My beloved students must not expect me to be present at the laying of the Corner Stone of the Mother Church in Boston,— I shall not be there. Since my retirement I have desired not to participate in any public occasion, and you will not need me to help you give to this ceremony its divine afflatus.
Owing to the Mother Church being built this year, and my beloved students having given such large and extra sums for this purpose, and the time absorbed by the Directors and other active students in this one matter; and the fair prospect that in June, 1895, we shall have a commodious vestry wherein to welcome all the dear members of the C. S. A. home to their Mother Church,— I have deemed it wise to once more postpone the meeting of the members of my College Society till the first Wednesday in June, A.D. 1895, when you all may meet with bright hopes and ripe sheaves "in one accord, in one place."
