Word: psalm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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When the guests had entered the chapel, the LXV Psalm was sung followed by Luther's hymn, "Ein Feste Burg," both of which have been sung at every inauguration in Yale's history. The inauguration exercises opened with prayer by Dr. Dwight, after which the formal inauguration of President Hadley took place. Dr. Twitchell's address was extemporaneous, consisting of a few simple remarks...
Professor F. G. Peabody conducted the service in Appleton Chapel last evening, choosing as his text, Psalm 85, verse 10: "Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other...
...Crothers, of Cambridge, preached last evening in Appleton Chapel, taking his text from the seventh verse of the nineteenth Psalm: "The law of the Lord is perfect...
Church service generally begins with a voluntary which should not be regarded as preliminary to the service but as an essential part of it. This is followed by some expression of union in God, which is in turn followed by a hymn of gratitude, often substituted for the psalm of the English service. In choosing the psalm that one should be selected which best expresses the reigning sense of the day. The minister's duty is to teach to the people something of the present will and way of God that they may the better perform their duty...
Bishop Vincent preached at Appleton Chapel last night from the text, "He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel," taken from the one hundred and third psalm. He said God has revealed himself to men by acts and not by words. People seem usually to think that the way God has revealed himself to us is by causing the Bible to be written, and thus many think that the Bible came directly from God, is divine, and is therefore infallible. Truly the Bible is God's word and was certainly inspired...