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...George A. Goraon gave a sermon in Appleton chapel last night on a text from Acts 12, x. where Peter is rescued from prison by an angel. He said that the outside door of the prison which "opened of its own accord" may be likened to what men find hampering in their environments. Men think they cannot be temperate, pure, or good because their associations tend to make them intemperate, vicious or bad. These environments are really very easy to break through. A strong faith in a righteous purpose will prevail very quickly over these imaginary difficulties...
...services in Appleton Chapel last evening were conducted by the Rev. George A. Gordon. The text of his see on was from Joshua X 12. We must not, the preacher said, construe as literal this prayer of Johua that the sun may stand still. It is really a prayer not for more light, out for a better understanding of the preciousness of time. With that it shall be as if the sun stood still. The problem for us to solve is how we shall use the time that we have to better advantage. We must use all our life...