Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-10
'GUSTAYUS ADOLPHUS'
THB SUBJECT OF A SERMON At TIL
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH,
By Rev. Samuel Scdwam-A Very Eloquent and
Instructive DiScOurss-Oher Re-
ligiOus News.

Yesterday was the anniversary OF
"Gustavus Adolphus, prominent
patron of the English Lutheran Church,
and following is a sermon delivered by
Rev. Samuel Schwarm at the English
Lutheran Church last night:
There were two principal causes that
led to the 30 years war, Of which Gusta-
vus Adolphus, King OF Sweden, became
the great Christian hero. The first was
the defect of the treaty of peace be-
tween the Catholics and the Protestants
at Passan in 1882 and at Augsburg in
1855. This treaty gave the Lutheran
party a legal standing in the Empire
and a right to hold all the church prop
erty they mad hitherto acquired, and 1t
was suppose to place them on an
equality with the Catholic party. But
there was one fatal reservation put into
that treaty by the Catholic majority
against the protest Of the Lutherns,
namely, no Catholic bishop, or
archarchop, or prince could en-
brace the Augsburg confession or the
Protes tant religion, without losing his
position, emoluments, ETC., and having
his successor at once elected as tho be
were dead. This, II carried out to the
letter, would have stopped all further
increase OF territory with the. Protest
ants, Luther and Melaucthon hao NOS
been in their graves so years
before nine-ten:hs OF Europe
was protestant. The entire
north of Europe embraced Protestant
ism, and In North German, ETC., the
bishops, etc, went over into the Pro-
test1nt church because the people had
gone, and they continued their Offices
because the people were OF that faith.
This was against the letter OF the
treaty, though no more than morally
right, for the people should have bish-
OBS, ETC., OF their own faith. But this
caused continual contention between
the two parties.
The second cause OF the war was the
rlss.of the Society Of Jesus" or Jesuites,
who began most active campaign for
the restoration OF the Catholic Church
In It's lost territories. This Society was
especially active in the line OF educs-
ton. 1t got under It's control for train
ing many OF the princes and mobiles OF
that day and inspired them with the
same zeal to restore the old Catholic
faith. 1t educated all Of the great lead
ers In the war on the Catholic side, Fer
dinand, Macmillan, Wallenstein, Till,
Pappenheim and the King OF Spain, etc;
so the war has, because Of their infu-
ence, been called the Jesuite war.
The immediate cause Of the beginning
of the war was the opposition Of the
Bohemians to King Ferdinand, who had
been named by the aged King Rudolph
as his successor. Bohemia had for more
than $50 years been opposed to the Cath
oic church; 1t was the home Of Hess.
Ferdinand, the new King, was q most
blgoted Catholic. He had while prince
of portions Of Austria com pletely rooted
out Professionalism in his domains. Aud
il was no doubt for this purpose that
the Jesuits pressed him as King OF
Bohemia. However this was, the b.
hemians were the actual aggressors In
that they threw couple OF the Kings
servants out Of. the windows OF the
palace In Prague, and Sfterward elected
Frederick OF the Palatine, king In his
stead. This led to a war between Fer
dinand, who was now Emperor OF the
German Empire and the Bohemians.
backed by Frederick, who was the SON.
in-law OF the King Of England. The
result was that Ferdinand overthrow
Bohemia, sacked Prague, took also the
territory OF Frederick, who saved HIM
self by flight, and gave his territory to
others. He also banished many OF the
Protestant mobiles OF Bohemia and gave
much OF their lands to his friends, ss-
pecially to Waltenstein, one OF his cap
tains, and restored the Roman Catholic
religion, giving the people the oppor-
tunity of embracing that or leaving.
This was the first period of the war,
or from 1918 to 1924. In this period
the power OF the free cities and OF the
small Protestant princes who joined |
against Ferdinand was completely
broken, and the Catholic faith was
restored in many places that
had been Protestant for more
than half q century. In the Sec
ond period OF the war Christian OF Den |
mark was induced to become the leader
Of the Protestant princes, by promises
of help from England and elsewhere. |
But these promises were not fulfilled
and he was soon overthrow by the
forces OF lilly, the general Of forces OF
Of Bavaria, and OF Wallen-
stein, the general of the Emperor. The
King of Denmark was driven out OF
North Germany, out Of his own terri
tory, Holstein and Jutland, and into his
Islands. MecklenburE, POmevanla,
were taken, and the cities along the
Baltic, with the exception OF Straslund,
which was protected by the King OF
Sweden. Ferdinand had swept Ger
MANY OF his enemiss-two OF the most
powerful Of she Protestant German
Electors, those OF Brandenburg and OF
Saxony. having remained neutral
through the struggle and had, In 1929,
passed the edict OF Restoration, viz:
that all the church property held by the
Protestants and obtained by them since
the treaty OF 1855, must be restored to
the Catholic church. Thus, it looked
as though Professionalism In Germany was
dead, the only two men who could have
done anything more 30 defend 1t, would
not on account of personal interests and
selfish motives. At this time the eyes
Of the Protestant cause turned to
Sweden as the only source from which
could come . Savior.
Gustavus Adolphus was the grand son