American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-10-25
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Both hands and held him suspended over
The side of the car. In another moment
he would haye dropped him into the abyss
of space. g sex ,-,,,,,, 5
'Annesley + exclaimed the poor man,
'yog want to mount higher p rsmsf1 !.
Yes yest'.
a 'Your only wish is To tighten the bal
loon Gooa ss aWoss rss:q 7edi r'Ti sr}.
.7,:Tes,' 5as vdgf4sosS s4isasla7-,s5,
Then how much do you weigh your,
''TwO hundred poundsG.si. =. a'Hi 1850 '15
= well. fif' Sod We're 70 throw yourself
over, the balloon, olighted of such great
weigbs would dart upwards with incon.
eeiyablf rapidly. The msdRan reflected
sAiTrueP ?. he said, VOC are riChtp He
laid Mr. Brown III the bottom of the car,
and started wildly around u57als- 20 Aood
my Maker r he cried, i 60 ID ffeet
Thee; ! 60 to embrace my child, my En-
ma? and Ringing himself over, he disap-
Peared. '5 20 s.T.a' - 9 - i''''.'' = 80.
The balloon aud its owner reached the
earth in safety; the latter, however, lay for
many weeks raving in brain fever. When
he recovered he gave orders to have his
PEERLESS plaything sold at any sacrifice,
and soon after provided himself with an
excellent care-taker in the shape Of pref
ty young wife, under whose tutelege "the
masther," as his Irish valet remarks. sis
growing q dale more handy in himself.'' j
So this was Mr.. Browns last ascent to
the clouds. d.ra.a ie-fi adj % 7s4ia y q
Il. .,'S sketch Of Martin Luther. 'a''7.'
A coarse plebian face il was, with great
crags Of cheek bonesAa large amount Of
wild, passionate energy and appetite! But
in his dark eyes were floods Of sorrow; ;and
deepest ffielahshoiy, sweetness, and mys.
terry were all there, Often did they seem
to meet in Luther the very opposite poles
In mans character. He, for example, tf
whom Richter had said that his wprds were
half battles; he, when he first began to
preach, suffered unheaid.of aguhS. 20
DR.. ,Staupltz, Dr.. Siaupita." said he to the
Vicasqeneral Of his order, Il cannot do
IT," q l shall die in three months. an
deed L. cannot do it. DR.. Staupitk, a
Wise ahd considerate man; said upon this,
''Well sir. Martin. iftuu must die, you
niust--but remember that they iieed good
heads up yonder, too. So preach man,
brcacha-and then live or die, as il hap
pens" ST Luther preached and lived,
and he became, indeed, ohe gfeat #hill-
wind ofenergy, to work without resting in
this world; and also, before he died, he
wrote very many books-books in which
the thrue man was-foi In the midst Of all
they dehoanctd and cti sed, what touches
of tenderness lay! Look at the Table talk,
for example. We see in it little bird,
having alighted at sunset, on the bough Of
atree that grewiin Luther's garden. Lu
ther looked up at il and said: "That little
bifdi how ii COVERS down its wings, sleep:
there so still and fearless though over i
are the infinite starry spaces, and the grea
blue depths of immSnsity! Yetit fears
not--itis at home The God that made i
too is there!' The same gentle spirit o
Lyrical admiration is IN other passages O.
his book Coming home from Leipsic il
the autumn season, he breaks forth int
living wofder At the fields Of c5fh, 'Hov
itstands there he SAYS, erect on its beau
tifnl taber stem land bending its beautiful
golden head with bread IN 1.-THE Tread o
man sehtt 10 him yet another 'yearp Sucl
thoughts as these are little window
through which we gaze into the interioro
the eserene depths Of Martin Luther's soul
and see visible across the .tehpests Iang
clouds, awhole heaven Of light and love
\ He might have painted, he might have sung
l-Aeould have been beautiful like Raphael
great like Michael Angelo-TontdS Car
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