Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-04-23

blessed it with success. / was tu. his
weak, unworthy Instrument"
Notwithstanding his humility, however.
Volts eyes were lighted up with ine1.
pressible joy, and the pures: self-sa,isf.c-
,ion filed his heart.
"Our beautiful sweet cherries" lsmea-
ted the children, when the hustle Va. oy.
er, looking sorroxfully a. the bunches
strewn and crushed upon the ground.
"lf those who gave Us them kue. il,
wha, would they say -
"Iou shall have more cherries, nv dea,
children" said the burgher-nas;er, co.,
soling them; "more than you can es;.
On every return Of this day, the 2sth Of
July, festival shall be held By the chill
drsn Of Naumburg, iha, future generations
may be reminded Of our wonderful deliy.
erance, aud of the noble selfdeyo,ion Of
our councillor Wolf And Schelle shall
be freeman, and continue bath master Of
Naumburg as long as l an burgta,-
master"
The whole assembly DO. moved forward
towards the town. Stein placed hiu.e,:
as their head, and drunmei as be had
never drummed before. And the bells
had never rung with such spirit and sner-
q as when the joyous multitude entered
the town amidst loud shout. Of welcome
from the burghers. But Wolf, the huu-
hiA-minS-a weaver. knew no. uL;eh vav
to look, when thousands Of his fellow citi-
zens greeted hin with waving Of hats and
haudkerchiefs, and shout. of-"Hsl,
hail to our deliverer I"
For several centuries, the children Of
hamburg kept up the remembrance Of
their wonderful deliEersnce, BY going ia
procession, On the 2s;h of July in each
year, to the .po. where the besiegirg camp
once stood; and where, instead Of the sol.
dlers tents, grove. Of chsrry-tress spread
their tempting b0ughs over ,hsir heads.
And IN the cool and rleasan. shade thu,
afforded, the happy children amused them.
selves with pleasant games, music, and
cakes aud cherries.
II IN modern times this ancient custom
has been laid aside, i. is bu, another mel.
sncholy proof Of the tIau-ituEy nature uf
III here below. Nav the remembrance. as
lis fellow-ciiizens, be an encouragement
q all times to those who deny themselves
n orde, to promote the welfare OF others
1--WE are unwilling. in closing the beau
iful, touching, and profitable narrative OF iae
generous labors of the hero Of cur story. to
ningle ons grazing note Of controversy with
the sentiments Of pleasure with which ve
rust II has filed our readers. Ye, word of
comment IS needful- We freely forgive tbs
writer for any harsh tint which he has en-
oIovsi in skstchiae the HussIis forces. Ev-
En- II the picture were assumed 10 be hlstorI-
cally correct, grea, excuses could be found
for men goaied on By persecution and lus'
escaping from the thrallon Of al oppressive
voke. blt nov s4ia-4 We cOSUA--. ~ . ~-ioA-
ac,er like Wolf, growing up amidst such u--
favorable elements, since The scene IS lad BE-
fore the days Of Luther and the Reformation
To this We reply, that he can only De viewed
as being what We have already styled him,
:. reformer before the Reformation" Tbs
church Of Rome, as a system, does not pro-
duce such characters. Ifthey are found with
N her communion, is il the language of ua-
10 assert that they are there.
rot IN consequence OF her system Of teaching,
b1t in spite Of That system, and that they are
generally made the objects Of persscuiioni
The portrait drawn OF Wolf is ina, Of Bibl.
Christian. In vain DO We look for appeals
to the Virgin, 10. images, 10 relies, as the
things which formed MS character His con-
stant reference to The word Of God as the rule
Of action, shows ths. he was a sildsnt OF ihas
book, the perusal Of which II IS notorious II
all bu, sealed and unknown volume 20 The
bulk Of the Roman Catholic lsity, and even
priesthood abroad. We claim Andreas Wolf.
therefore. as sReformer before the Reforma-
ton :" one Of those men who amidst The su'-
rounding darkness, had groPed the.r way INTO
clearer ligt:-Bcpfisi Family A1ss-ins, Ph'1-
adslpiia. -..-
Gen. WILLIAM MARKS, who was
member Of the Pennsylvania Legislature
as early as 1910, and .or six years Presl-