Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-07-24

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The Convent remains nearly as it was
in Luthcr's time. The windows, except
ing those in his rom have been fitted
with modern pancs of glass By the door
opening to the body of the building are
two stone seats, where the two great think.
ers often sat and talked Of their work. the
magnitude of which they little comprc-
hended.
Ascending fight of stone steps in the
octagonal tower built against the front
wall Of the convent, We COME to the room
where Luther and Catherine Bora lived
after marriage. 1t is just as it was when
they sat thete---he at the old lumb bcring
table, she by the window made up of sew
cral hundred little round panes of glass.
Ir ono corner stands the great earthen
stone. designed by him. seven feet high,
built up, story upon story, to obtain great
radiatiDg surface, and covered with Bib.
lical scenes. There are the chairs which
they occupied, and music books from
which they sang The wainscotting bears
the marks of age Over the door opening
to an inner room is the autograph of Pc
ter the Great, written with chalk, protected
by glass. He came here to look upon
the spot where once lived Monk Who
had the courage to face the mightiest po.
tcntate on earth. sH
A few steps from the University brings
US to Melancthon's house--the exterior
uualtered, but the interior remodcled-a
building which attracts attention by its
curious gable, fronting the road-full of
small windows llelancthon was the
quiet man who calmed the turbulence of
Luther and rounded his sharp angles. A
little further on in front of the tower
house are statues in bronze of the two
men. Around each is group of old wo
men selling garden vegetables, sheltered
from the suns heat by great umbrellas.
at the further end of the town is the
cid palace church, high editce With
ave great windows reaching from the
ground to the roof, with buttresses be-
tween. In tine centre is the doorway,
wlele Luther, on the 3Tst of October,
l5l7, Just three and half centuries ago
this coming autumn, stuck up the 95th
thesis, chelengiug all the world to dis
pute with him ou the principles contained
therein, aud pledging himself to prove
that pardon OF slis could only be obtaiu-
I'd by contrition and penance. and could
not be bought with money.
The citizens Of Boston would pay but
little attention to any document which an
obscure individual should see fit to paste
upon the front door of the Old South
Church, Offering to dispute with anybody
upon religious subjects; but in Lu hers
time such an act created great sensation.
Te,zel, the Pope's nuucio, was selling III
duigences. lie was fellow Of Infamous
character. accompanied in his travels by
Dominican mouk and two secaetaries.
lie entered a town in great pomp, the
church Tells ringing, the bishop, priests
and clergy going out to meet him with
banners, III gorgeous robes, accompanied
by monks, Duns, magistrates aud students,
singing psalms. He rode in gildcd
coach with the Lull Of the Pope au;horlz,
ing the sale of indulgences lying on a vel
vet cushion. Candles were lighted, clouds
OF incense rolled up to the roofs Of the
churches, masses were said, and lie zel
from the pulpit then preached OF the hor-
| Ilplc otdtv VI ehOSS IL Pu' S"so'Jj 'hS'A
tornents, roasting aud Try ing, waiting Ior
svme Que to purchase their redemption,
brother Bartholomew, the Dominican, at
the same time Offering his ipdulgences
ready signed tor sale, and holding up a
plctuie OF the poor souls III the must Of
the flames. tortured Ly the deyii, anti
bearing the inscription;
iWhen in the box the cash doth ring,
The soul from out The hire doth sprihg.'
1t required rare moral courage for a
poor monk to openly attack and oppose
what the Pope had authorized. Where
is there higher example Of moral hero
ism than that burning Of the papal bull
beyond the Elster gate Of Wittemberg
1t is Oh par with that of Daniei Offer
lug his prayer three tines day-no'
having regard to the edict of the King
or of the three men cast into the furnace
Of fire. That is it which makes Wittem
berg, au old decayed- town. 50 attractive
1.-The display Of moral heroism unsur
prss,d ID history, heroism which ha
obtained for Luther at last, even ih Cath
olic Bavaria, a niche in the halls Of Val
halla. In that grand German madsoleud
or hall OF glory, erected on the banks
The Danube below Ratisbon, his bust ha
lately been placed as one worthy OF homo