Bishop J. H. Vincent of Buffalo, N. Y., preached in Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon from the first chapter of the Epistle of James.
He said that the scheme of life which Christ brought to the world was a system of prayer. Prayer is instinctive in man in times of peril and emergency. At such times it is universal; as natural to the poor heathen as to the Christian. It is the unrestrained outpouring of the soul towards the Father of all. The highest civilization which the world knows is one which depends on prayer and which builds edifices for purposes of prayer. In such a civilization there is the most prayer, for the men of genius, unsatisfied by communion with human beings, reach out toward God, that they may be inspired by His lofty spirit.
Prayer is not the mere repetition of words, it must come from the heart; it should be the expression of the predominating desire of the soul. The whole current of a true man's life is prayer, but the man who prays amiss prays in vain.
The choir sang the following selections: "Fight the Good Fight," by G. C. Martin, and "The Radiant Morn hath Passed away," by the Rev. H. H. Woodward.
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