The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-30
IN HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER.
REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY WILL
DE OBSERVED TODAY.

Lutheran Churches VIII Hold APP
propriate Services Tomorrow
VIII he the assist Anniversary of
the ReformatiOn-CeIebr of
che Day on Which Luther Nailed
His Ninety-hve Theses to the Door
of the Cathedral at Wittenberg.
Services at the various Churches
To-day - Soldiers Are Invited to
Attend Them.
Tomorrow will mark the three hundred
and elghty-frst anniversary Of the event
full day in the history Of religion when
Martin Luther nailed TO the door Of the
Cathedral at Wittenberg his ninety
theses, condemning the granting and sale
Of indulgence.
The day also marks the birth
day of the Protestant Reformation,
and the event will be appropriately cele-
brated by the Lutheran congregations of
this city on the evening Of the anniver-
sary. The publication of the theses at
Wittenberg was but the first step toward
laying the foundation OF a great reforma-
ton, the Importance of which, however,
it is doubtful that Luther himself appre-
clated. The bold declarations of the the
ses spread far and wide, throughout all
Germany, finding advocates everywhere,
ana also encountering just as violent con-
domination. His denunciation of the in
diligence, however he reiterated when as
sailed by leading theological writer's of
the time, growing still more confident,
and expounding more fully his belief. at
lacking not only this one papal Office but
denying generally the accepted theories of
pontiical power, receding further from
the medieval principles as the contro-
versy progressed. In quick succession
came Cajetan and Millitz, deputized by
the Pope to demand retraction; the fall
ure of both; the LEIPZIG; the addition of
the great Melanchton to Luther's forces .
the papal bull of accommodation, burn
ed by Luther at Wittenberg; the efforts
of Charles V. of Germany at repression
at the Diet of Worms, and his refusal
to recant, with the words: Here I stand
cannot do otherwise. So help me, God
Amen" Then the hiding at Wartburg
Castle; the fanatical outbreak: the long
Peasants war and the final clearing of
the horizon, to find Luthers theology the
basis OF great popular religion. All these
events, each an epoch In itself, but each
attributable to the first step when on that
Hateful Oct. 81 the denunciatory theses
were firmly fixed to the Cathedral doors.
The day and the memory OF the great
founder are dear to the hearts of thou
sands who follow Luther's teachings aft
er more than three centuries The day
VIII be observed wherever a Lutheran
church is to be found.
Services appropriately observing the an
niversary will be held in the Lutheran
Church of the Ascension to-day. At II
o'clock DIR. William c. Schaeffer win de-
liver sermon on DIR. Martin Luther, the
Monk of Eisleben." The Sunday school
will celebrate the day by a mass meeting
at p. m. In the interest of missions.
Short addresses viii be made by Mr.. Hen
ry w. johnson, secretary of the Y M. c.
a, and DR.. Schaeffer. The specially pre-
pared programme of music will be an IN
teresting feature of the services Visitors
and strangers will be cordially welcomed.
Special interest attaches to the observ-