Word: psalms
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vesper service in Appleton Chapel last evening was attended by a large number of students and Cambridge residents, who listened to a musical programme of unusual interest. The service opened with the anthem "Behold now, praise the Lord." Prayer was offered by Rev. Alexander McKenzie. The congregation read responsively Psalm xxvii. Mr. Geo. W. Watts of Boston then sang a tenor solo by Sterndale Bennett, entitled "His salvation is nigh unto them that hear Him." His singing is worthy of unusual comment. Rev. Phillips Brooks then spoke of the three notable visits which Christ made to the Temple: the first...
...Chapel was well filled yesterday afternoon at the Vesper Service. The Rev. Dr. Gordon conducted the meeting and after the reading of the nineteenth Psalm, gave a short sermon. He took as his text the incident of Mary being excluded from the inn prior to Christ's birth. He said if men would only consent to come into real contact with Christianity it would have the effect of an electric battery, establishing a complete sovereignty in their thought, interest, and being. The choir sang the anthems, "It came upon the midnight clear," by Sullivan; "Thus said the Lord," from...
...service was opened with Le Jenne's hymn "Jerusalem, the Golden," sung by the choir. After prayer by Dr. Peabody and the reading of Psalm CXLV, the anthem "O Clap Your Hands," was rendered...
Appleton Chapel was crowded to its utmost capacity, last evening, by a congregation who came to hear the Rev. Brooke Herford preach. He took as his subject the sacredness of law, and selected the text from the eighteenth verse of Psalm CXIX. He said that the sacredness of law was observable, primarily, in human affairs. All earthy conditions submit to law, else chaos and confusion ensue. Hence we should render a willing loyalty. Dr. Herford said that freedom was overdone in this country because there is so little reverence for law as law. Many yield to authority since they know...
...take place today in State Street Square. An oration is to be delivered by the Hon. E. B. Jackson and an address made by the Hon. C. F. Libbey, the response to which will be made by Mayor Chap man. A poem by Mrs. Carazza and singing of the "Psalm of Life" by school-children will complete the ceremony...