A new method has been devised for securing fixed attention during the Sunday evening services in Appleton Chapel. The plan was put into operation for the first time on Sunday last, and its simplicity of operation and the satisfactory results obtained will lead, no doubt, to its permanent adoption. The new scheme may be outlined briefly as follows: The front row of seats in the gallery is freshly varnished. Then such students as seem inclined to be restless during the services are ushered to the deceptive seats, and the exercises begin. As the sermon goes on, it is noticed that the students occupying the previously prepared pews begin to assume an anxious expression. This the officiating clergyman considers due to the force of his rhetoric, and his delivery accordingly waxes more eloquent. When the hymn is announced, it is seen that the tenants of the anxious seats in the front row are too deeply affected to rise. The benediction over, however, and the congregation dispersing, the whole matter is shown up in its true light, for after the church has become nearly emptied a sound is heard as of the rending of garments, and the occupants of the gallery rise and flee, preferring darkness rather than light. Meanwhile the sexton in his task of putting out the lights has his attention attracted by sundry samples of fall fashions in gentlemen's dress goods prominently displayed upon the glittering and adhesive surfaces of the freshly varnished pews.

Such is the new device. Such was the result of its recent trial. Our columns are open to any criticisms or suggestions regarding this innovation in church affairs.