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...Smith of Trinity Church, Boston, conducted a short Episcopal service in the rooms of the St. Paul's Society last evening. Rev. Mr. Smith did not choose a text for his sermon but spoke on the qualities of a true gentleman. He said that the Episcopal clrurch had been accused of being a church for gentlemen. He hoped that this was true, and that the members were all gentlemen in the true sense of the word. A gentleman must scorn everything dishonorable. He must lead a spiritual life through faith in Jesus Christ. He should study Christ through the Bible...
...weekly service in Appleton Chapel was conducted last evening by the Rev. Theodore C. Williams of New York. He took for his text "The way of the transgressor is hard," and endure hardness as the followers of Jesus Christ. He said that the difficulties into which our sins bring us are not invigorating but destructive. Life is a series of petty skirmishes not for ourselves but for others. The choir sang the following selections: "Lord of all power and might," Mason; "The Sun shall be no more," Woodward; "Lovely appear over the mountains," Gounod...
...weekly service at Appleton Chapel last evening was conducted by the Rev. Theodore G. Williams of New York. He chose as this text the first and second verses of the one hundred and thirty ninth psalm, "Thou hast me searched and known; yea all my thoughts afar to thee are known." The worldly estimation of character he said, is made by expert judgment; but God alone knows man's true character. The choir sang Gilbert's "A wake thou that sleepest," Selby's "I will magnify thee," and "As now the sun's declining rays," by Barnby. The service closed...
...service at Appleton chapel last evening was conducted by Dr. Francis G. Peabody. He took his text from the eighth chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans, the nineteenth and twentieth verses. He spoke of the element of personal responsibility which underlies and controls development, considering the thought in its relations to home, to society, to government, to the university life, of which we are a part, and finally to man himself. The choir sang Hopkin's anthem, "Lift up your heads," Stainer's, "Blessed be the Man," and Brown's "Thy sun shall no more go down...
Last evening the first of the Sunday evening services for this year was held in Appleton Chapel, The service was opened, with prayer by Dean Lawrence of the Divinity school, followed by a portion of the scriptures and prayer by Dr. Peabody. The sermon, on a text taken from Proverbs, was delivered by by Rev. George A. Gordon. Mr. Gordon spoke mainly of the tendency which exists in most people, when surrounded by difficulties, to wish the difficulties removed rather than to try to gain strength to overcome the difficulties. Following the sermon, were short addresses by Rev. Theodore...