Rev. Prof. D. G. Lyon conducted Vespers yesterday.

In the Seventy-third Psalm David considers and solves the perplexity which has been troublesome to not a few, in all ages. Virtue with crosses and misfortunes is not rare while vice is often prosperous and comfortable. Here a poor seamstress earns enough to sustain life only by constant and painful labor and there a careless cumberer of the ground is quite content in everything; here a charlatan thrives and there a well-equipped practitioner has scarcely a patient; here a demagogue makes a fortune out of the people's fears and hopes and there a patriot is unheeded.

There seem to be three chief ways of accounting for these facts. The first asserts that good is not necessarily pleasing to the Power that orders the world, nor evil displeasing; that good and bad fortune is meted out to all promiscuously and independently of any so-called "desert," There is no reason why those who are considered wicked should not have as much prosperity as anyone else. The second explanation is Job's, who thought that everything is now as it should be and that we should see that it was if our sight was clear enough. The third explanation is David's and seems to be the true one. He said his perplexity was solved when he entered God's sanctuary and considered the end of the wicked. Man must take a broader view than merely the present aspect of things. The question is answered by projecting it into the future and viewing the ultimate evil destiny of vice.

David's state of mind when he had seen the solution of the problem seems to have been made up of three elements: the first, remorse for ever having doubted the goodness of God's government; the second, a new glow of love and enthusiasm; and the third, a desire to tell men of his restored happiness of mind. And here there seems to be a lesson for us. The man who has been delivered from a burden of perplexity and sorrow must not forget that there are other men still finding there loads almost too hard to bear. Let him who is joyful carry his gift of good tidings to his fellowmen and show his gratitude by giving up his life to them.

The choir sang the following anthems:

"O Give Thanks," Jackson; "I Will Lay Me Down," Brown; Solo, "Rock of Ages;" Soloist, Mr. Herbert Johnson.