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Yesterday afternoon in Appleton Chapel Rev. Lyman Abbott took for his text, "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said: The young man who asked this question is the type of many a young man of the present time who does very little harm but very little good. I decided to speak on this subject today because I thought that my voice might possibly reach such a one. I could not expect this class of fellows to attend the morning prayers or the Sunday service, but the Vespers are so pleasant I thought they might possibly attend them...
...Arizona Bishop Kendrick has to deal with Mexicans, who inherit the Romish church from the Spaniards; with the Indians, who were greatly in need of education; and with the English people who are also in need of missionary work. He urged Harvard men to join in the work in the West...
...anything so easy or so tempting. He offers to the world what the world, does not want. "Follow thou Me!" What does this mean? Do as I do; serve not yourself, serve the world. To this spirit the world opposes the precepts; blessed are the warmakers, for they shall inherit the kingdoms of the earth, etc., etc. The world does not want what Christ offers. The choir sang the following: "Sing of Judgment," (from Mendelssohn's "Lauda Zion"); "As now the Sun's declining rays," Barnby; "Abide with me," Shelley...
...congratulate Professor Dunbar as he retires, and the college at large, for the credit reflected directly and indirectly by the high journalistic stand to which this paper has been brought. The energy for which Mr. Lodge is famous, governed by the cautious temper which he must inherit from the former management, promise a vigorous future for this paper...
...gives the following sketch of Dr. Everett, who preached at Cornell last Sunday: "The Rev. Wm. Everett is a son of Edward Everett, and is said to inherit a very large share of his father's genius. Having distinguished himself at Harvard as one of the finest Greek scholars ever graduated from that university, he went to England and continued his studies in Cambridge. While there he became a member of the famous university debating-club, the Cambridge Union, and in that body, during that darkest period of our Civil War, when all England looked with sympathy upon the rebellion...