The following is the part handed to us for publication, of the sermon delivered in Chickering Hall, the Sabbath before Christmas, by Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy, Pastor of the Church of Christ (Scientist). Text, Isaiah 9:6."For unto us," etc.
In the senses Jesus was the Son of Man; in Science he was the Son of God. It was his approximation to this state of being that made him the Christ Jesus, the God-like, the anointed.
The prophet prophesied of the appearing of this dual nature, as both human and divine, the personal and the impersonal Saviour. The only record of Jesus as a public benefactor, or personal Saviour, commenced at thirty years of age, owing in part, perhaps, to the Jewish law, that no one should preach or teach in public under that age. Also, it is natural to conclude that at this juncture he was endowed especially with the Holy Spirit, for he was given the new name Messiah, or Christ Jesus — the God anointed; even as Jacob was called Israel, and Saul, Paul, at times of special enlightenment.
