The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-09-22

lovely maiden who was to be his future
spouse,
ST. Elizabeth of Hungary,
who was sent for when but four years old
and brought to this castle. Indeed, she
seems to have been the heroine of this
fortress, Judging from the six large tab
leaux depicting the most interesting
events of her sad, but useful life. The
first represents her as the beautiful flax
en-haired, four year old child, Just step
ping from the gorgeous chariot into the
arms of Landgrave Hermann, Oudwig's
father trustfully and all unconscious of
her future destiny. The next is after
her marriage at st. Georges in Eisenach,
(and one SO often repeated in the picture
galleries), and represents her as holding
in her apron the bread and provisions
for the poor, for whom she ever kindly
cared; which her husband noticing,
roughly demanded, what she carried? +?
She, according to the pleasing legend,
replied, " flowers" and miraculously they
all turned into "roses and lilies" Sadly
afterwards her life passed on: her hus-
band to whom she was devoted, joined
the Crusaders and went to the Holy
Wars; and the third represents her as
bidding him a fond and final adieu, for
he nevermore returned The fourth, as
driven away from the Wartburg by her
hard-hearted mother-in-law, with her four
little children, one in the arms, another
shielded by the folds of her great cloak,
and Sophia of Brabant-as indicative of
her future active spirit-trudging on so
bravely in front of the terrified party.
Next she takes the veil and dies as a nun
at Marburg. The sixth and last, as be-
ing brought on bier to the church
where she was canonized-the Emperor
Frederick II, assisting to hold the bier,
himself barefooted. st. Elizabeth's meek
ness, gentleness, and charity will ever
live in history and legend.
The Room of Luther.
But of far more significance and interest
to us is Luther room, small and unpreten-
tious as it is, on the second story of the
guard house; the table and desk at which
he ewrote; the small pictures of himself and
wife, his father and mother his bed and
chair, (Which seems nearly to have been
carried away in "chips' by enterprising
tourists); his footstool Ca small section of
a whales back-bone); autograph letters;
even the famous ink-spots on the wall,
where he is said to have hurled his ink
stand at the imaginary Devil, who was
trying to tempt him into sin; everything
in this little room is full of interest, and
recalls the restless activity of that great
man; his arduous labors while living
here in seclusion, and its mighty inAu-
ences still going out into all the Christian
world. How the history of the Land
graves and their generations, even the
sanity Elizabeth herself, pale into insig-
nltcance, in comparison with this mighty
hero who, "in the annals of the world s
history, ends the middle ages and begins
the New Time; the image of the monk
of Wittenberg, strong in the faith, who
found rest and protection behind these
strong walls from the anathema of the
Pope, and the prescription of the Empe-
ror Charles V, gathering his strength
for the boldest feats and triumphs of the
German mind; the image of Luther who
pulled to pieces the proud edifce of the
ancient Church, scattered the servile
bonds of despotic faith and conscience
with which Rome lorded it over the
world, restored in it's simple form and
bequeathed anew to Christian nations the
comforting message of the everlasting sal
vation of souls.
OF the manner of his arrest and deten-
tion here, many of your readers are fa-
miliar, but it is always pleasant to re-
fresh the memory with events whose after
influence and results were so memorable
in the history Of the Protestant world.
For the sake of those who may have for
gotten this incident, we shall quote few
graphic words.
The Diet of Worms,
Luther was summoned to the Diet of
Worms where he arrived, despite great
dangers, on the 10th of April, 1921. He
defended his cause with such courage and
modesty that his fierce Catholic oppo-
nents could no nothing but clamor for his
recanting. Several magnates, out of So
licitude for his person. entreated him to
try and make up matters, but to these he
only replied: q" II n1y cause is not of God.
1t mill not hold out long, but If Il is of
God, 1t cannot be crushed. He was now
commanded to leave Worms under safe
convoy, and on the 26th Of April, he be-
gan his return journey. The Jealous eff
forts Of the papists to bring him into the
bad graces Of the Emperor induced the
elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony. to
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