There was a large, intelligent, and attentive audience at the Communion service, June 19, which was conducted by our Pastor, Rev. M. B. G. Eddy, nearly every seat in the hall being occupied.
Her text was selected from John xxi. 5: "Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No." She briefly commented on the incident connected with the text. Notwithstanding the privileges the disciples had enjoyed with their Master, who had qualified them to be fishers of men, they, who had been called from their nets, as soon as they had lost sight of him, relapsed, turned back to their nets, and were ensnared in them again. "They toiled all night and caught nothing." It is always darkest before dawn. The night was far spent. They had sailed forward and backward over the dark waters, vainly searching for gain,— reminding us of Job's experience, where he says: "I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him." As they drew nigh to the shore, they heard the loving voice of their Master, saying: "Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No." Then he directed them to cast their net on the right side of the ship.
This, said the preacher, is the important thing to understand, Which is the right side? Is it the material or the spiritual side of life and its pursuits?
