The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1916-10-28 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

LIEUT. WARWICK. Memorial Service at St. Michael's Church.  sunday evening, at 91 Miehaeht. Church. Carlton-road. a memorial service vas held, and a tablet was unveiled to the memory of Lieut. W. R. EL Clair Warwick. Vie unveiling c,ereanony was performed by Major J. A. Peanberton. Of Newton. The snare was conducted by the vicar of the parish. the Rev. A. E. Rowan, who, preaching from the words "There is iacrifice of the Piet& to-day" (I. Samuel, ix., 12) observed that the dominant demand of the put two years had been the necessity fcr artifice. and the dominant fact that had been WitlllWPd and proclaimed had surely been that in the life of the individnal. the home, the municipality, and the nation as a whole. such demand had been met and the sacrifice duly made. And this special ard solemn memorial service had its &min:int note, too—the neoeesity for sacuifire. and the fact that such neceasity had been complird with. The preacher proceeded to rout out that sacrifice is, or ought to be, dways the special feature of the rillutTh• TIP Gospel of ifesnat' Christ wee beard on ankle; and they oonld feel -that the symxty of the great Son of Man was with taw as they mot in His Sanctuary to tompulsate the courage and loyalty and sellers' of those whose 1111111116 Billed the "Roll of Honour" in that parish and conretition Observing that he desired on tut occasion to say a few general words, ;Hitt would he at once suitable to the preeet solemn and special occasion, and at the PIMP time helpful and comforting esrally to those to whom the war had unli;lit great and sudden trial, the Vicar dwelt upon the "complekenees" and the "iaprerueness" of the sacrifice of Christ, which made it sacrifice of the highest kind. Thrre was surely comfort for all preinsnt in the fact thal their gallant brithers, 'hose names and memories they were keeptx own that night, showed that their tialfice wao of the highest kind, because Weir's. like that of the Master Himself, ws complete and supreme. He who yielded ap his life for a cause, gave that cause the reatest lie could anord—body, soul alai spirit: he gave himself. Secondly, he dwelt non the " willingnees" of Christ's eacrihm• "I sneak with all reverence," said Mr lowan, "when I venture to use the term that it wan as a volunteer that the. Son of Owl came down to fight the great fight for yon and me and all mankind." The artifice of the noble men of whom they vire specially thinking that evening WWI IS (wen' came a willing sacrifice. In life Sodd deith each played the man, and real ride mingled with the sorrow of all who heed and knew them. The preach,m emahaslsNl the fact that the same 4pirit of TiKingness characterised. not only the man in khaki, but the men'and women who ha.: to stay at home—those who had given eons, hmthers. huebands, sweethearts tyi the farces: their sacrifice, too, Ives of the highest kind. Thirdly. he dwelt on Christ's satrifiyy as the sacrifice and "love," and he said he thought we conid safely may that "love" was inscribed on our bann:trs in the present war—love for King, ,aunirs. leaders. freedom, honour. No wonder that our boys went to the front 'wondrously ear-riii and inatchlessly unafraid. Latly.t, ftis_preacher applied the "reasonableness" .sacrificc to the present situation. a said, in contrasting the Allies' spirit "ith that of the Germans. that onr foes Wail this war out of jealousy and greed, 10,1 the object they had in view was 'frightfulness" and the "mailed ist," to nrieh themselves at the expense of others, 'NI make "Knitur," instead sf nnUti. the religion of the world. It vas of thin false end, this criminal srthis mad ambition, that every life in Germaay had really not spelt sacri'Re. hut suicide.