MOVIE NIGHT
Saturday, September 7, 7:30 p.m.
Beth Israel Worship Center
11 Railroad Avenue, Wayne, NJ
TORTURED FOR CHRIST
The amazing life story
of Richard Wurmbrand
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| Pastor Richard Wurmbrand |
PHILIPPIANS 4:4
Written after hearing
Richard Wurmbrand speak at Beth Israel Messianic Center, Garfield, NJ, in the
spring of 1993. Born Jewish, he was born
again as a young man and became a Lutheran minister. He was persecuted in Communist prisons for 14
years for underground Christian activities in Rumania. Pastor Wurmbrand was the
author of "Tortured For Christ" and founder of "Voice of the
Martyrs." He died February 17, 2001.
The prisoners rejoiced,
singing, jangling,
wrists bound in iron chains,
hungry, shivering
in one dismal cellblock
somewhere in Rumania
between 1948 and `62.
Bound in shackles
but spirits free
and hearts jubilant,
like thorn birds
their voices
pierced the wretchedness
with a laser of unearthly joy.
“Praise God for providing
musical instruments,”
cling-clang, cling-clang!
“Praise Him for this crust,
a blanket, a bucket,”
cling-clang, cling-clang!
“Praise for our dear families
unseen for years,”
cling-cling-clang!
“Praise for fellowship
in midst of persecution,”
cling-clang, cling-clang!
There were days
without bread
when they partook
the Lord’s Supper
without elements,
but most solemn reverence.
Many years later,
after release,
the echo of chains
may have been
the loveliest music
their hearts ever heard.
In reverie,
the Body and Blood
without bread and wine
may have been
the sweetest Communion
of their lives.
Maude Carolan
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