The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-08-04
sverywhere that Luther drank to excess.
Five German quarts Of wine {about an
English imperial gsllon) were scarcely
N of10h FIR him f,s,sll meal. He l1enf1 t0

fdrinking like Dutchman.' To be put on
How diet he used to cay, is to live mis-
lsrsble. Let us eat and drink last une
[frassen. und safuen' (Which applies to
beasts only )-"as much as possible and
Egive thanks to God (!) for his good things.
EOthers would deyour them for vi" ia
consequence he would suffer from suffo-
Ications and indiRestions OF snndry kinds,
Sbut ell this he said was tsthe devils do
lime, who wanted to prevent him from
Eioing the holy work of God" No doubt
1.-THE holy gospel Of Jesus Christ needed
Et sparing down" or reformation to bring
Fit to the level Of this lewd, unchaste and
|;gluttonons apostate But his servant
continues:
Having wished him good night, we
retired to our own rooms and went to bed,
never fearing or dreaming OF anything
to go wrong. Next morning We went
back to our master as usual TO help him to
YRet up and dress. On entering his room
oh, shocking to relate!--our said Mas
2tar Martln was hanging from his bed,
and miserably strangled!
h AT this CHASTITY sight we were horribly
frightened. And without delay we ran
TO the noble princes, his guests OF the
night before, and announced to them the
excreable end Of Luther.
sThese, terrified no less than We were,
requested us at once, and by q Thousand
promises and solemn adiurations, to keep
the most profound silence forever and
forever, after that awful event, in order
Ethat nothing might be diyulged. They
then requested us to take down the hor-
Erible corps Of Luther and place it in his
lied, and tell the people that my Master
Luther had suddenly died. I CONFESS
THAT, touched by the entrsaties OF the
mobiles, and bribed by their munificent
promises, we, like the guards at the
ESaviour's tomb were determined to act as
they wished, hsd not the invinciole
power OF truth advised sls to follow q
different course. For human respect,
||fsar, hope OF gain, can sometimes hush
the truth; but the voice Of religion and
remorse of conscience, soon or late,
prevailed over such expressions"
The deposition of this witness, the
most competent OF the party, leaves not
shadow of doubt. The miserable tire
former" and worthy follower Of the arch
6end ended as did SO many other heresi-
archs; the son ct perdition who had
betrayed his order and his mother, the
Church, hanged himself like Judas, the
traitor. ''He that hath an ear let him
hear (Apoc. RI. "a. Woe to the man
who dies under such sad circumstances;
But woe still more to those nobles Of
Germany who, in open revolt with Rome,
constituted themselves the abettors of
an unfrocked and exoommunioated
monk.
Two years ago, says writer in an ex
change, when visiting in the heart Ut
Thurlngia, the Wartburg at Eisenach, in
Hesse, where st. Elizabeth, of Hungary
lived, / saw, at the entrance gate to the
castle, Luther's house, where the Lam
grave Of Hesse gave the silenced friar
help and support to carry on the work
of the so called reformation. The house
is to-day as it was 300 years ago; the
room where he worked and where he
slept is pointed out as curiosity. The
old wooden bedstead, with post and
tester, is there yet, and his bookstand,
table, desk, and chair, and, as footstool,
bone Of the vertebral column Of q
whale; also the portraits of his father
and mother hung up against the wall,
and some few other relics. There is also
seen to this day, and I had my hand up
on it, the famous ink spot. The devil ap-
peared to him in visible form, as he
was engaged in trans ating the holy
scripture into German, and insisted re-.
peatedly that he should do away with
the holy sacrifice Of the mass. "Impos-
sible," eaid Luther, s'the texts are too
obvious = You must, " insisted the
devil, and then in fit OF annoyance, .Lu
ther flung his inkweil against the val,
and the stain is there to this day. There
is, too, the window, where Luther and
Catherine, his wife, one night admired
the beautiful heavens, with their msriads
SE . - j, ~ ~t
Of stars, which shine brighter and larger
as you are there nearer to them. Cath
er1ne called his attention to the magnifi-
cent display Of the celestial bodies, all
ablaze, ,as it were, and Luther said: Yes,
heaven is beautiful, but it shall never be
Fours.n His sad end proved the truth Of
his prophecy. ,s3s s=st
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East for q Red River Valley farm, whore
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which 81 yonr old aes will Be 9 sure pro-
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