Vesper Service.

Notwithstanding the bad weather, a large audience attended the vesper service yesterday afternoon at Appleton Chapel. After a prayer by Dr. Alexander McKenzie, the congregation read responsively the 33d Psalm. Dr. McKenzie next read from the Revised Version the parable of the "Ten Talents." The lesson of this parable is that a man should adapt himself to circumstances. The demands made upon a man by modern life are, notwithstanding all its appliances and inventions, much more severe than at any time in the past. A man should, therefore, strengthen himself and try to do his duty. There is no excitement in a race unless the contestants are well matched, and the pleasure of success is always greater in proportion to the difficulties to be overcome. A kingdom of God that could be won without a struggle would not be worth having, but when it must be fought for it is to be obtained at any price.

The opening hymnal by the choir was "We March," by Barnby. The first anthem was "Rejoice in the Lord," by Calkin. Mr. Merrill also sang with the choir Foster's "O for a Closer Walk with God."