Milford chronicle., 1953-03-27
Cantata At Avenue
Church This Sunday
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The great blessing of Forgive
ness" is His to bring; fOrgiving our
sins, and enabling us to forgive
! His crucihers did not know the
greatness or extent of their guilt
Says Joseph Fort Newton: Jesus
was crucified by stupidity-by men
too blind to see who He was, what
lie had come to do, what Truth
He had brought; too dull to feel
the beauty of His Spirit, too callous
to care"
I Second Word: "TOday shalt thou
be with Me in Paradise" the word
of salvation. Addressed to the pen-
itent thief on another cross. Three
crosses stood at Calvary; Jesus was
crucitied between two thieves. One
thief repented of sin, his life of
crime, and asked Jesus: Lord, re-
member me when Thou cOmest into
Thy Kingdom -
Third Word: "WOman, behold
thy Son! Behold thy MOther!",
the word of love. Jesus addressed
His mother standing in the crowd,
and also John, the beloved disciple.
These were nearest to Him in 10y
atty and devotion. He committed
the care of His mother to John, and
we read in the Bible that from that
hour the disciple took her into his
/ home.
Fourth Word: "My God, My God.
Why has Thou fOrsaken Me?". the
word of atOnement For one brief
moment, burdened by physical tor
ture and spiritual agony, Jesus felt
extreme loneliness. The Face of
God was hidden in the darkness
when Jesus felt upon Himself the
full weight and terrific impact of
the worlds sin. Yet His cry of
fOrsakeness was also a prayer. He
prayed: my God In the
darkest hour that earth ever knew
Jesus did not give up. HE HELD
ON. He spoke this word after a two
hour period of silence, at about
two p. m.
Fifth WOld: 81 Thirst" the word
of suffering. The cry of thirst was
Of physical pain; "the most intense |
and devastating man can know. |
One can live for weeks without |
food, and the final states of star
VatiOn are painless. But without |
water the body withers, the tongue /
thickens, the veins become threads
of fire; dOubly so as the blood ebbs
away, hour after hour. The cry
was also an appeal for human aid.
One of the soldiers at the cross
mOistened the SaviOur's lips. At
this time Jesus had been on the /
cross five hours.
Sixth Word: "It is finished" the
word of triumph. A declaration of
triumph. Jesus had completed the
task He came to earth to do. "The
Son Of Man is come to seek and to
save that which was lost" Nothing
was lett undOne to make possible
mans salvation. "Only one thing
remains for mantle quiet, strong, h
reasonable thing-tO accept the
Masters death as our opportunity ,
o live with Him eternally."
Seventh Word: "Father, into Thy !
Hands / commend My Spirit" word
If reunion. The supreme commit
nent of life. Jesus quoted from His
3ible-31st Psalm. In life, and in
ieath, we are in the Hands Of God.
Death does not meet us with the
attitude of resignation, but in the
strong experience of faith. Jesus
lied with sense of perfect trust
md faith in the Heavenly Father.
In the cantata setting by Dubois
he seventh and sixth words are
'eVersed in order as will be noted
)y the program. Following is the
complete program and the names
If the members of the choir:
Prelude, Hymns of the Cross i'm
Chimes, Mrs. Harry Clarke, organ
st; Professional and Lighting of
he Altar, the choir; Invocation,
rev. Roy L. Tawes; "phe Palms"
NauTe, Mrs. Clarke; Offering, in
reduction; soprano solo, Mrs.
Frank YOn; chorus, the choir with
soprano soloist, Mrs. YOn. baritone
olOist, Melvin James, Jr., tenor
OlOist, Frank Wolfe; chorus, the
hOlr with soprano baritone duet,
lrs. YOn and Henry Saunders, Jr.;
hOrus, the choir and soprano So
DIST, Mrs YOn, baritone sOloist,
lr. Saun Iers, tenor sOlOist, Will
on SOckrider; baritone solo, Hen
y Saunders, Jr.; chorus, the choir
nd tenor sOlist, Mr. SOckrider.
aritOne solOist, Mr.. Saunders:
hOrus, the choir and tenor sOlist,
Ir. Wolfe; chorus, the choir and
OpranO sOlOiSt, Mrs. YOn, baritone
olOist, Mr.. Saunders; prayer.
Thee We Adore. o Saviour; A
appella Chorus, the choir; bene- q
ictiOn, Rev. Tawes; recessiOnaI, =
he choir, the chimes, Mrs. Clarke: !,
"Halleluiah Chorus"
rom "The Messiah" Handel, Mrs.
larke.
Sopranos
Frances Ann Abbott, Joyce Ar
o, Dorothy Bennett, Mildred Bur
On, June Cannon, June Coffin, Vir-,
inia Clendaniel, Catherine Cook,
une Diesem. Mae Fox, Doris Glib
On, Elsie Gillespie, Doris Green
", Elizabeth GrieT, Faye Hickman,
Elizabeth Jane Hollis, Elizabeth
-Oman, Kathleen Isaacs. Shirley
emper, Dorothy KOsci, Constance
ord, Virginia Moore, 10 Ann Pow
Il, Norma Prettyman, Virginia
colt, Dolores SIacum, Joan Sla-
nm, Constance Travers, Mary
lne Waters, Grace Wolfe, Vivian
on.
Altos
Frances Black, Ruth Clements.
OlOres Dill, Joyce Fineman, Lois
ineman, Doris Hobbs, Ann Hugg,
Onstance HUgg, Margaret Milti-
les Ethel MaYhnW lean Mnrnhv