Sermon of the Week

The sermon of the week was issued by the Harvard Committee which is raising $10,000,000 for the departments of Business Administration, Chemistry, Art. It was an apologia by Bishop Lawrence, liberal, Bishop of Massachusetts, stating why he, a clergyman, should rightfully assist the committee. The Bishop's points:

Concerning Business: "We clergymen are preaching continually upon the worth and necessity of honesty and straightforwardness. Even more effective than sermons may be the sending into the "community of young men well educated, trained in good business methods and, above all, the capacity to think straight, who, as they rise into positions of influence, will lead the next generation to carry out these principles."

Concerning Chemistry: "We have been repeating the story in the pulpit of the Good Samaritan and telling of his use of oil and wine for the wounded man, of his sympathetic heart and skill. The fact is that in these days of preventive medicine, of more scientific diagnosis, and of the treatment of tens of thousands of patients in our hospitals, the leaders among the Good Samaritans are our men of science, such as Pasteur, Lister and Osler."

Concerning Art: "Art has always been recognized as a handmaid of religion. Amid the restlessness, discontent and ugliness of much of our modern habits and of our artificial life, the elements of character which go with true and pure art are needed--the restfulness, serenity, strength and self-command revealed through nature and expressed in the finest characters."