The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-01-02

what eject they he'd; but the young man.
countenance was nnabashsd; he cvidentl
feared 10 evil report. q feel bound, con
tiHued the Marshall, sto tell you that n
| they sny Of you is most favorable, and ! an
| equally, bound t0 believe and not upon thei
opinion. hare now beg of you TO fol
low me toa friends house, : BIZ .t I.
| The Masshalls descended . private stair
case leading to the court yard, when b
passed thropgha gate in the wall into !.
narrow side street, down which he conduct
ed Heinrich, tili they arrived nt a privat
entrance to the palace. Heinrich began 4
be exceedingly nervous; the conviction tha
this idea was not a mere trick Of imagina
tion became stronger and stronger. Coult
he have his own wish, Heinrich Meyer wOult
| at that moment have been forty miles from
Berlin. siAt last he found himself following
| Grrmkow even into the palace; he -couiG
Marshall there must be some msstnke ~
No answer was vouchsafed ~ the Marshal
continued to lead him through varioas gai
/ leries and apartments, until at last TIE,
reached the door Of one situated in corner
| Of a wing Of the palace, whore the Marshall''
knock was answered by short come in.
| As the door opened one glance suficed (
convince Heinrich that his friend in the mud
and tho king were one and the same person
The poor cousin seeker, greatly confused
knelt before Frederick William, and begaI
faltering out many contrite apologies.
Rise, young man. said the king, "yot
have not committed trenson. How on eartl
could you guess who was? should no
travel quietly il meant everywhere to b
recognized - s31
After re-assuriDg Heinrich, the king toli
him that he was prepared to do what he coult
to push him forward in the profession b,
had chosen. sisfa-tstss,-
sBut frst,' he said, 4 must hear yot
preach. On Sunday next, therefore, yot
shall preach before me; but mind, l shal
choose the text. You may retire. ~.
By the time Heinrich Meyer reached hi
room in the inn, he had fixed in his mind til,
fact that he was to preach to the king. Tn,
fact was only too clear, and all he could d.
was to set about preparing his sermon al
| soon rs he should receive his text. For tn,
remainder Of the day, he never stirred out
every step on the stairs was to his ear tn,
bearer of the text.
Nevertheless, evening and night passet
and the next day was advanced, and still rs
text. ~. s..s..5-, I. -.
What was to be done? There were only
two days before Sunday; he must 60 ani
consult the Marshall, but the latter coult
give him no further information. All h,
could do was to promise that if the kine
sent the text through him, it should be for,
warded with the utmost possible despatch
That day and the next passed and, ye
Heinrich heard nothing from either the kinl
or MARSHALL Only ON Official intimation hat
been sent, as was customary, that he bat
been selected as the preacher on the follow.
ing Sunday at the Chapel Royal. ~ ~
If it had not been that Heinrich knew him.
self to posses no mean powers Of oratory
and that he could ever extemporize in cast
of an emergency, he would certainly hay.
run away and abjured his discovered scousiir
AS it was, he abided by the course of events
and fortified himself BY prayer and philoso.
ply for the momentous hour. Sunday
morning arrived, but no text. Heinrich wen
to the church appointed, and was conducted
to the seat always set apart for the prcachel
| OF the day.. The king with the royal famil,
occupied their accustomed seat. The ser,
vice commenced, but no text. The PRAYER.
were ended, and while the organ pealeG
forth its solemn sounds, the preacher was
led to the pulpit. The. congregation wer,
astonished, not only at his youthfulness, bu,
ut his being q stranger. 5".5. '.' 7@ 40
The pulpit steps were gained, and tn,
thought flashed across Henrich's mind tha
possibly he should find the text placed fol
him on the desk. But, as he Was on th,
point Of mounting the stairs, an officer Of
the royal household delivered to him a fold
ed piece Of paper, saying, 'His majesty send
After having recited the preliminary pray.
ers the preacher opened the paper, and i
was blank! not word was written on it,
What was to be done? Heinrich deliber.
ately examined the whole paper, and afte,
short pause, held it up before the congre.
cation, saying: s.s-s..., Id s.
sHis majesty has furnished the text for tht
sermon. But you may perceive that nothing
whatever is upon this subject of paper. sOul
of nothing God erected the world, Ishal
therefore, take the creation for the subject oi
my discourse this morning.
In accordance with this decision thu
preacher went through the whole Of the iirs
chapter of Geneses in mastery way, his
style being forcible and clear, and aaency
Of language remarkable. His audience, &C.
customed to the kings eceentricities, wcr,
far more astonished at the dexterity viii
which the preacher had extricated himself
from the difficulty, than at the dilemma il
which he had been placed. AT last the ser
mon was ended, the congregation dismissed
and Heinrich found himself in the sacristry
receiving the congratulations Of several dig.
nitaries Of the church who oil prophesiec
for him brilliant future. % ~
Heinrich ventured to express his nmaze.
ment at the singular proceedings Of the king
but was told that he could onls have arrived
recently from the provinces, if he had moi
known that such vagaries were quite com.
mon to his majesty. In the midst Of tht
conversation messenger arrived to conduct
him to the royal presence. Being totall,
unaware What impression his sermon might
have made upon the king, the cousin seeke,
rather dreaded the approaching audience
But Heinrich had scarcely passed the thresh.
hold Of the kings room, when his majesty
jumped up, thrust aroll Of paper into tils
young preachers hand, exclaiming, sHurral
sir, puff away; take this for tho light yor
gave me s59e&
Then throwing himself back in chair, hi
laughed heartily at the young preacher'
looks Of surprise and confusion. The lat.
ter scarcely knew what reply TO make, ol
what to do, but just rs he got 50 far a
syour majesty,' the king intercepted Hin
saying, snake no fne speeches; 60 hom,
quietly and examine the contents Of you,
paper. You cume to. Berlin to find cous
in: you have found one, who, il you 70 on
steadily Will not neglect rou.' 'f'