The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-20
At THE VESPER SERVICES
THOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY YEsTER-
DAY WELL ATTENDED.
Rev. Mr.. QuayIc's Strong Address
Rev. Mr.. Milburn's After
noon Services.

The dark old First Presbyterian Church
was filled with young college men and
women at o'clock yesterday afternoon; not
seat was vacant The choir. under direc-
ton of Mr.. Ed Nell, sang kipling's Recess
sional:"
Lord God Of Hosts, be with US yet,
Lest We forget, lest we forget"
Rev. Burris A Jenkins. president of the
University of Indianapolis. led in the re-
sponsive reading and Rev. NJ. l.. Haines de-
livered prayer. Rev. VIM. A. Quayle, of the
Meridian-street Church, delivered the ad
dress of the service. His strong personality
and earnest voice and the directness of his
words had their full influence on the stu
dents assembled before him.
Il will give you an old scholars recipe"
he said. slowly. 'It is: whatsoever things
are pure, think on those things" This he
repeated throughout his address, and all his
discourse led to it. There is no fire like
the wood fire. he said, land that is no re-
Election on natural gas. But there is no
hame like the genial flame that crackles
out OF a bank of logs. We are burning sum-
mers we never saw. 1 like TO go out into
village, where wood is still burned, at even
time to see the smoke curling out of the
chimneys while the housewife is preparing
supper. To sit before a pine fire is to get
the odors that many summers have bottled
up 1t gives wings TO the poetic heart.
There Is no old man here but feels his mind
running away from him as he thinks of his
student life.
You are students to dig out channels for
your character; that is the business of stu
dent life. Wouldn't it be good if our
thought would advert to virtue as naturally
as the bard sings. Whatsoever things are
pure think on those things
mink on pure books. Emerson talks of
great books; Paul OF pure books l am
lhcnned to side with Paul You can't make
a NE that is worth much if you don't think
d pook-if you can take ii home and read
IL TO your mother 1t is a pure book"
bonds speaker went on to talk of neighbor-
s4V month rent for house in good
neighborhood likely pays $40 for the neigh
in bad neighborhood for half the money
mat he pays for the house in the good
nIeishborhood. A neighborhood with a ques-
uon marx on 1t is bad neighborhood, he
salq. "A slattern intellectual neighborhood
IS damnabIy bad" he continued Look out
When you choose your intellectual neigh
with. No club formed for political purposes
mas a right to keep a bar. When you find
GOOD folks cling to them. Think on pure
people Some people help everybody they
touch, like the sunlight that seems always
to be on holiday, but is really out healing
ana cleansing the world. Think on good
ueeds-done next door or on the street-Ad-
;nlral sampson and Admiral Dewey are too
Dig and too far away. Let walk out ev-
cry day. L will risk my veracity that to-
morrow on the crowded street, on Washing
ton street, you will see some exquisite cour-
tesy that Sir Walter Raleigh never did sur
pass Watch for those things. Think on
nose Things. Let every young man learn
some verse or poetry or a verse from the
biDle. II VIII swing in your mind like a
censor; II VIII beckon to you ali day. Find
Wherever He goes there will be pure COM
pany, legions Of angels-a pure neighbor-
Hip ,i Flnd God walk with Him. love with
The preacher finished with benediction:
Dung men students, young women stu
scholars advice wv Wb9ts rmeper r the old
pure, think on those things"
The service ended with an anthem by the
University of Indianapolis Glee Club and a
hymn. The following announcement was
made on circulars found in the pews:
Inc University of Indianapolis hopes to
ices, at which All students are especially
urged 10 De present, and 10 which the pub
nc Is cordially invited. The services con-
quoted usually by the president of the uni
sersty,. VIII De largely musical, with adj
dress OF fifteen or twenty minutes by emf
Y ueml men en- for the present, until uni
versity chapel is erected, the vespers will be
nelu IN the central churches, and this spring
u, nne speakers will be for the most part the
pastors of these churches"
The programme for this spring is as fol-
lows: " a' i'i
April 2-Meridian-street M. E. Church.
Rev ]. Cumming Smith.
April 9-St. PauPs Church Scot Butler
Frederic E. Dewhurst. N'''
~ April 2S-Ffrst Baptist Church, Allan b.
Next Sunday the baccalaureate sermon
Will take the place of the vespers services
Or. Jenkins will preach ii to the seniors Of
the various departments of the university.
VINO VIII meet at the Denson ard march
to the First Presbyterian Church i'm a BODY
IN the afternoon. The university band will
quietly play voluntary and the postlude