Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-03-26

| ince Of Palestine found himself in. A
quick and short way to quiet down an
uprising storm was to put the disturbing
cause away with as little ceremony, as
possible A human life was Of small ac-
count If 1t stood between a provincial
mob and the governors royal master at
Rome. or between himself and greater
province. and PLATE in this instance did
what every provincial governor through
out the empire would have done. AS
many Roman official would have said,
he took the course of wisdom and pru-
dence. But history has avenged the act
with remorseless severity.
Turning back into the passage that i'm
mediately concerns US. Plate though
seemingly reluctant to play his fatal
part, poised on the alternative between
an act OF injustice and his selfish interest
when he takes his plunge he does it
lenectually. He will take the popular YER
dict and follow it to the end, with scorn
and biting satire. He will execute the
peoples will, but he will put int the act
Romans contempt and scorn. He will
put to death the prisoner, but do il in its
most aggravated form. He will cruelty
and associate him with capital criminals.
between two thieves, and make his dis
grace irretrievable. But he has on his
/ hands prisoner who ca. outvit his
judge and reverse the sentence of dis
grace. He will force his Judge to grand
| ly stage the drama. He shall not do II
in corner. He shall be forced TO give
him the full stage and in complet. con.
spicuity. 1t shall be the most public
event of history in the presence OF three
continents whose worshippers are gather.
ed to the feast And he will take the
livery instruments meant to degrade ami
IL them kaI
| truth.
He will put that felon's cross on IN,
great ministers and ca1hedraIs. He viii
hang them as decorations upou the breas
OF beauty. He will put them into tn,
masterpieces of artists. He will max,
them the keynote of the worlds creates
oratorios. The prisoner happened 10 h,
great enough 10 transform all the instru
ments Of his degradation into decorative,
symbols of his supreme sacrifice b,
which he saves world. Pilates scorI
ana satire staged the whole redemptiv,
economy go that it has stood on IN,
worlds horizon for 1000 years it's mos
conspicuous object.
Plate uttered a great truth when h.
declared the irreversibIeness Of our rec
ORD. What 1 have written 1 have writ
| ten Men are making the irreversIhl,
cnoice. And we must choose our King, bu
We may dawdle and dicEer and refp..
our allegiance too often-we may be lief
with the scorn OF the Pharisee or the in
dlnerence Of PLATE or the mockinr sol
diery and never get the fine decision o
the Johns and Peters of history.
SO We learn that some decisions ar
irrevocable. Esau made a decision n.
could not reverse sId Saul made a choic
/ which forfeited tho spirit of God. IN,
Jews cried His blood be upon US ~ an,
tnose blood stains are there today.
But sincere and penitent men ar
making their choices too. Thou art IN
King of Glory. o Christ, and refuse /,
retreat from that choice. We may ar
claim him King and have fhe old reeor,
reversed The blood of Christ eleansetl
4 from all sin. Penitence is never turne,
away from the gate Of life. There is 70
oeheylns men divine alchemy that ca
recast an ugly past. If we cannot mn
weave the eb Of history We can star
from NJ - Indations. We can -d;scs =
the old record, take out the false r,rrod
and make life new. The crucifers u.r
cnered salvation and the erasur. A, N
old record and we can start life anew
AL things are possible to him that b.
u lieveth. "o