The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-31
4 MARTIN LUTHER TALK
The Greatest Hero of Christendom
Since the Apostles.
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS
m Rev. Z. J. Groeneveld Discusses the
Life of the Great Protestan. at h
Presbyterian Church-Kindled
the Fires OF Humanity.

Martin Luther was the subject Of
Rev. f. j. G~roeneveld's remarks last
night at the Presbyterian church. Thu
pastor said tina Martin Luther was
the greatest hero of Christendom since
the apostles. He read the 18th Psalm.
as follows:
God IL our refuge and strength. a
very present help in trouble. There
fore will not we fear. though the earth
be removed and though the mountains
be carried into the midst of the sea.
The Lord OF Hosts Is with US. The
God of Jacob is our refuge"
Then the choir sang God the AL
mighty Father" composed by Martin
Luther in 1929.
The pastor briefly sketched the life
of the great reformer. reviewing II
from the time of his youth. when he
used To carry fuel for a smelter. IA
fitting apprenticeship" said he. for a
man who was destined 10 kindlc the
fires OF humanity and enlightenment"
Martin Luther was born at Eisleben. I'm
Thuringia. on the 10th OF November,
1883. He entered the Augustinian con-
e at Erfurt in June. 1905. having
resolved to become a monk. He read
the Bible diligently. was ordained
priest in 1907. and in the next year was
appolnteu a pfolessoI III tne tnlNeiSi'y
of Wittenberg.
The year 1911 found him on the way
TO Rome. He arrived there. in true pill
grim spirit. a medieval Christian, n
he returned home a protestant. He
had pondered in Wittenbeig over the
text: The just shall live by faith"
n while in Rome the words came
back "a him. and on his return TO Ger
many the evangelical meaning of the
nhraea FrlShad fnfA his mind
In 15ls. the year of the reformation.
the new pope. Leo ". a sent agents
through Germany to sell i~ndulgences.
and John Tetzel. a Dominican, had
been chosen for Saxony. Luther. who
had studied the Bible. knew that Gods
forgiveness could not be purchased
for money. and Numbered against Tet-
eel and his i~ndulgences from the Wit
tenburg pulpit. He wrote out IS propo-
sitions or these de%nouncing indul-
rences. and on the eve of All Saints.
Oct. 81. nailed the paper To the door
of the Castle church. In a short time
all Germany was ablaze. For years he
preached and in the meantime great
interest was aroused in several king
doms. He preached that in such a sol
emn thing as forgiveness Of sin. man
could go to God directly without hui
man mediation. The pope. ne declared.
had more need Of the church han the
church had OF the pope.
Luther was a man of the people.
He probably at times used unrefined
language. hut his works were COM
mended alike by Professionals and intel
ligent Catholics. IL was his teachings
that CAV that freedom of thought so
essential 10 the incubation Of knowl-
edge. A Protestant is prepared To give
reasons for the hopes that are in him.
He believes In only one foundation Of
the church. n that is Christ. Christ is
alone In his incarnation. and there are
no saints down here on this globe. The
Protestant says: Let priests. saints.
pontins. confessors stand aside. Every
person under the glorious sun II a king
or a queen before God Almighty. The
underlying support of the Protestant
fs personal responsibility. Each of us
must take the responsibility OF the du-
ties of everyday life. The Protestant
IS opposed to ecclesiastical tyranny. He
iievs by virtue Of the %urvival of
h fttest: his only pontir is Christ
and his only creed is that framed from
the scriptures"
The pastor refrained from attacking
any creed. saying that every man has
the right TO believe as he will and wor-
ship according to his dictates.