Word: 85th
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chapel was so crowded at vespers yesterday that many had to stand during the entire service. Rev. F. G. Peabody read the 85th Psalm. The beautiful tenor solo from Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise," sung by Mr. Ricketson, then followed. Rev. Dr. Gordon read from the twelfth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and on this based his address, on "The Irremediableness of Sin." However good repentance may be, it can never undo the past. Every act remains as a record. How deeply soever we may regret squandered riches, overtasked strength, neglected opportunities, as Esau regretted his pledged birthright...
President Hopkins, of Williams, gave a reception to the faculty and seniors of that college on Monday evening, the occasion being his 85th birthday, he was therefore presented with 85 roses...
Prof. Wolcott Gibbs was one of the callers on George Bancroft on Saturday, it being the historian's 85th birthday...