Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-23
UNION SERVICE AT
 BROADWAY CHURCH
Inspiring Sermon by Rev. pr. E. W.
 Bishop, Formerly of Norwich.

Broadway Congregational church held a large congregation Sunday morning for the fifth of the union summer services with Park and Second churches, at which the preacher was Rev. Edwin Whitney Bishop, D.D., of Oak Park, H., who is soon to enter the new pastorate to which he has been called at Grand Rapids, Mich. Rev. Dr. Bishop spoke from the text, Saviour of all men, especially of them that believe" presenting a scholarly discourse edifying to his hearers, among whom were many whose inter- est in the preacher dated from their acquaintance with him while he was a resident of this city in his school and college years.
 With a graphic recital of call of the wireless telegraph to the Baltic to help her sister ship, the Republic, in distress. and the story of the rescue of a little girl who had fallen into Kansas oil well. Dr. Bishop answered his own question of what it is to be a saviour. Both of those who had given help had been rescuers which is what it means to be a saviour, ex- tending a helping hand to some one who is down. Each one of us does this at some time and in so far does each one participate in the joys of a saviour. Across the weary abysses of tried and troubled souls Jesus Christ has heard their cry and has respond ed. The wireless was known in the spiritual realm long before it was in the natural. In a high sense, Jesus was the first Marconi. He dug down and rescued His children and ever since He lifted up to Salvation every child who has trusted His strong arm.
 There are two ways which show how Jesus Christ is becoming the saviour of all men, especially of them that believe. First, by dignifying physi- cal life. It has not always been dig nified, but in the teeming east it has been held cheap, and the Hebrew race also has been no exception at times. Where the shadow of Christ has not fallen with power physical life has been held cheap. and even in our own westery civilization. Pneumonia which comes from exposure, typhoid fever from polluted wells, and the bubonic plague from the marriage of rats and dirt, have bowed countless gray haired saints in sorrow. while they uttered with resignation "The Lord has given and the Lord hath taken away" while God has been won deroing why his children did not make faster progress in understandin~ the laws of the universe. We have hardly begun to appreciate the saving quality of Christian life. It was not in Paris but in Berlin that tuberculosis was robbed of its terrors. it was not in India but in Loondon that malaria was fought and conquered. it was not in the east but in Christian America that anaesthetics were discovered. Worthy of especial significance in the closing sentence inn Dr. Eliots recent won- derful address that the revelations of Jesus Christ are to be more and more wonderful to us.
 By multiplying the significance of spiritual life is Jesus also becoming the Saviour of all men. especially of them that believe. He saves by the quantity and quality Of his life. What shall we say of that transforming power which shall take the sl and the refuse of life aand as the tar is changed into the colors of the rain