Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-12

nnr0~ hne1erco, tnat 10 the bess - !.
btlisf one was Mat OF Herr Madel, his u
school lmassef; another, that Of Doctor ~,
mer, the psincipal of such college MA
on. W
Quite right, remarked the marshal =.
hapsit may not surprise you 10 hear ,h. ~
written to these different gentlemen - "a,
your character, that may know with .asqse
have to deal, and not TO be working in Az, .sss
he said these words the marshal 6,ea \. an
on Heinrich to see what effect they bas 50
Young mans countenance was unab,,,.ss .,
evidently feared no evil report. i fesiea =
continued the marshal, TO tell you. ,b,, nat
say Of you is most favorable, and I a., y ~
bound to believe and act upon their ounisN 'ss
l have now to beg ofyou to follow me 10 On
house. rs gE
The marshal descended a priva.e =.
leading to the courtyard, crossing xsi.Is
passed through gate in the wall into sa
side street, down which he conducted p.;.,ss'
till they arrived at private entrance to-
ace. Heinrich began to get exeeed;,.,s p
vous; the conviction that his idea wa, ne. &c
trick Of the imagination, became s,,o..s
Could he have had his own wish, Hein,;atsaa~
or, would at that time been forty miles f. ~
lin. AT last he found himself followinv c" %
kow, even into the palace, he could no, , ~
from exclaiming, Indeed, Herr Marshal '.S
must be some mistake. "'a
No answer was vouchsafed, as m.
continued to lead him through various a4a 'se',
and apartments, until at last thev r,.s sssass
door of one situated in q corner Of sirs',&
palace where the mashals knock was 80 sN Ht-
by short come in As the door o,s.ss 'st
glance sufliced to convince Heinrich ~ 70
friend in the mud and the king were ons s"S s u
same persons. The poor eonsin.seeks, .-ss
confused, knelt before Frederick WiE,s
begun faltering out contritc apologies W
Rise, young man. said the king Won,
not committed treason. How on earth .-' ','
| you guess who was? l should no, ,,.,,s "N$
city if | meant to be everywhere recocr,,'i -
After re-assuring Heinrich, the king ,asn.
| that he was prepared to do wha, he could "a
| push him forward in the profession h. -.
chosen. But first he said, 4 mus, bS.. a. ~
you preach. On Sunday next, thereS,. wv
shall preach before me but, mind siam w
the text You may retire ''s
| BY the time Heinrich Meyer reached HI,
home in the inn, he had fixed in hi, mind AZ
| fact that he was to preach to the sine n
fact was only too clear and all be could a. w.,
| to set about his sermon as soon as he shouia H.
been furnished with the text. For tho ,s,n,i.
der of the day, he never stirred out, every ,,s,a
| the stair was to his ear the bearer of Tho ,,,,
| Nevertheless, evening and night passed -.
the next day was far advanced, but still No law
What was to be dones There was onlv -,
days before Sunday! He must 90 and eon,Ds
the marshal, but the latter could give him =,
! further information; all he could do VA. :,
| promise that If the king sent the text thronr
him, 1t should be forwarded with the utmost n,
siblc dispatch.
| That day and the next passed, and Heipd.A
heard nothing from either king or marshal. On,
| an official intimation had been sent, as va, en-.
| tomary, that he had been selected as the prs,rk
er on the following Sunday at the chapel ro,,l
| If it had not been that Heinrich knew him4f
to possess no mean powers Of oratory, and that
he could even extemporize in case of cnergeDe,
he would certainly have run away from Berlin
and ahjurcd his discovered cousin IA Il Va,
he abided the course Of events, and fortified hin.
self by prayer and philosophy for the moment.
Gus hour. Sunday morning arrived but no icy.
| Heinrich went to the Church appointed and
was conducted to the seat always set apart f,
| the preacher of the day. The king, with The
royal family occuied their accustomed places
|
prayers were ended, and whilst the organ pea
ed forth its solemn sounds, the preacher was led
to the pulpit. The congregation were aston.r
ed, not only at his youthfuncss, but at his BEN,
an utter stranger.
The pulpit steps were gained, and the though
flashed across lIeinrich's mind that possible b.
might find the text placed for him on the desk
But as he was on the point of mounting d.
stairs, an officer of the royal household deliver!
to him folded piece Of paper, saying, Ills u.
jesty sends you the text
After having recited the preliminary praye,
the preachers opened the paper, and lo!--t VI
blank-not q word was on 1t. What was to X
done? Heinrich deliberately examined the WIZ
sheet, and after a short pause, held it up beioE
the congregation, saying, Ills majesty has fur
nished the text for my sermon But you mai
perceive that nothing whatsoever is upon ,hi
sheet, Out of nothing God created the world
| shall therefore, take the creation for the subec
| of my discourse this morning.
In accordance with this decision, the preache
went through the whole of the first chapter o
Genesis in mastery way, his style being fore
BILE and clear, and his huency ofanguage remar
| kable. His audience accustomed TO the king
| cccentrcties, we're far more astonishcd at The
dcxterity with which the preacher had exrisate(
himself from the difficulty, than at the dilemm
in which he had been placed. At last the SET
mon was ended, the congregation dismissed
| and Heinrich found himself in the sacr.aiy n
ceiving the congratulations of several dgnltane
of the church, who all prophesied for him br
liant future.
Heinrich ventnred to express his amazemeh
at the singular proceeding of the king, but va
told that he could only have arrived recent
from the provinces, ifhe did not know that sue
vagaries were quite common to his majesty
the midst of the conversation a message arrive
to conduct him to the royal presence. BEN
totally unaware what impression his sermo
might have made upon the king, the cousin'seei
er rather dreaded the approaching audience
But Heinrich had scarcely crossed the thres
old of the kings room when his majesty jumpe
up and thrust n roll of paper into the yoGu
preachers hand exclaiming, 'liuara. sir! =
puff away! take this for the light you gave me
Then throwing himself back in a chair, B
laughed heartily at the young preachers look
surprise and confusion. The latter scared
knew what reply to make or what to do, b'
just as had got as far as Your majesty-
the king interrupted him, saying Make no hh
speeches; go home quietly and examine the cot
tents of the paper.
You came to Berlin to seek cousin 80
have found one, who, if you 60 on steadily "
not neglect you
1t is hardly necessary to add, that the roll
paper contained a good appointment at the Cd
versity of Berlin, and made Heinrich Myer Oh
OF the royal preachers.