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Then, with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee
The meeting was concluded with prayer.
BENEDICTION.
BY DR. JOSEPH S. KORNFELD.
To the departed Emilius Oviatt Randall,
whom we now af-
fectionately remember, may peace and
bliss be granted in the
realm of eternal life. There may he find
grace and mercy before
the Lord of Heaven and earth. May his
soul rejoice in that
ineffable good which God has laid up for
those who love and
revere Him. A never-failing inspiration
in life, may his memory
be a never-dying benediction.
May our Heavenly Father vouchsafe unto
the bereaved His
gracious care and may the light of His
love lead them through
the darkness that surrounds them.
Peace to the dead, power to the living.
Amen.
EMILIUS OVIATT RANDALL, PROFESSOR OF
LAW.
BY DR. W. O. THOMPSON.
The characteristic feature of the
present day in education
seems to demand a highly specialized
study in a rather narrow
area as a preparation for teaching.
Perhaps more than any other
one thing the academic man feels that
his equipment for teaching
is not quite complete until he has
demonstrated his power of
original research and has received the
testimony of that fact in
the form of a degree known as the Doctor
of Philosophy. In
the absence of such testimony there is a
disposition to assume a
certain superficiality in the work that
men do. The older days,
therefore, are often looked upon as less
critical and more super-