The chapel was well filled at vespers yesterday afternoon. The services were conducted by Dr. F. G. Peabody, assisted by Dr. Mackenzie. Dr. Peabody spoke impressively of the life of the great man at whose funeral many had gathered a few hours before. He said that we must ask ourselves what it was that gave that life its grace and charm. It was the simplicity, the childishness, the purity of mind that marked the greatness of Asa Gray. He had kept his simplicity because he had not thought of himself, but had been filled with the sense of unattained duty, of the great aims of life. The whole life was a lesson for all men. To have the simplicity of true greatness they must put away the narrowing sense of self-importance and give themselves up to the commanding influence of that great end towards which our minds are working. We must live as this man lived, in the power of good deeds.
The spirit of the music sung by the choir was in harmony with the thoughts of the evening. The anthem, "O Thou who haste Prepared," by Gaul, with the hymns, "Jesus, lover of my Soul," by Dykes, and "Now the Day is Over," by Barnby were feelingly rendered.
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