Rev. Edward Everett Hale conducted the Vesper Service in Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon.

The lesson was read from the concluding verses of the fortieth chapter of Isaiah and a short discourse was given.

Strength is the power that ought to be impressed upon the world by all teachers and expounders of religion. Christianity exists on a positive statement "Thou shalt," and the cultivation of such precepts together with the daily trying to improve one's condition tend to produce in one renewed strength. These are the central things of religion. Some ecclesiastics forbid dancing, going to the theatres and like amusements. These are but side issues, It is the broader principles, those that cover larger bounds which will give one increased physical and mental power and so more strength.

One's business here following Christianity means aiding the poor, ministering to the sick, in a word bearing glad tidings to the afflicted. The sure way to aid one's self in such tasks is by a close intimacy with Christ and this can best be attained by daily prayer, which enlarges life and gives strength.

The choir sang the following anthems: Thou Crownest the Year-Maker: Blessed is the Man-Knox; Come ye Children, Tenor solo from Sullivan's Oratorio of The Prodigal Son-Mr. J. D. Merrill, L. S.