Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
FAST DAY OBSERVED
 AT PARK CHURCH
Special Music Added to Impressive
 ness of the Service.

Park Congregational church was well filled on Friday morning at the usual Fast Day service held at II o'clock. Rev. Dr. Howe's Scripture lesson, from the 27th chapter of St. Matthew and his text was the 41.42 verses of the chapter, Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save"
 Every type of man was at the cross on Good Friday. There was the naughty Sanhedrist, the white robed priest, the man on the street with his jibes, the arrogant sceptic, the cynic with his wagging head and tongue, the brutal savage who revelled in the spectacle, tE0 sweltering and sweat | inR mob, the mocking Pharissee with | his demons revenge. the grating Sad | ducee, prethoric with all gotten | wreath and now avenged on the young Prophet who cieansed the befouleo temple, the cold-blooded rationalist- | ancient and modern-who would dig him out of history. There were the Roman eagles and the heartless le- | gionaries who nailed Him to His | cross, the loyal disciples, the broken | hearted women, the penitent criminal and the believing centurion looking | with wonder filled eyes at the unac- | customed scene. All humanity was | then acting out its worst and it's best
 And there were the conflicting yer diets. There was Caiaphos' verdict of expediency and Pilates cringine compromise and his wife's warning And there was the verdict of the cen turion, ''This was the Son of God.' There was the thief's testimony in his relenting penitence and there was the verdict of loving souls who saw the ineffable beauty behind the storm oi accusation, as do also the great souls of all history. But the most remark able was the unconscious verdict ot l scoffers and bitter foes who blundereC and staggered onto a saving truth as if an angel parried the blows anC stayed the fatal arrow and compeleC I a testimony from purposed accusa, tion. "He saved others. Himself Ht cannot save," meant as a term O. mockery, was turned to take the of !, flee of testimony to the most sacreC ; verity of our faith. They love great testimony to the truth, The, l stated as an actual fact. that He say ]; ed others. No nobler designation : could be found for a great career an, it was much to have this testimon, from an enemy. It carries the cas r for the Crucified One.
 The testimony of sceptics ever sine may be added to theirs-that O Rousseau Penan, John Stuart Mil
 
 into the fine note of testimony befor it left their lips. He saved other and in this they uttered the verdic of history. Nobody has ever con
 tradicted that. The supreme char acteristic of His work was salvation : He saved from a great peril. Hi J name shall be called Jesus, for H shall save His people from their sim
 But His foes uttered another an
 as profound a truth. He could nc
 save Himself.
 !. Here unconsciously they struck in = to the unmesurable depths. He coul y not save except under the law of sac d rifice.
 You can save and serve only by let - ting out your own blood. The mothe
 knows this. The soldier knows thi
 The servant of the world is the sut
 ferer for the world. The battles (
 liberty are not fought on fields (
 cloth of gold or with swords of past
 board. The nations of Europe al
 not guarding their frontiers with pa
 per protocols. They are flingin
 their best blood into the trenches, duI not for the combatants, but for tf slain. Yes, His foes spoke truely. H