Rev. George A. Gordon preached at Appleton Chapel last evening. He took his text from Revelation IV., 3, "And there was a rainbow round about the throne." He said that man always describes his feeling by symbols, and so it is with John; he had a vision which he embodied in a revelation. By symbols he tells what the vision means to him. He sees first in the Lord strength and round about that strength beauty. Man has not always seen God as John saw him. There was a time when some men saw but the sovereign quality in him, and they were either defiant or distrustful; others saw but the beauty and mercy, there was a cross for no one, a caress for everyone. But we must see both the cross and the throne if we would have a true conception of God. The text also shows the order of these qualities in the Christian life. The rainbow was about the throne; beauty is added unto strength. Dr. Gordon made some very practical applications of the proper use and control of the appetites. We get from the text the knowledge of the way in which we may see the beauty of God. As the rainbow is the prism of nature, so Christ is the prism of God. Through him we may see the beauties of the Father's character revealed and interpreted.

The choir sang Gaul's anthem "O one, O only mansion;', also Sullivan's "Hearken unto me," and "But the Lord is mindful of his own," by Mendelssohn.