The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-11

Wheh' on April 20. 1929. the German
princes made their formal protest
against the revocation OF their libcr-
ties. In the life and death struggle
that followed Il was as clarion sum
monlng all souls 20 do battle without
fear against the foe. Luther sang q
/ 10 the Lutte every day. Il was the
spiritual and national tonic OF Ger
many. administered IN those dolorous
I times as doctors administer Quininc 60
/ soiourners In feyor-hauntcd marshes.
| Every one sang a. old and young, chill
dron IN the street, soldiers on the bot
. tlonold Tho more heavily hit they
were the more touaciously did they
cherish the song. when Molancthon
and his friends. after Lu,hor's death,
were sent into Punishment they were
maryclously chcoroi co.'s they entered
Weimar on hearing a girl sing luihor's
hymn In the street. Sing on, dear
daughter mine" said Molnncthon,
thou knowCst not what comfort thou
brIngcst 20 our heart" Nearly a hun
drcd years later. before the great vic
tory which he gained over the Austrian
forces at Lclpsic. Gus,ayus Adolphus
asked his warriors 10 sing Luihers
hymn. and after the victory be thank
cd God that he had made good the
promise. THE field lie will maintain
! g." II was sung az the battle Of Lut-
zen. II was sung also many a time
and of during the Franco-German
war. In fact. whenever the depths OF
the German heart are really stirred
the sonorous strains Of Luther's hymn
lnstinctiycly burst forth. ". Nicomi'
de- Vogue. one 81 the most brilliant oI
contemporary writers. in his criticism
OF NJ. Zola's Dcbaclo. pays O. splendid
tribute 90 the element IN the German
character. which finds its most afticu
late expression IN Luther's nohh
psalm. NJ. Dc Vogue says that "
Zoln. in HE work. entirely fails 90 eX
plain In what the superiority % th
German consisted. What was there ID
these men, why asa they conquo
Franco only hc who knows the 900
swor and darcs 90 give o. viii bc abl
TO write the book about the war.
"Hc who is so well up iu 400 90
points OF the battlefield of soll
must surely know what was 90 De- seD
aud heard there on the evening of Sep
TENDER I. 1870. u was o. picture G
tempt his pcn-thosg ,nuumorablo line
% fire starring all the valley Of Oh
Mouse. those grave and solemn chant
sent out into the n.rht hy hundred
OF thousands % voices 40 orgy. %
disorder. no relaxation 0f discipline
the men mounting ruarl uud,
arms until The inc,1rablc work wl
done. the hymns 20 the sod a. victor
and the distant home they seem,
like am army Of priests coming froi
the sacrifice. This one picture paint,
- as the novelist knows how Go pain
in his best days. w0gld have shown o
81 what virtues. wanting iu our oU
j camp. had kept fortune in the s5ry.,
% the other"
There have been many English vc
e slons Of Luihor's hymn That
Thomas Carlyle Be- regarded as the bees
Il Is as follows
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our h.Ir U,U De-. 1Hl ss' u. fr.o
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Intends Us deadly woo.
Armed With mlH. from lI.u
. ami deepest .HI H. HtN
on earth o. not hH fellow.
e THROUGH our own force v. NOTHING en-
n sffI.nI we've N. ..sf forever.
Iut fUr pool '.hN fIu U.u... man
Iy GHI sr.' iu deliver
a., A. &c. who tHIs maE h..
christ Jesus named o. l..
. 90 suUHnth th, Lord
Solo GuI in OU uiuri.
Do IT'S boz must win ta, battle
! AM were tho world With devils MICA.
NJ All tHrtr Geo UtNuaT U.
"a our souls io fear should Iftla Yield.
. They cannot uNtrUuWUr Ua
THU'r dreaded It'Hr. uU more
2. Can harm us o. 90 NurU.
look ETIu Ua Ger IU mlN.
~ Doomed Is Dos ancient sway.
a Wuru can overthrow h.m.
Gods word Tor 200 h,lr GRAF, ana fore,
trp moment Will uHf l.u.tr.
THf sTIfr Uf HtI HNHI have IIH UUuT"H.
"TI.. written Dos h.H fu.,.
And though tUrN iuk, cur lfr.
tuuIa. honor UhIaIrn. wife.
N.t H there profit small
T|y.U things shall vanish an.
To, cts of God r,Wa.Urih.
10 Tho i6th Psalm was always gre
la standby Tor fighting men. The u
ii rucuots and Cuycuanters used 90 che
10 their hearts Ia the extremity % adycl
h, fortunes hy the solemn chant
=. God Is our refuse aul our strength
Boo straits q present ui.
M Therefore ulthuIrh ilv earth remove,
ma We will not bo afraid.
BY II will be- noted that although l.
theirs hymn Is suggested by the ~
Psalm. 10 Is really Luther's Psalm, b
Dayids. Only the idea of The stror
hold o. taken from the Scripture,
rest Is Luthcr's own. made In e,