Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-03-31

the glory which irradiates the head of
the Reformer far outshines that of the he
70 Of Banncckburn, for the latter is earth
" and evanescent the former celestial
and immortal.
John Knox was horn in Haddington,
not far from Edinburgh, of poor but hon
est parents, in the year 1905 grew mp II
solitude was destined for the church
received thorough collegiate education :.
became an honest friar: wore the monk
cowl for MANY wears; adopted silently
and unOstentatiously the principles OF the
Protestant Reformation; spent much OF
his time in teaching. and in the prosecu-
ton of liberal studies. of which he was
considered a master ; was suddenly and
Unexpectedly called at 1t. Andrews, BY
the unanimous voice of his brethren, to
the preaching of the Word, and the de-
fence of their religious liberties /: after a
/ brief struggle with himself Welded to the
call. noblv threw himself into the breach.
at the hazard of his life. attacked PapaI
ldolatry' with unsparing vlgor, was seized
! by the authorities, and sent prisoner TO
| France in I54T. where he worked in the
1dH6NS Us II SidNt, Jul tb q ilOiC Llelitl'ii-
ing his lofty courage slnd cheerful hope;
was set at liberty two years afterwards
| preached in England in the time of Ed
ward the Sixth refused bIshopric from
the best of kings retired to the continent
at the accession of Mary, resided chiefly
at Geneva and Frankfort returned 10
| Scotland in 1863 labored with indomlt-
able perseverance to establish Protestant
ism; rebuked the great for immortality,
profaneness and rapacity, and succeeded
IN sire ngthenIng the cause of truth and
/ freedom. At the earnest solicitations of
the English congregation in Geneva. he
went thither Il Second time ; there he pub
lished The First Blast Of the Trumpet
against the MOnstrous Regiment Govern
ment) of Women, directed principally d
gainst Mary, Queen OF England, and Ma
~ of Guise, Regent of Scotland, two mar
row minded miserable despots: returned
10 Scotland in 1859; continued his exer-
| irons in behalf of Christ's truth: did much
to establish common schools finally saw
Professionalism triumphant in Scotland;
and died in 1872. so poor that his family
! had scarce sufficient to bury him. but with
the universal love and homage Of his
countrymen, 4 conscience void of offence,
/ and a hope full Of immortality. He had a
sore fight of an existence; wrestling with
/ popes and municipalities IN defeat, conten-
ton, lifelong struggle rowing as galIy
! slave, wandering as an exile. 4 sore
! fight but he won it. Have YOU hope 2?
/ they asked him in his last moments when
! he could no longer speak. lie lifted his
! finger, pointed upwards and so, died =
/ Honor to him His works have nat died.
! The letter Of his work dies as all mems:
! bat the spirit never. x
/ Knox has been much abused for his Vi
oient treatment Of Queen Mary. His ad-
dresses and appeals to her have been
! characterized rs lmpudent and cruel i but,
thoroughly inspected, they Will he found
/ the reverse. Strong and startling they
were, bat neither impudent nor cruel
| Doubtless they fell upon her ear like the
tones of some Old prophet, s,ornly rebuk-
ing sin, or indicating the rights OF God
Mary was a woman Of matchiess beauty:
and had She been educated differently,
might have blessed the world with the
mild Istre OF her Scottish reign but she
was the dupe of bad counselS, in spirit
and practice a dcspot, the plaything of
/ passion. and the reckless oppoSer OF the
/ best interests Of her country. Her beau
/ ~ and SuherngS have shed false lusTer
over her character above all, have aided
/ In conceaiIng the terrible stain Of iufidei'
4 ltv 10 her marriage vows, and the implied
4 murder of her wretched husband, charges
which her aDologiSts can cxtenuate but
not deny. But forsooth, ii is an insniier-
/ able thing for plain, honest hearted man
/ ike John Knox TO tell the truth to such
/ an one She was young, beautiful, fdscin-
! ating; and however recklessiy, madlv, rI-
! nousIy wrong, he must not advise her
above all, must not warn her Now.
such notion may possibly commend it
self to your absolute gentlemen, Of very
soft society, full of most excellent differ
ence and great showing; indeed. TO speak
/ feelinglv of them, who are the card and
calendar of gentry ; but it cannot be i'm
/ passed upon our plain common sense
/ Mary was queen, however. and John
Knox poor plebeian Ave ave that
j. difficulty Kings and queens may
I 40 what 'heN Ease. ne people dtt
made for them. not they for the people.
And sure enough it IS a vulgar thing to
oppose them IN their ambitious schemes,
or to tell them the honest truth bs,imes
Poor Johnknox thou must fall down
and worship 4 painted bredd after all.
\ beautiful queen must be spared, if Scot
land should perish. But look at the mat
ter from the free atmosphere New En-
gland, we maintain that John Knox was
Of higher rank than Mary Queen of Scots