Bishop Gilbert of Minnesota addressed the Saint Paul's Society last evening. He said that he felt a special interest in addressing Harvard men, as he knew a number of them in the West who are very helpful to him in his work. Much church work has already been done by graduates of Eastern colleges who have had no theological training whatsoever. One of these was a young man who had come out to be a cashier in a Western bank. The town was exceedingly deficient morally, and the little church near him was deserted. He began a series of readings in the church and in a comparatively short time he had prepared for Bishop Gilbert a class of eight for confirmation. The work went on so well that a missionary was sent out and the town is now progressing rapidly in a good faith. Another was a young man thirty-one years old who has been doing hard but lonely work in North Alaska, so far away that although he has been elected a Bishop the news of his promotion will not reach him until June.

The Bishop said in conclusion that the West was still sorely in need of young men prepared to do hard work.