in the Gospel: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand' (see Mark i. 15; Matt. iii. 2; iv. 17); and that the Apostles likewise 'went out and preached that men should repent' (see Mark vi. 12, and compare Acts ii. 38; iii. 19; xvii. 30). On one occasion Jesus Christ declared before the Jews, 'For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day' (see John vi. 40); and on another He assured one of their rulers, saying, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God' (John iii. 3). St. John writes in his first Epistle (v. 4), 'Whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.' We are taught that only such faith leads to eternal salvation, whilst no man can be saved by mere ceremonial observances and legal practices. Thus, for example, it is written in Gal. ii. 16, 'Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, save through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.' And that this saving faith is not a dead and unfruitful thing, or consistent with a life of carelessness and sin, appears with abundant clearness from a number of passages. In 2 Pet. i. 5-8 we read, 'Yea, and for this very

cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; and in your knowledge temperance; and in your temperance patience; and in your patience godliness; and in your godliness love of the brethren; and in your love of the brethren love. For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.' St. Paul writes to the Romans (Rom. xii. 1), 'I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service;' and again to the Corinthians (1 Cor. x. 31), 'Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.' Instead of prayer in a certain place or at a certain hour, St. Paul recommends to the Christians the spirit of prayer, or a life of prayer, by exhorting them to 'pray without ceasing' (see 1 Thess. v. 17; Rom. xii. 12). In the Epistle to the Hebrews (x. 1-14) the Christian view of sacrifices is thus expressed: 'The law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, they can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh . . . For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he (Jesus Christ) with . . . Lo, I am come to do thy will, O God, . . . for by one offering he