14 NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
“THE ELEVENTH HOUR.” 
Rev. Mr. Brewster Says the Disposition to Postpone is a 
Growing One. 
Rev. Edward Hersey Brewster preached at the 
Baptist church last Sunday evening on “ The 
Eleventh Hour,” taking his text from Luke 23 : 42, 
“Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy 
kingdom.” In part, he said : — 
‘The disposition to postpone till the eleventh 
hour matters of utmost consequence, appears to be 
a growing one. Words of praise that should have 
been spoken to a struggling heart while the dew of 
youth was fresh upon the lips, are left to be spoken 
at the eleventh hour, when the heart has cause to 
struggle, and their sound must be mingled with the 
voice of the tolling bell. 
‘‘And yet the eleventh hour has one beneficent 
phase. It leaves one brief moment to the ingrate 
to murmur a broken word of appreciation; one 
tense moment to the profligate to repudiate his 
wretched extravagance; one divine moment to the 
sinner to whisper a prayer to his God. 
‘«‘ The dying thief is the personification of the in- 
terests of the eleventh hour. Railing upon the 
Christ with coarse invective during the first awful 
moments of Calvary, he becomes silent toward the 
last and finally breaks into a plea for mercy. His 
prayer was one of faith, of humility, and of ferv- 
ancy, ‘ Lord, remember me when Thou comest into 
Thy kingdom.’ 
“‘ His penitence lit up the darkest moment in the 
life of Jesus and threw an unfading luster over all 
the scene. Thus from even the darkest hearts 
there may creep forth a gleam, when the Cross 
has entered into the soul, and the frowning heavens 
but lend a background to the spectacle of the Son 
of God crucified with us. 
« Ne believe the eleventh hour wrought salva- 
tion for the thief. A ‘death-bed repentance,’ if 
genuine, is accepted by God as surely as an earlier 
one. But the loss occasioned by long years of sin 
is ours, and the knowledge that our life has counted 
for nothing lends a mocking echo to our failing 
steps. 
“*Today thou shalt be with me in Paradise.’ 
This was Christ’s personal promise to the thief. It 
was enough. Calvary came toa close, and Death 
wrapped the sinners and the Savior in his robe of 
shadows. They took them from the cross and 
buried them far apart. But that one hour of com- 
pansionship had fixed a destiny, and ere the even- 
ing spread her starry mantle over Galilee the thief 
and his Redeemer were together in Paradise.” 
Awarded Banner. 
The Young People’s Union of the Beverly Farms 
Baptist church was awarded the banner for best 
attendance at the joint convention of the Salem 
Associated Baptist Young People’s Union and 
Salem Christian Endeavor Union in Peabody, Wed- 
nesday. Sixteen went from Beverly Farms, and 
the newly elected president, Albert Cunningham 
of Manchester, presented President Doane of the 
Farms union with the pennant with well chosen re- 
marks. Rev. C. S. Pond of the Farms’ church 
made the prayer at the evening session. 
Advertise in the BREEzrF. 
The Town Warrant. 
Many Important Matters to Come Before the Town at Meet- 
ing Next Week. 
The town warrant, posted this morning at the customary 
places, calling the Manchester voters together on Monday, 
March 6, contains many articles which will undoubtedly provoke 
much spirited discussion. There are fifty-nine articles in the 
warrant this year against fifty-four last year. Many of these, of 
course, are the regular articles calling for the regular appropria- 
tions recommended by the various officials and boards, but there 
are other articles entirely new, which surely merit the attention 
of the voters. 
Articles 7,.8, 9 and 10 call for concrete sidewalks on Lincoln 
street, from School to Arbella; on Summer, from Lincoln to 
Forest; on Pleasant, from School to Essex; and on Tappan 
street. 
Other articles which will prove of general interest to the 
voters follow : 
Art. 14. To see if the Town will empower the School 
Committee to select a suitable lot of land for a school building, 
and to report at the adjourned meeting. 
Art. 15. To see if the Town will purchase a lot of land for 
school purposes and erect thereon a school building, and appro- 
priate money for the same. 
Art. 17. To see if the Town will instruct the School Com- 
mittee to have the school houses protected from lightning, and 
appropriate $350 for the same. 
Art. 26. To see if the Town will make a special appropria- 
tion of $1,500 and authorize the Water Board to employ a com- 
petent engineer and have surveys made as regards a high service 
water supply for this Town. 
Art. 29. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the 
Selectmen to take the necessary measures for lighting the Town 
Hall building by electricity and raise and appropriate money for 
the same, as per petition of Wm. C. Rust et al. 
Art. 34. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen 
to construct a sectional band stand on the Town Common ac- 
cording to plans herewith submitted, and appropriate money for 
the same, as per petition of Lyman W. Floyd et al. 
Art. 35, To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of 
$400 for a series of band concerts to be given by the Manchester 
Band on the Town Common during the summer of 1905, agree- 
able to Chap. 152, Acts of 1904, as per petition of Charles O. 
Howe et al. 
Art. 42, To appropriate $12,000 for the maintenance and 
improvement of highways, bridges and sidewalks. 
Art. 49. To see what action the Town will take for the 
suppression of the brown-tail and gypsy moths, as per petition of 
John Baker et al. 
Art. 50. To see if the Town will allow a portion of the 
Town Farm, possibly 125 feet square, to be set apart for the 
benefit of the children in the eastern part of the Town as a play 
ground, on petition of Henry Menken et al. 
Art. 55. To see if the Town will accept and allow the Elm 
Street layout, as made by the Selectmen, Feb. 25, 1905, and 
reported to the Town at this meeting, also to make an appropria- 
tion to defray the expense of constructing the same. 
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