Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-22

their harness on their backs. Gods sunahlno
on their armor and their Mcea act toward
! the foe.
These were some oi the thoughts that
rushed through my mind es ato0d IN front
Of the gray old church whore the bonea OF
Gusavun AdolphuH have rested these cen
turloa
Nov that we are reading IN history again
let your mind go back to the year Of our
Lord 1880, Unstable Ferdinand OF Austria
was full OF ambition arfogatlng TO himself
tho title aud the eagles OF the Roman
Caoaaw. and claiming away from where the
blue Mediterranean runs It's sunny way to
whore Tho noisy German ocean strikes
nightly tho northern coast
II was tho cid story, whom tho coda would
destroy they hrst make mad.
Rlohollou. soldier. statesman. diplomatlst
and Prince OF Rome, tho mghtiost figure
OF his time IN many respects, had been cast
ing his clear oye over Europe. lio saw
that the arrogance Of Austria would dc.
stroy tho influence Of France and no cast
about him for a man who would do bis work
bettcr than ho could do II himself
And he picked on a fair-haired Swedish
King TO hGmiliato tho house OF the liRps-
burgs,
~ tho age OF 10 Gustayus Adolphua, tho
graat Swedish hero, nscendcd tho throne
mccoedlng his father who had wagod more
or ies' rnriecogsiu war against his Danish
enoniiea, Thc .oung swodiah King gprang
full armn1 luto the arena. To be- nuro he
was not new . bold acdans and bold deeds,
10 van taker. into he fathers council whom
he was hut 10 yrara old, and hts education
stood him IN good stead.
Ths hrHt move he made was . c0urllato
Tho nobes OF Eit kingdom. and his second
was' !, inspire the mon beneath him, Tho
spirit OF Luther van abroad IN tho Eorlh,
and tho man ani the uci, bad come % DO,
i.ionhtrate tha. tbs n,en Of the NORTH would
40 Longer DO held IA bondage By Austria
.nd Tho Church OF Rome.
The yoke OF Denmark had lain heavily up-
on the swod,s. Al Southern Sweden was
under thalr donlnsnoo. cad uuHtavua boldly
threw OF the yoto.
IL Ii an error that some writer's unwltti5g-
~ fall INTO. tbs. Guitavun Aeolphuz was an
tinlearpsd man. lie was not, any more
iaan any Of the great leaders 10 var. from
Cesar and Napoleon down, vert.
Tong before his father died, oustayus
Adolphus could hpaak Latin. German,
Srench. italian ard Dutch. and he could
road the works Of ihs graatest Of tho early
military hiaiorlans. Aenophon. In his native
Greek. in addition 70 a considerable inowi-
edgc OF Central European Dialects Beal6es,
"a MS rroiheF's side. ho Inherited what may
rot ia learned In any schpol--nourage. dotcr-
rllnatlon. self-rcliance and orlginalityl Tanse
are qualities that como to man from
sourcea not At his command.
And nero NllFn HfAA'tF ubattf 1hA HlaAuIy
that 10 true. al Goms history 10 not. This
boy King. bold and reforreeful though no
ess, found himself only comtorted with moro
thsn a war with The Danes. Fifty yesrs Of
civil strife had weakened and ouorvnted the
swedes. They fought Without hope Fur
thcr-norc. against Sweden ~as al the powor
81 Rlssia. Poland and Austria. He at
lacked no power OF Denmark. which dom
MATED Norway as we'll as Southern Sweden.
Thls war ended with honorg easy. But Gus
tsyus was nq "a Was BOLD snouyh =" q a.iar,
aji.p6werfnI Russia next, ana out Of tiilA
carse material afYantage2 for Sweden. for
e;,stayvs Adelpbns was ccd.a tho baltic
nrovlnces. froa Fluland 70 Payonia. Fer
nearly ten year, be wagsd war against 20
ressous u hts own. brought about peace.
II was thoil that Rlchelieu played what
was. in home respects. the master stroke Of
his great career.