Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-20

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a singular characteristic reason. With
that union of superstition and pr0fgpe-
ness so common in the religious belief Of
the middle ages, he was anxious to elude
after death the demons whom he had 80
faithfully served in life. For this pIIr-
pose be not only gave orders to
disguise his body in monks
cowl, but TO bury it between two
saints. The royal cathedral Of WOross
ter, which john had especially favored
in life, possessed two Saxon saints, IN
close juxtaposition and between these
two, WulfstaR and Oswald, the wicked
King WIS laid. But meanwhile an ire
sistble instinct had been drawing the
Norman Princes toward tde race of thsir
English subjects, snd therefore towards
the dust IF the Saxon King. Along
with the annual cOmmemoration OF
those slain at the battle of Hastings,
were celebrated in the abbey the anbi-
Versaries OF Emma, the COnfessOIIs
mother aDd OF Ethelred, his father.
Edith, his wife "of venerable memory,u
! lsy beside him. And now to Join them
came the good Queen Maud,n daughter
! to Malcolm CanmsTe aBd Margaret, snd
| thus niece OF Edgar aud granddaughter
| or Edward Atheing, who had revived
ia the heart of Henry l. q feeling toward
! her AugiC-SsXon kInsfOlk such as no
other OF the Conqueror's family had
/ known. The Importance of the mar
riage is indicated by the mass OF elabo.
rate sciuples that had 10 he set aside to
| accomplish il. she, vailed nun, had
| bees me q wife for tbIs great object. 1t was
supposed TO be q fulfillment OF the Con-
| fassOr'5 lSst prophetic apologize, in Z
which he described the return Of the sew
cred branch to the parent tree. His own
sepulehral abbey at Reading was builtby !
him chiefly 10 expiete his fatser's sins .
against the English. His royal chapel /
a. Windsor b5re the name of the Con 1
fessor, till it was dedicated by Edward /
III. to st. George. He and she received /
| from the NOrmens the derisive epithets /
of GoOdricn and Godiva" Rtrogn /
name was Edith, after her great aunt. (
the COnfessor's wife. In Difference to I
Norman prejudices she changed it to .
Matilda" But she devoted herself J
with undisguised a.dor to the Abbey .
where her kinsman Edward and her .
namesake Edith lay buried. Often she /
came there iu haiTclOth and barefooted, /
to pay her devOtious. She increased its /
y
hair Of Mary Msgdsle1e. The honor OF /
her seFulture was claimed by the old /
AnglC-SaXOn sanctuary at Winchester,
by the Abbey OF Reading, and by the
Cathedral of ST. Paul's. But there Is no
reason to doubt the tradition that she
lies on the south side of the C0ufessOr's
shrine, and is thus the first royal per-
sOnage SO inferred since the troubles of
the copqQsst.-Ded1 Sankey's Re3lorj.
GlSsJ Westminster Ab6ey.
The New E.uIher Monument al Worms.
The German papers designate the new
Luther monument at Worms, as the
most extensive work OF plastic art in
Germany. The monument stands upon
a square platform OF granite, surrounded
on all sides by two steps. The sides OF
this platform measure forty feet. On
each Of its four corners is a pedestal,
eight feet high, of polished syenite, with
the four mightiest champions OF the
Reformation in brOuZs-Frederic, the
Eiect0r Of Ssxony Philip, Landgrave Of
Hessis; MelancthOn and Reuchlin.
They are eight feet and half in hight.
The front of the square is left open,
forming thirty feet wide entrance to
the principal monument between the
Elector and Landgrave. The three other
otNNS a. Q OtN1CA bs bAltlE2ACE4ASy lOtE
five feet high, of the same polished rock.
Ia the middle of each of these battle
ments, and on al elevation Of seven feet
are three allegOrie sitting figures, repre-
senting the cities of Augsburg, Magde-
burg aud Spire, and on each of the
twenty-fOur PiuBacles are the insignia of
the principal German cities that fought
ard suffered for the Reformation. The
principal pedestal, with the colossal
statue Of Luther, is sixteen feet high,
the statue OF the Re!Ormer himself ten
feet and half. He stands upright, in
his well known Franciscan garment,
just as be lives in the minds of the
millions who follow him. On the four
sOcle columns of the main pedestal are
the fodr fOrergnneTs OF the Reformation,
Peter Waldus, 1877; John WickliEa,
1887; John Huss, 14l5, and Hieronymus /
Savanarola, 1892. The mGin soc,e con-
sists of three parts. The lower one is Of
polished syenite the two higher ones, o; {
unequal OImensious are bronze. The
Of the two bronze cUbss
is described as wonder ully we'll con-
ceived and rich. On either side there are
the medalliOus Of great German Prot
estants-Uirich Won Hutteu, Franz Won j
Siekingen, Justus Jonas and Johsnu !
surrounded and connected :
by bssreliefs OF great beauty. Notices I
and celebrated utteranees OF Luther ,
ad0rn the lower socle.
Those who saw Miss Hosmer'5 two I
sketches Of the Lincoln monument can {
not fail to discover . certain resemblance
Of the arrangement OF the whole. Tie A
principal difference between the two !
monuments is in this, that Miss Hos a
mer's suffers under the great geueraliZa I y
ton of her subject, which made it very !
especially il the flrst sketch, !
where at height OF sixty feet the corpse c
Of Mr.. Lincoln lay ia a GOifin-tO urdar-
stand what she intended by it, whilst not +
one among million can misunderstood [
the German monument, It says what {
ii Intends to say in plain w0rds, whilst .
one has to work himself through a pro- o
trscted alleg0ry In the Lincoln m0nU- !,
ment before he reaches the heart Of Miss =
HOsmer's problem, The mere external il
Of the whole Is very near =.
the same in both monuments, though the I
German one seems to be more compact p
and comprehensive by one coup a. oil. a
Ine study o. Michael AngelJ's great stat =
nary works Is visible in both, though Mr. 81
Rjetchell, the German artist, seems to Il
nave penetrated deeper into the thought a
IF the great master. The illustrated pa Il
Ders OF next month will bring the draw d
ng OF the Ldther monument ia this =
country, and then every one will be bet a
er enabled to form his own judgment. P
- 81. Louis RepH5ti0an. -
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. o
Booths new thester will be opened I,
shortly after the coming Presidential .
election. d
1t is announced that this will be the s.
asst week Of the White FUN at Niblo's d,
Garden. d,
y. s. Clarke, the American eemedi- a
IN, has appeared at Liverpool in a new b,
,lay called Change. t,
Mr.. Jefferson, the comedian, has y
zone to his country residence among the 81
FOUNTAINS, near SToudsburg, Pa. n
-0rphee Gtf5 EaterS has been played =
It Athens by a French company The T.
ill announces the piece to be by Mousi- T.
lakobou 0hpphembach. 4
AT the June Sangerfest in Chicago, +.
be following works were performed al
Vsgner's Rienss overture ami Battle saC
Hymn, Beethoven's 4 Major Symphony r.
&c. Et-a .- 1c EAe :
The 90 mother Of the stape in EDp