & Co. flour grain D W Horne & Co. coal Killpartrick Bros. fruit F E Putnam 15 Prescott street ash provisions and vegetables.
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