The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-11
THE REFORMER REMEMBERED.
Luther's Birthday Memorial Obser.
yances.

Il Dy Inc ShtuoliDS VI oV,OOO nCUOot Suii'
dren, who in fifty three divisions and &C.
10 various churches and attended reli-
eious services in honor of the great re-
former whose bust was placed before the
altar in each edifce. The Emperor and
Crown Prince and officials CT the impe
rial university, all city off aials and
clergy, proceeded from the town hall 10
st. n lcholss church IL a great process
sion. The streets we're packed with peo-
pie.
At Hamburg the festival WAS celebra-
ted By the Gnveiljng of = colossal blst VI
the reformer and q popular fate In Id oOr.
Weide.
In Berlin the market square was trans
formed into a grand festival for demon
STATIONS.
ct Leipsic a grea! monument, bearing
iststues OF Luther and Melancthon, was
unveiled in front of S.. Johns church.
At Erfurst, where Lube first entered
the Augustine ss.ery, at Eisenbach,
where Luther was confined for ten
months in the castle Of Msrtburg, and
al Nordhausep, the corner stone Of a
m; nument was laid.
At Worms, where Luther was brought
before the die, q new hall was opened in
his honor. The attendant ceremonies
were conducted in great splendor. aud
we're attended by immense crowds of
people,
In London, meeting commemorative
Of Luther's birthday. will be held in
Easter hall tonight. Lord Shaftesbury
will preaide. There will bs also an e1-
position Of Luther relics. On Sunday
in London, specisl services in honor of
| Luther will be held in the thfae hundred
churches.
/ New York, 10.-Exercises common.
orative Of the birthday of Luther were
held in the churches in the city to-day.
Reading. Pa J., 10 The jubilee com.
memorating the birth Of Martin Luther,
and for which extensive preparations
have been made, has. been abandoned on
account OF the rain this morning. -Four
thousand children we're to participate.
| Philadelphia, Pa, 16-There was 8
grand Luther matinee in the Academy Of
Music this afternoon. The large audit
orium was thronged. The instrumental
music was by the Germans rcieatra.
and the vocal music by 8 chorus which
inc uded nearly thousand school child.
| req. After the devotional services. there
were addresses in S Redish, German and
| English.
Berlin, 10.-All the principal
| generals of the army were in the
procession and church. The En-
peror was received with marked en-
thusiasm by throngs of people that
lined the streets through which the
Imperial procession passed. The
| whole city was decorated with BAN
ners and flags. kilograms received
from many towns in Germany state
that they celebrated the day with
great enthusiasm. During service
in the church of st. Mary, this city,
a woman was killed outside the
edifice by piece of iron falling from
the tower, but the congregation in
the church were innocent of the
accident.
The Berlin and Frankfort houses
closed on account of the festival.
London, 10.-A meeting in cell
ebration of Luther's birthday was
held in Dexter Hall to-day and
papers upon the life and services of
the great reformer were read by
the Dean Of Chester and Professor
Stoughton. A portrait of Luther
crowned with laurels, was exhib-
tied. Lord Salisbury, who pre-
sided, sent a congratulatory tele-
gram to the Emperor of Germany
upon his championship of the prin-
ciples advocated by Luther, which
was as conspicuous as his leader
ship Of armies to victory and free
dom. Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon was the
principal speaker at the meeting in
Exeter Hall tonight. The Arch
bishop of York will deliver a ser.
mon upon Luther at Westminster
Abbey, on Sunday.
The Oxford convocatiOn, 1872 to
"a, declined to adopt an address to
Emperor William of Germany, in
connection with Luther's birthday.
Service was also held in Stafford
shire Potteries district. At Crewe
members of all religious denomina.
tons formed in procession and
marched in three divisions with a
band Of music to the town hall
square, where they united in sing
ing the anthem "Old Hundred"
at Nottingham many residences
and streets were decorated.
Rome, 10. -Religious services in
honor of Martin Luther were held
to-day in the chapel of the German
embassy, and attended by majority
of the German students,
Eisleben, 10.-The Luther cele.
bration was attended by splendid
weather. Church bells were rung
at an early hour. Thirty thousand
visitors are in the city. Lutheris
pulpit, in st. Andrews church, was
decorated with laurel. The clergy, |
minister of worship and municipal
authorities entered the church in a |
procession, when the hallelujah |
chorus was sung. Assistant Chap
lain Trommel preached sermon. |
At noon the ceremony of unwilling
the memorial in the market pace
commenced, the choir singing "Eine
fest burg ist unser Gott.I Burgo-
master Martin resounded the origin
Of the memorial. Subsequently the
covering of the statue was removed;
all heads we're bowed, and the choir
chanted the hymn "Loben
den Herrn den M8chtigen
Knnip." a hundred banners
rb;ol bod hoan hold for the mann