The service at Appleton Chapel yesterday evening was well attended by the students and friends of the college, to hear the Rev. William S. Rainsford, of St. George's Church, New York. The text chosen was taken from the eleventh chapter of Deuteronomy, the tenth, eleventh and twelfth verses, and the sermon was clear, eloquent and comprehensive. In the course of his remarks, Dr. Rainsford said that the lesson that God was teaching the children of Israel was one that all nations should learn, and God has been continually trying to teach this same lesson to the different peoples of the world. The land to which the Jews were going was not like Egypt, where the Nile supplied the place of the toiling husbandman; but a land where they must work for themselves. Change is one of the most distinct marks of our day, the best and the bravest. The land promised the Jews was a good one, but strange and full of dangers, where a, nation was to spring up beloved by the Lord. This is equally true of our country, the time is a good one, the best one that God has ever sent, but dangers of various kinds are ahead. Every evil by being crushed can be made to serve the purposes of the Lord. Greatest of these evils at the present time may be placed side by side, socialism and laziness. It is scarcely possible to conceive of a sin that tempts one like laziness, the temptation of living for ourselves alone without the trouble to care for others. May one of the great principals of every student present be, let every one try to make the life of his fellows better and happier, recognizing that "God's eye is upon us."