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PERFECTION OF CHARACTER. 
This is Man’s Only Salvation, says Manches- 
ter Minister. Eloquent Sermons and 
Lengthy Prayers Alone will not 
Gain Entrance into Heaven. 
“Who then can be saved?”’ was the 
text of a very interesting discourse by 
C. Arthur Lincoln, pastor-elect of the 
Congregational church, Manchester, 
last Sunday morning. And he an- 
swered the question by saying that 
preaching eloquent sermons, making 
lengthy prayers in prayer meetings, 
or giving his last penny to feed a 
starving beggar made no difference as 
to a man’s entrance into heaven, but 
that salvation can only come about 
through the perfection of man’s char- 
acter. 
“With definite fore-knowledge of 
the fate awaiting Him at Jerusalem,”’ 
he said, “ Jesus went about His work 
as calmly asever. The disciples were 
thrown into spasms of astonishment 
at his statements. ‘What shall-I do 
to be saved and gain eternal life?’ 
asked a young man he met by the 
way. The young man’s riches were 
the binding sinews of his life, but to 
gain eternal life he must break away 
from these things, and Jesus told 
him so. 
“His character was such as any 
young man could desire. He was what 
might be termed a model young man. 
The disciples were astonished at Jesus’ 
answer, ‘ It is easier for a camel to go 
through the eye of a needle than fora 
rich man to enter into the kingdom of 
heaven.’ 
“Undoubtedly the young man would 
have been willing to found a seminary, 
endow a college, build a synagogue or 
back a political party in favor of Jesus, 
but to change his character — that was 
a hard thing to do. 
““« What am I?’ and ‘what am I to 
become?’ These are some of the 
questions that come before us. 
«The avocation that a man follows 
in life will make no difference as to 
his entrance into heaven. He may 
preach with eloquence, pray in prayer 
meeting, give his last penny to feed a 
starving beggar, and yet be benefitted 
in no way by these deeds. Salvation 
for man can only come about through 
the perfection of man’s character. 
“Jesus did not condemn the young 
man because of his wealth. But the 
oung man came to him asking what 
he could do that he might inherit eter- 
nal life. ‘Go, sell what thou hast and 
give to the poor, and come, follow 
me. Hesaw he must be perfect in 
selfish love. How hard it is for any 
man to trust in deeds of his life. We 
are all the time finding excuses for 
flaws in our character. 
‘‘Oh, the miserable lies with which 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
we cover over the soul! A man lies 
about his taxable property ; a starving 
beggar steals a loaf of bread that he 
may exist. ‘Do right, even if you 
die for it,’ is the command of God. 
Man is fearfully prone to think that 
his life depends on the preservation of 
his wealth. 
“One of the meanest things a man 
Can say in answer to these things is 
that it is the dispensation of Provi- 
dence, and that we are creatures of 
circumstances. Character is never 
created by environment. 
‘“‘ Intuitively a man, when spots and 
imperfections appear, paints and pow- 
ders with excuses. We must be with- 
out spot and blameless before the 
throne of God. Who then can be 
saved if man must be perfect to be. 
saved? Hear the answer of Jesus: 
‘With men it is impossible, but not 
with God, for with God all things are 
possible.’ Religion is not a matter of 
knowledge or a matter of deed, it isa 
matter of life and character.”’ 
Unclaimed Letters, 
Letters remaining unclaimed at Manches- 
ter, Mass., Postoffice, for week ending April 
29: Mabel Crombie, A. J. Carter, Timothy 
Dreslane, Alphonse Dupino, Miss A. A. 
Folsom, Mrs. J. Gavin, G. W. Garmon, Miss 
Gregg, Mitchell Lawch, Miss Ella Mealy, 
Miss Rae Louise Morton, Miss E. M. Nor- 
cross, G. M. Robbis, William Youatt. 
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