There was an aged physician in Mrs. Eddy's Primary class last month, of full eighty years, with very clear thought, inquisitive after Truth. But there were no ministers in it; though the Teacher informed us that eight had applied for admission. Laymen, too, had made application for admission, who for reasons clear to the Teacher were not admitted. She wants not merely their money, but a homogeneous class, so that the ideas communicated will have the most unobstructed access to the understanding of her pupils.
The holiday seasons have come and gone. Doubtless they have been full of lively interest in most of our families, which interest no word of ours could augment. We have not therefore turned greatly aside from our wonted course to dwell upon a phase of time, except to note the great event of all time, the manifestation of eternal Principle in Jesus Christ. This is the everlasting Life; and if we find in ourselves any higher manifestation of this, in consequence of those days, they have brought to us their proper fruit, and otherwise they have not, and have not been real holidays.
