Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-02

! From Portrait Painted by Lucas Cranach,
| 1882.
1760 it was seriously injured by bonn
| bardment, and it suffered in the same
manner III 1Sl3-l4. TWAS first restored
in l814-1S17, and has now. owing to En-
peror Williams generosity, been again
restored. On the north side of the
! church were the wooden doors to which
| Luther affixed his theses. These doors
were burned in 1910, but were replaced
in 1858 by metal doors ten feet
in height, presented by Frederick VIII
lam ". They bear the Latin text Of
Luther's thesis. Above, on a golden
ground, is a representation of Christ,
with Luther and Melanchthon at his
feet; on the right and left, above the
doors, are statues Of the electors Fred
eriCk the Wise and John the Constant.
The bodies of these electors are buried
in the church.
Everywhere in the town are evidences
of the great refOrmer. Not Tar from
the railway station outside the Elster
stands an oak that was planted in 1880.
This tree is said to mark the spot where
Luther publicly burned the papal bull
on December 10, 1920. This spot is said
to have been selected for the purpose
by Luther because here were buried
the clothing Of those who had died
from the plague. In the COlIegeien
Strasse is the Augusteum, III the court
of which stands Luther's house.
Ihe first floor is fitted up as
a Luther Hall, and contains many
articles that belonged to Luther. In
the vestibule are 3 number Of paintings
representing scenes in Luther's life. IN
ma 1OIa Of
Luther under a Gothic canopy. The
base bears the inscription: eff 1t be
Gods work it will endure; If mans
work it will perish. "Under a 6raZen
slab in the SchlosskIrche lie the re-
mains of Luther.
Immense crowds of people from all
parts Of the country are in town to wit
ness the ceremony Of the rededieatIon
Of the restored church.
Upon the arrival of Emperor WFGFiam
and party at the railway station here,
they were welcomed by Prince Stolberg
ernigerode. who conducted them to
the town hall. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. some
distance from the town, and the whole
route was lined with troops. Back or
the soldiers the crowd stood four or five
deep for the entire distance Inc
Emperor wore the uniform Of an Off
Ger of the Garde du Corps. He
walked the entire distance from the
station to the town hall, and as he
moved through the lines of troops they
presented arms while the crowd shouted
and cheered enthusiastically.
The Imperial party were received at
the town hall by the burgomaster of
Wittenberg, who, on behalf ofthe mu-
nicipel authorities, read al ad-
dress to the Emperor. When
this was finished and the Emperor
had replied in 8 few words thabklng
the town officials for their good wishes,
the procession began to form. The.
making UP of the line was watched by
the members of the Imperial party
from the windows of the iowa hall.
At the head of the procession,
which was, formed in the mar
ket place., directly in fnont OF
the town hall. were the highest
protestant clergy OF the empire, 1ncIud-
ing the president of the Evangelical
Superior Council and the general
superintendent of the Lutheran Church.
These We're followed by g large number
eli clergymen 0flesser note. Then came a
bong line OF generals of the army in full
uniform and other military officers, the
ministers, Of stale, representatives of
the Landtag, and many officials
from the civil, military and
naval departments. Then came
the protestant princes of Germany
with their F9ntiques and the represent
atlVes OF Protestant foreign sovereigAs.
The Emperor and his suite brought up
the end of the procession under the
escort of a squadron OF cavalry. In
GUIDED In the procession We're the
feStjvas committee, various mt3Mici-
pal and district officials and many
Religions societies. The line moved
slowly across the market place IN the
direction of the church. Lines of troops
guarded the route. AS soon as the Or
der was given for the procession to
move the church bells began to peal
nnerril6, while tho strains of Zine
Eeste Burg" broke forth from the in
struments of the trumpeters stationed
In the towers Of the castle church.
When Emperor William arrived at
the doors Of the church, Prof Adler,
the architect Of the restored edi-
fee, presented the key TO His
words, handed it 10 the president Of
the church council. The latter in turn
handed the key to DR.. Quandt, the pas
tor OF the church, saying: 'By COM
mand Of the Emperor, the protector
and high architect of this house Of God,
in virtue of my Office, | deliver to
you as an ordained minister of the
Word this key. MAY all who enter
through the door which this key opens
enter the gate of Heaven"
DR.. Quandt then opened the
door, and the Emperor and his
train passed through. As the Imperial
party entered the church the congrega-
ton arose and sang the hymn, Come,
Holy Ghost Our God.
When the imperial party had taken
the seats assigned to them, DR.. Schaltze,
the leader OF the church in SaNony,
opened the services. DR.. Verge
the court chaplain, preached the