Rev. A. P. Peabody, D.D., of Cambridge, addressed the Scientists at Hawthorne Hall, Jan. 4, from the text: "They feared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son; hear him." The application of the passage was, that for all who entertain fears as they embark upon new enterprises or peer into the uncertainties of the future, there is still the voice from heaven, calling to hear the word of the Christ and cast upon Him all care and fear. Earthly analogies and Philosophy point either way, leading us now into glimmering hope, now into despondency; but to listen to His direction, is to be fearless, and never hopeless.
Rev. J. H. Seaver, of Salem, Mass., discoursed before the Scientists, Jan. II, upon the New Birth mentioned by Jesus in his first recorded conversation, after he began his public ministry: John 3: 6: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit is spirit."
[Students who are reported as addressing Sunday audiences of Scientists, do not preach sermons, as there are no regularly ordained ministers among them saving their pastor, the Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy. But they often speak very acceptably, and fellow-students are grateful for their interesting expositions of various Bible passages and Science teachings.—Ed.
A. T. Buswell, C. S., speaking before the Scientists Jan. 25, said: "Metaphysics reveals man's origin and destiny in mind, Deity: physics, or materialism, relates a story of his origin in mud, and his destiny in dust. Metaphysics reveals the dignity of man; physics insists upon his depravity.
Man, the creation of Him who by wisdom founded the earth, and by understanding established the heavens, cannot be the sinning, sick, and dying appearance human philosophies maintain.
The best prescription to ensure safety from unfavorable influence, is to have an entire confidence in the love and power of the great Principle; a trust before which evil will vanish like shade before the rising sun.
