THREE years ago a committee of prominent clergymen of Boston established a winter series of services at the Boston Theatre. These services were open to all and were intended to bring some of the benefits of church attendance to the large class of persons who are habitually nonchurch-goers, who cannot be induced to enter a church, though they will attend religious services if held in a place with which they are familiar. The services have been very successful. The test of their success has been necessarily one of numbers, for, as the limits of the work preclude parish relations, the chief indication that persons have been reached must be the fact that they attend. Each year the class has been materially the same - respectable tradesmen, mechanics and shop-women as well as many loafers.

Last year the theatre services were at the Columbia Theatre from February 28 till April 3. The smallest attendance was about 1250, and the largest over 2000, on which latter occasion the doors had to be closed and many were turned away. Some of the clergymen - none of whom received any salary for their work - were Rev. F. B. Allen, Rev. Frederick Palmer of Andover. Rev. William Lawrence D. D. and Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks D. D.

The theatre services will begin again this year next Sunday in Columbia Theatre, and the committee has again appealed to Harvard students to assist in the singing. The help that we can give by leading in the singing is of no little consideration, and the fact that Harvard students are sufficiently interested in the services to take a part in them does much toward attracting attendance to them The services begin at half-past seven and last one hour; and every man in college who can sing is urged to attend. It is very little for us to do and we should be willing to take some part in such philanthropic work as this. The committee have appealed to us to assist them in the singing and request that all who will come will be on the stage of the Columbia Theatre next Sunday at quarter past seven.