St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-11-26

giving up of their lives On the gallows.
II was remarkable sermon, unique in
its conception. mastery in its teachings,
wonderful in its effects, and will bear
fruit for many davs to come among the
German people OF st. Paul to whom it
was publicly addressed. 1t was di.
rect, earnest. soulful appeal to the
fathers. mothers, brothers and sisters to
take unto themselves the full meaning
of the text, Am l my brothers keep
er?" and to guard and watch over one
another as their highest duty. whatever
their relationship. 'Fathers and moth
ers, guide and protect your children,
brothers and sisters, shield one another
from the temptations of life, and guide
the footsteps of the weak in the honor
able path OF life"
Sweet Strains of Music.
The services were to be opened at 8
O'Clock. and when that hour came near
~ every seat In the church was taken.
and, ere the strains of the first organ
selection had died away, not even stand
Ing room was left. and the gallery was
filled to OverhOwing, In the center of
which was placed the Third Regiment
band, of Fort Smelling. AS the organ
ceased the band took up the music and
soon filled the church with more world
ly strains than its walls are usually ac>
customed to. At Its conclusion Pastor
Bolt walked up the steps Of the altar,
no ind hn
nOunced the first hymn OF the services.
AT its conclusion he offered the Lords
Prayer as benedictioD, and then the
audience arose and sang "Jesus Will
Receive Sinners" The young pastor,
vino might well be termed the "Yeuth-
full Shepherd of St.Paul," then stepped
forward and delivered one of the most
remarkable and instructive sermons a
German audience has ever listened to
in st. Paul.
The Promise to the Dead.
In opening he referr ed feelingIy to
his promise to Ermisch and Wonnigkeit
to hold public service and draw a
moral lesson from their downfall for the
benefit of the erring youth of st. Paul.
When he was first called on by these
two unfortunate boys last spring, he
had told them then that if 1t came to
the worst he would stand by them with
all the spiritual consolation i'm his
power till he had closed their eyes in
death. This promise he had fulfilled;
but when he pressed those eyelids for
the last time, at the side of the grave in
the cemetery. his duty was not yet
done, and he was here today to carry
out the last wishes of those whom he
knew were now happy In the bright
world beyond. If their calm, dead faces
could be reproduced here as he had
seen them last In their collins, the les
son might be more effective than words
could tell; but he would point the moral
from their deeds and their last grand
reformation and belief in Jesus, in
whose faith they had died.
A Roast for Press and Public.
The reverend pastor in unmeasu red
terms scored the last scenes as enacted
in aud about the place Of execution. The
anxious crowds who were in waiting,
both inside and outside the jail yard,
the rude remarks which were passed on
an occasion when two human souls
were so near eternity, and even the
harshness and heartlessness with which
the officials conducted the preparations
of death. He severely censured the
press for the ghoulishness with which
1t recounted and published under
glarlng headlines even the minutest de-
tails of these unfortunate boys, thus
atousing the curiosity of the publit to
the highest pitch when they should read
their readers moral lesson on the hor-
rors Of the crime and It's fearful pun-
ishment, But the poor lads, surround
cd by The pastors giving them ODDLY
consolation, rose above their more for
inmate companions who were free from