"FROM MANGER TO CROSS."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1935, 18 December 1913, Page 6

"FROM MANGER TO CROSS."

At the Town Hull, conimerjeing on Boxing Day, the public will be given an opportunity of witnessing tire Kalcm Company's remarkable picture,, "From Manger'to Cross." His Excellency the Leiute.nant-Governor of Victoria (Sir John Madden, K.C.M.G.) expresses his opinion of the film in the following terms:—"Tiro incidents of til* holy arid greatest tragedy of the world are presented with pure naturalness, The simpltf beauty and humility of the coming of our' Lord and of His childhood, passing to manhood,' are exquisitely eon-' voyed. The noblo figure and personal grace and eminence of Jesus after 'His time had. come' at Cana, in Galilee, as ho travelled through the land and anions the people, tiredlcss and dcsistlcss, spreading happiness and joy and faitli wherever Ho went, by example,' by teaching, and by superhuman imprcssiveness of His miracles, is a striking nncl convincing realism. The change it 'Tho Man of Sorrows 5 still doing tlu work of His Father, in low nnd pit* for His people, with tho' shadow of Ms approaching passion, and oppressed by the human agony of apprehension, is vividlv and beautifully portrayed. Alio thou the Lord's submission in nobis digiiitv to the swiftly succeeding stages of insult and iiniominy and sulTcnne gives to the doradful and afflicting culmination on tho sincere aspect oM,» faithful Grandeur of God's own sacrifice. The whole, while, it spares noihinc M the mind of tho bitterness of Uie Mcs*ed drama, is reverent, -and holily improw sive, and never strays into any theatrv eal effect to iar against, ihf pfowietiei and satredness of tiro Gospels. If I ma> •venture mv opinion, the reprobation cnuld not offend the most pmictmoiis rehViouß tendencies, and Hie PlMve. action of the great subject is m no way vuigarisfd or tiervcrtfld." _