Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-10-15
Correspondence Of the Delaware Gazette
LUDwIGsBKRG, Aug. 9th, 1858.

iron clasps over the edges and alon3 the
sides. The story is that the monk had
granted indulgence to one Hans Won Hackle
for any sin he might commit. The knight
ayailed himself Of this moral insurance 10
rob the priest of his unjust gains. The sex-
ton is very kind in showing the antiquities
of the church, which was built in 1917, and
| also very honest in acknowledging that its
chief relie-the box-stands little better
| chance of being the genuine than the two
or three others exhibited as sDch in Magdc-
berg aD5 elsewhere. Independent of this
the town 10 well worth visit. 1t is very
osa and was the place when the early mis-
sionaries laboTed with the heathen Wends.
Their graves are in the yard Of she oldest
church and the grass of six hundred sum-
mers has waved over them.
IL was the season Of the yearly fair in the
village. These are the great Fourth of Ju-
ly occasions throughout Germany. They
have none Of the seriousness of holiday
| with all its privileges. Every corner was
thr0Bged and the Land loite " as the
country people are called, were decked in
their gayest as well as most ludicrous attire.
The men all wore long blue cloth coats
feet. The small boys had the same. But
the females were most Enthusiastically clothed;
short skirts of flaming red were gathered
very full almost under the arms and on e;-
ther side of the head were wings of stiff
bright colorei muslin which tapped like ele-
plants ears as they stumped along in their
bare.feet over the stony streets. confess
did not always refrain from laughing when
| fiock (for they went in companiesl more
odd than usual ,paraded by me. had also the
the qualification Of observing whenever
turned around that the "latest American
style" wss equally an object OF amusement
to them.
went early in tho afternoon to Wittern-
berg. Moss Of the relics Of Luiher's time
are in other cities but this town has u charm
which kings or museums can never pur-
chase. TAose which remain are very inap-
propriately scattered through near half doz-
en- houses and from one end Of the place to
the otise.
As these places hare been SO often des-
cribed il 10 hardly necessary to add that |
too found pleasure in meditation by the
gsaves of Lsnlher and MelanehsSn, ia stand
ing hs the font where they administered the
ordinance of baptism, sitting in the seat,
walking about the rooms guziag at the sve
story ceay stove where Luthes bad SO often
sat and walked and medhated
A Sabbath in Witternerg was sometAfng
had much coveted. had seen it's wonders
on Saturday and ] fek its sacred chssms
without the detrimens of curiosity arose
early and TOOK Luther's walk to u spring two
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and il was late when reashed the place.
Il IS more :han likely that when Luther
irarleG the same path three hundred years
ago be was able to return to breakfast, but |
found j had q0iae appetite enough and ac-
cordiRgty ate some bread and butter and
drank glass OF milk by the side of the cool
spring.
attended morning service in the church
where Luther was accustomed to preach.--
| II was a sacrameniai occasion. The pastor,
DR.. Sander, is plain as well as learned
aud eloquent man. All the exercises were
solemn, but had great deal too much sim
| ilari;y to those of the Romanish Church, TO
| please an American taste much less a Meth
odist. AT eleven O'Clock the sermon in the
Palace Church begins. I sat Just by the
! graves of the two champions of Protestant
! ism. On either side of the pulpit (Which
is here placed, sensibly, in one end of the
church) are the statues of the two Electors
! of Saaony, Luther's chief friends. also buri-
ed in the same church. Their descendants
for the sake of the Polish crown embraced
the Catholic faith.
cannots say much Of the sermon. 1t was
by young divine, and his utterance was moi
bold and full enough for one SO little &C.
quainted with the language to un lerstand.-
Besides my mind had other food, and would
scarcely have appreciated an eloquent Eng
lish discourse.
BY twelve we were dismissed and then the
exercises of religion for the Sabbath are
over. The shops are opened, the military
parade. the parks and saloons are crowded
went to dine with DIR. Sander. found DR.
s. man not only able to in struct, but kline
and obliging to all who have intercourse
with him. He is the Superintendent of The
Churches here, yet he attends to service in
person two or three times a week.
/ felt the loss Of evening meeting. This
is almost unknown in Germany. One hal
of the seventh day they think is amply sufl
/
the rest Of the day in revelry and amuse
ment.
On Monday morning I went to Halle, pas,
sing several interesting cities Of ten TO twrn
~ thousand inhabitants.
Almost the only thing worth a visit il
Halle is the University. Ii has been fuundet
l64 years. In 1919 the French cannon.
SO battered the building of the Witienbers
University that two years after it was thought
best TO transfer it TO Halle. Since then the
two have been united.
For long time the lectures Of each pro.
fessor were given in his private house, but al
present they have one large square building
situated in pleasant park jus, without tbs
town. 1t contains u fine exhibition room
or chsple, the seats. as in all the lecture
Faoms, are without backs. There are abou
500 students and so professors. Six hun
dred study theology. Some of the bes
Hebrew scholars in Europe in the fncul
ty here. Roedeger and Tholuck are ye
men in the prime Of life. worthy successor'
of Gesenius who lies buried in the church
yard near hE.
An qrphap hause here established ahnu
the time Of the University. | visited in ordel
to cempsFa is with the EimilsF institution il
Philadelphia. II has noRs Pf the infAc
traits of Girard College. but on the contrary
is eminentlY Christian school. Connect
ed with il is u publishing office for bibles
where tar more than hundred years the,
! haye been issued at less price than in am
other part OF Germany.
The name Halle is derived from It's sal,