Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-10
MARTIN LUTHER
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! Luther, the great apostle II not the founder
I OF the Protestant church, was born, aud to
4 day, just four hundred years afterwards,
tho whole Lutheran world is celebrating
the event with moro elaborate demon.
stratiuns than ever before.
For months past preparations have boou
| making for q proper observance OF tho
cvcut, and many preliminary services have
! been held here and elsewhere. Ca We'd
ncsday evening, In Fulton opera house.,
| Grace Lutheran church gave series Of
beautiful historical tabcaus, illustrative
| Of tho life and work of Luther and of the
mon who labored with him in the Reforma
ton were presented no less than 5G per
formers taking part in them The tableaus
were artisticaIly arranged and afforded
much pleasure 20 the largo audience in
| attendance. Excellent music was given by
| tho college orchestra under the lead of
| Prof. W. III. keilGr. Rov. &. l.. lOupt,
the pastor Of the church, delivered u brief
but eloquent eulOgium on tho work aud
character of Luther. Rev. G. l., Fry
offered prayer; the dOxology was sung aud
Rev. +. l.. Reed, dismissed tho audience
with beuediotion.
Tho Musical Festival
The great event of the anniversary in
this city will bo tho musical festival to be
given in Trinity Lutheran church this
evening at 5 O'Clock. The programme has
been arranged with great care and many
rare musical gems will 10 givon. Tho
church has been beautifully decorated and
will present moro attractive appearance
perhaps than ever before. All the Luth.
erau clergy in the city arc expected To I've
present aud participate Ia tho services.
All members OF the congregation are
invited to attend with or without cards OF
admission but those not membcrs will b1
admitted by card only.
All day the chime OF bells in the Trinity
steeplo have been furnishing exhierattug
music.
On Sunday morning at 1880 DR.. Groon.
wald will preach on " Luther's PIcty'
and On Sunday evening on luther's
Places"
All the other Lutheran churches will bo
handsomely decorated and anniversary
services will be held in them
la zion church Rev. L. +. Mlyser will
preach, and to the fine choir Of the church
with its grand organ will bc added an
orchestra to assist in the rendition Of the
iG:h aud 0G:h psalms. In the evening
there will b, sunday school jubilee.
In Christ church, which will be very
clabovatoly decorated the pastor, +. l..
Reed, will preach sermon at 1880 n. m,
aud NJ p. m, will take place the Sunday
school jubilee.
81. stephens church, Rev. Emil Meister,
pastor, has prepared an elaborate pro
gramme of exercises that will be very
attractive. Tho music by the choir which
has been specially selected for the occasion
will be supplemented by au orchestra, In
, the evening tho Sunday school children
will have their Jubilee
81. Johns church, Rev. Sylyauus Stall
pastor will be decorated, and q life size
, picture of Luther will be displayed. A
, printed programme of the services has
been issued, including an organ prelude
anthem by the choir, sentences, hymns,
prayer scripture lessons, sermon on
b Luther and the Reformation, &c, &,.
. Although the present year has generally
!, been called the Luther Memorial year ny
to this time, the correct memorial year in
fact only begins on the 10th of November,
aud therefore it will really continue until
/ the l0.h Of November 1884.
u Union Memorial service.
+ AUniOn Lutheran memorial meeting q
J the city churches, under tho auspices OI
i tho Young Mems Christian association,
D will DO held in tho Presbyterian church
to morrow Sunday afternoon, cOmmenG
Q ing at $3.50 O'Clock, and continuing fol
, one hour. Tho exercises will be ia
charge Of tho Rev J Y. Mitchell d. ID
Short addresses will also DO delivered by
members of the ASSOCIATION and others
, The musical part of the service will bC
/ under the direction of the Presbyterian
D choir, assisted by mcnbers of other churCl
chOirs. This being the 4O0th annivcrsar!
. of the birth of Luther, as well as the day
, appointed by the international committe'
1 of Young Mems Christian associations, a
q day OF prayer, to be observed by th
i associations of the world, it will likely b,
y n meeting of moro than ordinary interest
THE kEFoKhER'S CHAKACTEK.
n what Martin Luther has to say 10 tho Amer
lean People.
. The Lutheran celebration has called on
t the man and his work. The Lutheran an
; Reformed churches most exalt his Gharac
ter, the Catholics generally deny hi
merits aud pronounce him a hereto an
>, destructionist. The following graph
Il sketch is contributed to the Philadelphi
Il Press by an English bishop:
!, A great mans memory rises like pilla
Il over the sea, flashing n revolving light
o The light is always there but not alway
II visible on every side. SO to the diferen
} nations in turn, and at intervals, whe
;, then are receptive OF the lesson, the dea
! heroes speak. Men rule their fellows. nc
l. only by the vividncss of their personality
l. but by its many sidednCss. st. Panl wa
l. many men In one. SO was Luther. |
D. this they agree, that they were intensel
;, human.
In Luther's history there were severa
: cpochs, familiar 10 every schoOlboy, mil
y stones not only in his personal develop
% meat, but in the progress Of tho world
u His conversion into the vital and splritua
apprehension of God ; his public burnin
q OF the papal bull his mailing of the these
u 10 the church door his public trial a
u Worms his friendly imprisonment in th
= castle of WartbI re his marriage hi
i domestic life-all know these. Who quit
+ knows their significance ? To understan
a man and his life, we must take int
q account what psychologists say are tn
two main factors in conduct, heredity an
environment.
Luther's parents were plain people
J. the laboring class, but God-feariDg an
81 appreciative of education. All round hiI
l. was the Catholic church, fast sinkin
's into an epicurean paganism, and German
n in tho grasp of Italy. The English histo
IT rian, Froude, who enthusiastically admire
Luther and ungrudgingly commends hin
So. 81 m n laflT a