The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-19
DOINGS AT BROWN.
Rev. Lyman Abbott Speaks at Vesper Ser,
vice-CoIlege Notes.

The large audience customary at the
college vesper service filled sayles hall
yesterday afternoon to hear the Rev.
Lyman Abbott, ID. D.. l.. L. ID. Every
seat in the auditorium was filled and
many people were obliged to stand up
After the usual opening songs, with the
hymns by the college choir. Dr. Abbott
announced his subject to be What God
Expects OF U.s." He said in part:
The Bible gives us the answers 10
great many questions, two OF the most
important of -Ypl4ieA-afa- What dnes-God
expect of us?' and What will God do for
us?" / wish to consider only the former
Of these two questions today.
First we find that God tells the Jewish
ma tion what to do through Moses at Mt.
Sinai He tells the people 10 love God,
to honor their parents, to respect the
property and rights OF their neighbors
and not even to have the desire to wrong
their neighbor II they do this He should
be their God and they should be the
chosen nation. Now notice that there
was no mention of church. OF ritual. OF
prayer or of belief Just TO reverence
Cod. honor parents. respect your fellow
man. that was all
But the Jews fell away from their ale
glance and began to worship false gods
and wrong their fellows. At last peni-
tent they ask God what He wishes them
TO do in order to please Him. They asked
about burnt offerings and ritual, but God
answers them through Isaiah and other
| prophets. lie hath showed thee, q
| man. what is good and what doth the
Lord require of thee, but 20 do justly,
| and to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God?" Here again is repeated
| the message from Sinai, TO do justly. to
| love mercy, and to walk humbly with
| God. There is no mention of ritual, OF
| church, or OF sacrament.
Again In one of the professional psalms
! we learn for a third time what God ex-
pected of his people. l answer to the
| question. "Who shall ascend into the
| hill OF the Lord?" God replies, HE that
hath clean hands and pure heart: who
| hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity
| nor sworn deceitfully" He still repeats
| the same command to do justly. 10 love
| mercy and to be humble before God.
A fourth instance OF what God ex-
| poets OF us Is found in Paul's letter tc
| Titus Denying ungodliness and world
" lusts, we should live soberly right
eously and godly i'm this present world.
| We find I'm all these instances that we are
TO be, to the world. temperate; to man
future. aspiring. This sums up the re
ftgton OF the Bibfe,- church organization
| is not the religion, though IL aims Il
promote II. Ritual hymns and prayers
express religion, but they are not relig
ion and differences OF ritual are not DIFF
ferences OF religion. Religion Is the III
OF God I'm the soul OF man. People go e
church. not for theology. but for religion
and II they get II they Will come again
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theology. but II Is not the essential. II
do is better than 10 believe, but to be 4
the highest thing Of all. To follow Chris
we should do as he did. We should hav
his spirit, and give our lifo to our fellows
Church. prayer or praise are not the es
sentlal but to do Justly. to love mercy
and to walk humbly before God.
Sidney Lee through the courtesy OF MI
Marsden J. Perry, Is to speak In Sayle
| hall at 4:30 this afternoon. His subjec
will be National Biography" weel
from today he will speak on The Phil
osophy OF Shakespeare.
one OF the great events Of the colleg
year will be held tonight IN Sayles hal
This is the tenth annual Sophomore bal
which promises to eclipse all former ones
Lyman will cater, and Reeves America
orchestra, directed by Mr.. Bowen 1
Church. will furnish the music.
The whist team that is TO play IA
Brown in the match against Yale WI
consist OF the following four couples
Matthews and Easterbrooks Kettne
and Atwell. Westcott and Hastings an
Hawkins and Woodbury.. The date c
the match IS Feb. 2S. and before tina
time the Brown men will play und,
the coaching Of Messrs Manchester an
Barney OF tho Providence Whist club.
Harry Rockwell o. has been ob'iEe
TO resign his position Of editor-in-chi'
OF the Brown Herald on account OF
health. George waterhouse, '03. has bee
elected to the position. and Asa
Briggs was chosen managing editor.