The first of a series of lectures addressed to the theological students was delivered last night in Divinity Chapel by Dr. Peabody, on "Negative Preaching." He said that the tendency of the present day toward negative preaching was to be deprecated, inasmuch as it lacks that element of positiveness which is requisite for the thorough grasping and understanding of the principles and ideas which go to make up our modern Christianity. He commented upon the fact that the tendency of people generally, who are perplexed by doubts as to their religious belief, is to embrace some well defined creed, without, perhaps, a sufficient knowledge of their own minds. The lecture was extremely interesting, and enlisted the closest attention of all present.
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