The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-13
GERMANY.

Tho Luther Monument Inauguration mt
Worms-Prptestantisn in Tribute to the
Great Ref0rmer-Animated and ExtraordI.
nary Scene-Thc Statue and Its Inscrip.
fi0ns-Thc Figures at Luther's Feet-Wal.
dus, WickIife, Huss and SavOnaroIa-Ose
Hundred Thousand Persons Present-Mcs.
sage from Queen Victoria.
Berlin June 27) correspondence Of London Tmea.
Thecity (worms) In which Luther, pleading before
his sovereign and the assembled estates Of the Holy
Roman Empire, INDICATED the Gospel against sacer-
dotal encroachment Si7 years ago, has just wit
messed the Inauguration of monument to his honor.
From other statues previously erected to. him the
new one is distinguished in more than one respect.
1t IL a tribute paid by all Protestant Germany, sub
scriptions having come in from every county IN
which the reformed faith has gained footing IL
is memorial dedicated, not to man. but to pc
riod perpetaating alike the efgy OF Luther and his
associates In The sacred exploit; ana II has been I'M
veied at time When there are symptoms OF another
religious movement. which, whatever Its immediate
result, Will ultimately exercise considerable inlu-
ence on the desilnies of Luther's country and coun
rymen.
In size and rich variety of design the monument
has no equal. IN tns respect Il is an Improvement
upon Rauch's Frederick the Great with its host
Of generals ranged round the base 1T Is not statue,
but combination OF eleven statues grouped around
and surmountcl 10y The gigantic likeness of the Thu
ringan miners on ascending a few steps you tread
on granite base forty feet square, enclosed the
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Its centre Luther stanis pre-emnont. seated on the
four pillars projecting rom the corners OF Luthcrs
pedestal you see clustering about the master
mind his IOlr precursors, VINO attempted what
he accomplished. 70 thts noble array the Eng.
lish, French, Italian and slave nations have
each furnished a mem1er-lohn Wickline Pc rus
Naldus, JCroninp SavOngrOa anu Jan Huss
Then turning to the circumference, you notice seven
more statues distributed around. Occupying the
four corners OF the balusEade, and separllu from
the centre group 10y the inner space are the Nencra
bic figures OF two regal and two clerical allies OF the
rel
Saxony, ana Philip the Generous Landgrave On
Hesse, impersonating power aud prudence, watch
the 'front.' Philip Meanchthon and John Reuchlin,
with their solid erudton, az their To these
four or adding those In the centre group, nine great
men-images Of real beings-are, with questionable
TASTE united the symboca statues OF three cities,
celebrated In the history OF tue time-Augsburg,
iske %n ta aeu cers of each aide Of the
balustrade. Seated, and looking up to Luz
ther, they pleasingy relieve the four cor.
ner statues which standing and have their faces
turned In The same direction as the central figure.
To do justice to the many places which have like.
wise deserved well Of the cause OF religious liberty,
the battlements u the enclosure on the inner
aide decorated with the escutciIeons oftweny.four
other German cities These are Brunswick, Bremen
Constance Eisenach, Eisleben, Emden, Erfurt
Frankfort, Halle, Hamburg, heilbronn, Jena, K0ngs
berg, Leipsic lindar, Lubeck Marburg, Memlngen
Ter AMI wo m. thus fanls IT, wol derful trdc-
ture before US, petrifeu piece OF history, silent
ret eloquent to any one who knows what has once
agilated mankind, and has presentiment of whsi
will agitate them again.
look more CLOSELY ~ tnc princlphl group
ON sienite pedestal Of sfbdued color, surmountet
wan two bronze squares, stands Luther. IL Is thu
stout sturdy shape familiar to every eye. IL Is thu
dear old well known FORM with It's honest features
and calm, imperturDabe eye, a. painted by Cranach
With face turned upwards, he rests his clinched ifs
on the closed Bible, as Is utterng the famous verse
OF his beautiful corae-Dds Wort sts soiien ldssei
stejin From an artistic point OF view 1t might, per
hans. have been better to give his head more In
cined position In a statue OF ten and half feet
height ON pedestal OF sixteen feet, face fted "
20 heaven cannot be well seen from below. A bette
view, however, ~ obtained rom the size than ron
the 'front.'. 49, - -,
Before passing on 10 the other WORTHLESS We VII