New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-22

old Saxon spirit which then beginning that career
Of control and a. supremacy , Thio1 rrl mas bercaf
| ter control its destines was then strong
HIM that he was the true T., OF al. tn ts
progressive nations and are the very fountain ana source
OF most Of the marvellous Inventions ana grand us
| coYeries OF this most wonderful age
LUTHRR's WORK.
| He walked In the valley Of humiliation, and he srodo
along the high places Of power He comforted and sus
Gained tho lowly in their sorrow, and no Numbered
anathemas upon tho proudes In their sins EIhorting
increasingly 10 all good works. ha ever bore upon tho
folds of his banner the motto and vachword THE Just
shall live by Faith" He rebuked with equal vigor tho
oppression Of tho nobility and the communism ana re-
less offensive to his slavl'h humility. Liberty
of conscience personal responsibility OF man; an ok
of the body and the immortality >, OF the
soul with such a. theme rounding tne
from unrnvealod beginning Of exlstonce to tread
thenceforth tho dark or the luminous pathways OF
eternity
We feel our Immortality O'ersweep,
All time, all tears. all pain. gil fears
Peaing like the eternal thunders OF the deep
This truth into
We live forever.
Among those great those immortal names that were
born die" the world OF humanity has cnthroned
Martin Luther. Conspicuous In the capital OF Nation
whose possibility of existence hinged upon his aeors In
GS9h 6 dy Nav place dn n fST the
immortal hope But should the ravages OF time corrode
and the enduring bronze and Crumble tue
solid granite may this capital OF our glorious common
wealth still remain the living heart and centre OF nation
Of united frecmen happy than our Imagination can
pcture advanced In all the elements Of goodness ana
greatness beyond fOndest drcam5 blessing ana
blessed by the untold millions who shall enter into our
inheritance and perpetuate the sublime INSTITUTIONS
established by fathers and preserved by the Infinite
Ruler Of tho universe.
During the delivery Of the Grafton two Interrupt
tons occurred. one by the breaking down of a
small portion of the platform, without serious dam
age however, and the other by the arrival OF the
Martin Lutheran Beneficial Association of Balti-
more. headed by band. The second and closing
Grafton was delivered by the Rev. DR.. j. g. Morris
LII. d., of Baltimore.
The speaking over. Judge Miller arose and in
few words gave the signal for the removal of the
bunting with which the figure was yelled The
ropes were pulled, but tho veil had been nm
skilfully adjusted and q delay Of several minutes
enSued. The matter was finally arranged. and to
the music of Luthers HYMN, Elm Feste Burg" ny
the band, and the clapping of hands by the multi
tude, the features of the ReformeTs countenance
were disclosed.
The statue reaches an elevation of more than
twenty feet, the pedestal being eleven feet IN height.
The latter consists of four blocks of dressed gran
lite, the undemOSt covering an area of 40 square
feet The only inscription, " Martin Luther" Is IN
raised letters upon the principal block of the
pedestal. The entire body aud limbs of the figure
are envelOped in the folds of prestly robe. The
left hand holds closed book. the clenchei fingers
Of the right resting it. The raised face, deep
" knotted brow and firmly closed lips, together
with the sturdily placed limbs, portray determlna-
ton and defiance. 1t is duplicate of the principal
figure of the Luther group at Worms.