History of the St. Paul's Society.

The St. Paul's Society of Harvard College was founded in the year 1861. Its first president was Mr. H. W. Fay. The object of the founders of the society was to bring together men of the Episcopal church in Harvard, for the purpose of worship. In the early days of the organization, a society paper was published, and each member was obliged to serve in turn as editor of it; this paper was after wards given up and the society devoted itself entirely to meetings of worship, at which, preachefs invited by the society officiated. During Advent and the Lenten season, in the days of the compulsory prayers, services were held daily at twenty minutes of two, and all members who attended them were exempted by the college faculty from attendance at morning chapel. After the voluntary prayer system came into practice, these daily services of the society were given up. The membership of the society has increased every year since the society's origin, and now numbers over one hundred. Among the most prominent supporters of this society can be mentioned the names of Bishop Williams of Connecticut, and the Rev. Phillips Brooks of Boston.