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."
