The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-08-04
THE PERFORMER. !
IN q Drunken stupor Martin
Luther, the Ex- Monk,
Hanged Himself.

Hanged Himself.
DESCRIPTION OF HIS HOUSE
In Hesse and the Room in Which
the Devil Appeared to Him
In Visible Form.
The little town of Eisleben in Saxony
is celebrated for being the birthplace o1
two persons who are as opposed 10 one
another as st. Michael the archangle to
Lucifer the archfend. The one is st
Gertrude, virgin, who became Benedio-
tine nun, and is known in the lives ii
the saints for the gift OF her ecstatic
visions and highest form of contempla.
tion, and Of whom it is said that our
Lord made for Himself in her heart an
agreeable dwelling. She is, moreover
to this day, for persons consecrated to
God, tho model Of perfect union with
Jesus IN the mcst blessed sacrament, OF
the altar, or DIS contemplated in His
sorrowful Passion and His death for ue
on the cross.
The other is Martin Luther, once q
fervent priest and religious OF the Order
of Ermits Of st. Augustine. II the angels
in heaven can but weep at the thought
that there was once in their midet an
arcLhend to punish whom, together with
his tdherents, God il, his Justice had to
add the creation OF place left out Of
his original plan, and to find q prison for
rebels who world prefer not to be than
to repent, Eisleben and the Christian
world at large have to deplore forever
the birth of the greatest hsresisrch Of alll
ages, and the most abomipable scnundrel.
who, like his model, tore away millions
of souls from the Bosom of the church,
dragging them into the masses of schiatn
and heresy. Y u ..l.5 u
II the death OF ST. Gertrude, or any
other saint, brings TO our souls precious
and salutary lessons, the horrible end 81
an apostate supplies lessons no less
wholesome and worthy of reflection.
With regard to Luther's end, we give the
deposition Of an eye witness:
THE SERVANT OF LUTHER
will speak, This witness was SO struck
by the chastisement with which God pul
,shed the heresiarch, that he renounced
the Protestant religion and was read
mitted into the Catholic church, which
worldly interests had made him to leave.
The details OF the sad drama are found
in an authentic deposition, copy OF
which is still preserved in the Vatican
library. Other copies were sent to var
ious personages Of the empire. The
learned Sedulius, during sojourn be
made at Fribourg, in Brisgau, Baden,
found there the authentic document.
studied carefully every word Of it, and its
value as historic document, and, find
ing tito be authentic, he published it at
Antwerp in 1906, in hi" aescriptiones, !
calling it the. declaration Of the domes-
tic servant Of Luther" heading it by the
following title: "A sincere and truthful
confession Of q servant man Of Martin
Luther to a.pious individual who asked
him, in the name OF religion how hia
master Martin had died" The docu-
ment.is written in Latin; the following
is the correct translation in English:
AI must say that your religious con-
siderations and your entreaties give me
courage to brave the indignation Of men,
as we'll as to the fear Of offending them,
and give testimony to the truth, I am,
however, more determined to do what ]
think my duty, by the respect ! owe to
God Almighty and to ali his saints. For
I we'll know that the marvellous works Of
God must be rendered glorious, and that
/ must obey the divine law rather than
human commands. For this reason, de-
spite the terrible threats OF the mobiles
.of Germany Who want to prevent from
ever revea1ing 70 anyone whomsoever the
fearful death of my master, Martin Lu.
ther, / shall not keep the truth captive
il my mind; but for the glory Of Christ
Jesus, and the edifcation of the whole
Christian world, I do now publish what
Ihave Witnessed With my own eyes; what
lido know better than anyone else can
pretend to know, and what I have relat-
ed 70 the mobiles ut Eisleben; and I do 80
not through hatred Of anyone, nor the
desire to gain appro obation, go q favors
or grace with enybody whatsoever,
The following IS what has happened:
Martin Luther, being at Eisleben with
several mobiles of Germany allowed him
|self q b overcome by HE habitual IN
[temperane and drank with 90 much
ttahat Re wore obliged % carry him
[off, absolutsly bel plees with drink, and