Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The first streaks of dawn are be¬ ginning to glow in the eastern sky as a crowd of ex¬ cited men t irong their way iyito Pilate ' s judgment hall. In the midst of the confusion and cries, stands our Lord in a serenity that is inexplicable in view of the fact that it is His trial that is about to begin. False tvitnesses are summoned tvho boldly call Him a blasphemer of the God of Heaven and a traitor to the govern¬ ment of Rome. He Who is without sin and innocent of all guilt can clear Himself - if He wish-of their charges, but He opens -not His mouth. They abuse Him shame ully, rail¬ ing at Him, smit¬ ing Him, mock¬ ing Hi m, an d spittin g u p o n H i m, b ut He speaks not a word in His defense. W e b o to in h u m ility a n d gratefulness as ive understand that it is because He has take n u p o n H i m self o it r s i n that He re m a i n s in SILENCE.

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A strange and , unnatnrai gloom enwraps the city of Jerusalem and its surroundings, for the sun is hid¬ ing its glory from the most tragic event in the his- L tory of the world that has just taken place. The spotless Lamb of God hangs noth thorn-evotoned head and nail-pierced hands and feet on the Cross of Calvary. He hangs there in the most e.vcrnciating pain, but the tortures of physical suffering are incomparable to the anguish of being forsaken by His Father, Who in His Holiness must turn His face from the One Who — has taken upon Himself our sin. His aching heart breaks, and toith a mighty cry, “It is finished the beloved Son of God bows His head and dies. The Cross is past; Love ’s redeeming work is done; a rent veil in the temple bespeaks a n a c c e p t e d SACRIFICE.