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...regular weekly vesper service was held in Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon. Rev. F. G. Peabody led in the devotional part of the service, after which the choir sang Brown's anthem, "Thy sun shall no more go down." Rev. William Lawrence read the portion of the sixth chapter of John describing the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, and made it the text of his remarks. He said that in this passage we have in miniature the relation of Christ, the church and the world. In the replies of the two disciples to Christ's question...
...choir sang the following selections: "How beautiful up on the mountains," Smith; "It shall come to pass," Tours; "God who cannot be unjust," Costa...
...Chapel choir opened the Vesper service in Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon with the anthem "Thy sustaining Grace" by Martin. The congregation read responsively the 145th Psalm, which was followed by a prayer by Dr. George A. Gordon. Mr. D. M. Babcock, '87, then sang with great feeling "O Great Jehovah" from Mozart's Magic Flute. Dr. Gordon preached a short sermon on subjects suggested by last Thanksgiving Day. Mr. Babcock then rendered "Hope in the Lord" from Handel's Largo, and the choir sang the 200th hymn...
...these questions, and showed that God is not arbitrary in fixing the total store of good and happiness in the world, or in distributing this store, and that it is a mistake to suppose that he takes away from one man's good to add to another's. The choir sang the following selections: "Lord of all power and might," by Mason; "Let not your heart be troubled," by Trembath; "The radiant Morn," by Woodward...
...audience which crowded Appleton Chapel to its fullest capacity yesterday afternoon had a rare musical treat. The Harvest Cantata, composed by Garrett, with words selected and written by Dr. Waller, was sung by the choirs of Appleton chapel and St. Paul's church, Boston. After a short service conducted by the Rev. F. G. Peabody, the organist introduced the Cantata with a magnificent rendering of the Hallelujah chorus from Beethoven's Mount of Olives. The recitative with which the cantata began was finely given by Richardson of the St. Paul's choir. The Chant of Young Men was especially good...