Professor Francis G. Peabody preached at Appleton Chapel last night. His text was taken from the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians: "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ;" and also, "For every man shall bear his own burden."

The burdens here mentioned, said Professor Peabody, are of two kinds: those which we must bear for others and those which we must bear ourselves. This teaching was a new conception of Christian self-sacrifice; it was the foundation for the progress of the west, and was never followed out more than it is today. It is this doctrine which has made the present an age of philanthropy: people everywhere are helping their fallen brethren.

The bearing of the burdens of others, however, is not all that we must do. There are many burdens which cannot be shared; which each must bear for himself. We must have the outer sympathy and bear the inner sorrow; lighten the burdens of others and bear our own. The two are closely related - each is the key of the other.

The question naturally arises, how can these burdens be borne? We must first learn that the burdens are going to remain. The more one shirks, the more he has to carry; the more one bears for some one else, the more he subtracts from his own. Some do their duty by doing good, and some by being good. No man can do less than carry his own responsibility; if he is able to do more let him enter into the trials of others.

The choir sang "The Salvation of the Righteous," Vincent; "O Savior of the World," Goss; and "Abide with Me," Barnby.