Vesper Service.

The service opened with Costa's anthem, "Let the People Praise Thee," sung by Mr. D. M. Babcock, '77, with the choir. Dr. F. G. Peabody offered prayer, and led in the responsive reading of the ninety-first Psalm. The Rev. M. Gordon preached a short sermon, taking his text from the passage in the first chapter of John in which John is questioned about himself by the Jewish priests. He answers, "There standeth one among you whom ye know not." In our minds "education" means the training of our intellects or hearts to some high and noble ideal. We often succeed, in a partial degree, in gaining this high standard. We obtain the wealth for which we are striving, the power, and perhaps the honor, but seldom it is that we devote thest attainments to other than selfish purposes. We are neglectful of the welfare of the world although "there standeth one" among us continually to remind us of our duty and to urge us tonobler ends if we will but listen to Him. Many are deaf to the call, however, and therefore it is our duty to proclaim His presence and love, to proclaim it not merely by words but by the example of an unselfish life.

Praise should be given to Mr. Babcock for the admirable manner in which he sang his solos. The closing selections were Beethoven's "Heavenly Father," and Mozart's "O Great Jehovah."