NOBLE STEADFASTNESS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 April 1942, Page 5

NOBLE STEADFASTNESS

i I OPPRESSED NORWEGIANS s ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY j BROADCASTS Rugby, April 26. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, in a broadcast to Norway, said: "I am glad of this opportunity so - soon after my enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury of sending greet- : ! ings to the Church and people of Norway on behalf of the Christian people ' of England. [ ( "We have been watching your brave L i e-ndurance and noble steadfastness with . j deep admiration and profound sym- • pathy. We are inspired by your exr i ample and pray that, in any trials that ; ; come to ourselves, we may show con- . i stancy worthy of our fellowship with you in the service of the cause entrustied to us. To me. personally, it is a , i source of the greatest joy that before ; : these days of trouble came upon us, I ’ | was already able to count among my friends several of the leaders of the 1 | Norwegian Church—specially had I learned to admire and love your noble 1 I primate. Bishop Berggrav. And I lock forward with eagerness to the day ; when we can again work together in j close and intimate association for the unity of the Church of God and th* fellowship of all nations. SPIRIT OF THE MARTYRS ' “Meanwhile we honour you who In , our own day are showing that the i spirit which upheld the martyrs is still | | alive and strong in the Church of l Christ. It is as members ol that um- . ! versal Church, not only as Norwegian ’ citizens, that you offer resistance to the demands of your oppressors. If 1 they cast you into a burning, fiery fur--1 nace, find there the Son of God an your companion, and in His Resurrer- ’ j tion from the dead we have a token ' i and a pledge of God's triumph over ‘ i the forces of evil. : , "With you. we pray that you and we together may endure till that triumph is made manifest once more. With you • we pray that God's name may be hal- . i lowed in Norway and in England a* it is in Heaven, that His Kingdom may , ! come, and His will be done in Norway , and in England and in all the earth as it is in Heaven. In the followship of that prayer we are united now, and have the promise ol goodwill and peace i for all the world. Let us hold fast.” — 8.0. W. ______