Professor F. G. Peabody spoke yesterday afternoon in Appleton Chapel from the text,- "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all."

These are the last words of the Bible and Paul often ended his letters in the same way. The sentence has thus become very familiar to us all, but what real meaning has it, is it nothing more than a formal phrase of dismissal at the end of a sermon. It surely should mean more than this to most of us,-even on the surface we see in it the overflowing beneficence of God and the generosity of Christ.

A man or woman is gracious, who does more than mere duty demands, who is appreciative and lovingly enters into the life of each one whom he or she meets. We are more apt to notice this trait in the child with its subtle charm and winsome ways, "the gracious boy who doth adorn the world into which he is born." Grace is the fairest, the rarest gift of life. We are often content if we are told that we are doing our duty but what would a home be when all did their duty and nothing more, it would be decorus, severe and just, but there would be no grace or graciousness. In the life of each one of us comes a moment when we must decide between the duty which looks for obligations and grace which looks for the opportunities of life. At such a time let us each one strive for that noble, sweeter power which lies in grace.