Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-17

long DefCre the Lutheran reformation. |
Algebra and Trigonometry had been put |
into complete form; decimal fractions
brought into use; the calendar improved.
The Polish priest Copernic had written on
tbs revolution of she earth around the sun
and founded modern astronomy. Among
inventions were linen paper, ire
arms, gunpowder, the telescope, bells,
CLOCKS, engrayingg on wood, the mariners
compass. tina barometer, tbs thermometer,
tho printing press. Guido d'Arezzi
had taught musical notation, and the goth
io oathedrals Of Europe are enduring mon
1naenfS TO the perfection Of architecture,
sculpture and painting.
TIE FIFrlENrH CENTURY, THE GOLDEN Age
The progress OF Europe was increasing;
gaining II intensity and extent as the
ages advanced. Tao fifteenth century
reached in its ardor for study and the SC
QUESTION Of knowledge fever heat. FsThe
fifteenth century, says Guizot, SIS a cen
fury of voyages, enterprises, discoveries
and inventions of all kinds; (Histery Of
civilization). Marsilius Ficipus, who
lived himself IN this century, wrote of it:
''No one who will have examined we'll the
inventions OF this ago Will hesitate to call
it gol On age" The invention of print
ing by Gutenberg and Fust gave to intel
lectRal pursuits an impetus beyond the
power Of all previous times. The tedious
journsyings OF hundreds Of miles to see a
manuscripts, the delays of years to obtain
q transcript Of q passage, which were fire.
quent occurrences in the labors of earlier
scholars, were no longer impediments to
study. Books were multiplied to CORES
pond to the demand, and at prices to suit
moderate purses. The first book printed
| wss the Bible, in 1850. I'VE may see IN
imagination" writes Hallam, ''the veneer
| able and splendid volume leading up the
| crowded myriads of its followers, and i'm
ploring, as it were, blessing
on the new art by its dedicating
| hrst fruits to the service of heaven" An
| other fortunate evens for the literary glory
Of the Fifteenth century was the crossing
of the Bosphorus by the Turks, and ths
scattering through Europe of Greek schol-
ara and Greek manuscripts. Long before
the arrival of the exilsd scholars, however,
chairs Of Greek and Oriental Languages,
and of classical Literature, had been estab-
lished through Europe, but more especially
Ill Isaly, where the popes, chief abstGors of
learning in Europe, always exercised a
powerful influence. Nicholas V and Lso
< are names to which learning will never
refuse to do homage. The age OF the
"Renalssance"-the new birth OF learning,
had come and popes were its sponsors.
Italy was them" ssys Hallsnl, Sand, per
hapG, has been ever since the soil where
literature, il it has not always most -four
ished, has stood highest in general estima-
ton" The Protestant Roscoe has de-
scfibed the court of Leo <, where Musurur
re-sehosd the philosophy OF Plato and
the poetry of Homer, BEN
| DO, sadole5 and Vida revived
the pure Latinity of Cicero and the
sweetness of Virgil, Rafael painted
, Michel Angelo chiseled his Moses, anc
Braman1e penciled plans for palaces ant
churches. Learning reigned in Rome. II
reward il the po1tifcai treasury was eve
open, and the highest dignities aaaitet
) the successful student. Florence, Ehj
home OF the Medioi, the city CT Lorenz
/ the magnificent, whose lova OF letters va
inherited hy Lee, was not much behint
Rome. aldo, al Venice, prolactea an'
l honored by church and state, was giyiu;
: | to the world from hi
! printing press editions OF authors
8 which the beauty and inis
OF the work have not to this day been sur
} passed. The sacred fire had passed 0ye1
the seas. Erasmus ana Reuchlin ropre
] ! sented humanism in Germany, Colet an
3 ! Moze in England. 1t was for literature a.
: | age of wild reyel, OF royal triumph; it wa
{ | qaeenly in It's radlances, and the honor!
} IL received. And it was the church Whio
3 held it by the hand and lifted il upon tn
4 throne. As the century was closing Col
3 umbus set sail from Palo in Spain, an
, discovered America. Since the establish
J. ment Of the church and the fall of imperie
Rome no event had occurred of so muo
: i'm portance to the world in all the depar.
9 ments Of life as the finding OF our cont
y nent. Il added Incredible strength to the II
| teilectOal movement of the age by openin
up to the mind new and vast fields of IL
, Dor and research. The event was fttin
0 crown to this grsat country OF progress.
o The sixteenth century now opens. W
9 see the human mind at q dazzling heigh
9 Looking towards the future, what may "
n not anticipate? This rich and variet
0 treasures of past toll, th
f fruits of patient toll dul
4 ing eight hundred years, in ts possession
t the means of accomplishing great thing
J. which the printing press and other MOI
n useful inventions had prepared at It's dii
a posal; the ardor of the "Ren Nuisance giy
r ing life and power to all its efforts, vas
: world awaiting its energiss-the huma
L mind is ready for gigantic leaps IN tn
}. road of progress. Nothing that the fl
turs will record of it's feats will astonisl
us. But still the future, greater than tn
past, will be the child Of the past-ali
9 matre major.
LUrHER's WORK.
i This much my hearers, trust, will no
: ceneede-there was progress and intellect
= al light before Luther preached inWittenl
:, burg, and the Catholic church was no fo
+ to learning.
j, Luther began his work We will COZ
: slider its influence on progress. I hav
: told you the popular belief in his regard
I will now tell you the facts of history.
o The teachings of Luther logically pre-
: vent all progress. The servitude of th
: will was his favorite and oft-repeatea doc
g srine. This il the blind fatalism of tn
s Turks which begets stolid apathy sn
r stngnatien of all efforts. lie constant
: expressed strong contempt for huma
:. reason. His chief point in its regard was ii
= utter pewerlessness to grasp religious truti
: and this led him to depreciate its value Il
:. all matters. Strange contradictions i