The Saint Paul globe., 1898-10-23

BY Rev. Clifton Hardy Levy.
What is the real aim of Emp 70. Will
liam in going to Palestine? No Cne
who has studied his character, poSeur
though he be, will say that it is done
nssrely for effect Call the lla ser what
you will, he is not fool. What, ten,
is the inner purpose of this pilgl image?
Perhaps there is a double purpose in
the fertile brain of the young emperor.
In the first place, the kaiser un-
doubtedly hopes to realize German
dream, which has lasted for aim st
a century. Frederick William III. was
the first to express the Eope of tab
fishing the Lutheran caliphata of cru
Salem. VIII am II. drea1 e 1 of tn same
idea, urged on by Won Bunsen's scheme
to fecerate all of the HOheaZ lerns.
IntrigCes at Rome and London, sound
ing of various communities to this end,
followed, with no result further t all
the creation of a Lutheran-AnglIc8n n
bishopric at Jerusalem in 1S4O, destined
to last but few years.
Free er ok VIII am eStab size b an-
denburg parish at Jerusalem in 1852,
surrounding it later by agricutu. al col
onieS and charitable and religious in
stjtutions. William l., in 1869. wrested
from the sultan the gift of Nun. stan, u
quarter of Ch istian Jerusalem of which
the crown prince, afterWard Frederick
III, took official possession at the
time of the opening of the SueZ canal.
Here is located the Church Of the
Saviour, row about to be consecrated.
Prusgia's chief center of influence in
Jerusalem is the German hosp tai,
which cares for 500 persons annually,
MUssulmans, Jews, or Christians, ire
spective of creed. The Girls Orphan
asylum, erected in 1868, was followed
by the founding cf an enormous aims
house. An asylum for sick children
and refuge for leperS have also been
erected In 1884 an attempt to drive
out the Catholics from Mount Carmel
was made, the Prussian Templars dr. v
ing cut the monks and sackng the
monastery. But the interveni n of the
French consul prevented their reten-
tion of the sanctuary.
In the modern part of Jerusalem is
the Syrian orphanage, founded by
Prussia. It's first pastor was Herr
Schneider, who took possession Of a
number of the children bereft of their
parents by the bloody prosecutions OF
Mount Lebanon QS60), making them It's
first pupils. It's 1,500 students now come
from all parts of Palestine, Samaria,
Galiiee. Mount Lebanon and the Lake
Of Genesareth. The teaching beg rs
with Arabic and ends with Ge1mar. T e
children become blacksmiths, carpen-
terS, pOtterS, tilemakers, ShOemakers,
t&ilOrS, cabinet makers and turner's.
The establishment mas a printing press
of it's own, and publishes the Messenger
Of Zion.
DOES HE AIM AT THE PAPACY?
The statement of these facts is nee
essary to an understanding Of the
kaiser's project No one can doubt
that he has been largely influ-
enced by this traditional bent toward
the Holy Land as the basis perhaps
of the ''P0pedom of Professionalism"
The invitation to Lutherans OF all sects
to take part in the pilgrimage is open
to no other construction; and when it
is recOllected that William II. is firm
Believer in the divinity of his appoint
ment as kaiser. is it not most natural
for him to pose as the pope of Luther.
anism, the real head Of the church,
with both temporal and spiritual
power?
It is conceivable that the kaiser, not
ing the loss Of the pope's temporal
power and the growth of Protestant
ism, has sweet dreams of becoming the
spiritual chief of Lutheranism, finding
the warrant for his selection in the
fact that Luther, the great reformer,
spread his doctrine in Germany-nay,
was a German.
PROOF OF THE DREAM.
The kaiser, in fact, points to this his
toric event by selecting as the day
upon which this great church in Jeru-
salem is to be consecrated, that day
celebrated as the birthday OF Protest
antism, Oct. 81. It was on Oct. 81, 1917,
that Martin Luther after laundering
against TetZel and the sale Of indul-
gences, wrote his ninety-five PROPOSE
tiOnS, or theses, denOuncing indulgen-
ces. and nailed them to the door of the
Castle church. Here he announced the
basis of Professionalism, God alone
can pardon through repentance and
contrition" What better day than this
could the future pope of Protestant
ism, Kaiser Wilhelm II. of Prussia (as
he hopes to be called), choose for the
dedication of the Church Of the Sa-
viour in the city sanctified to Christen-
dom by the life and death Of Jesus of
Nazareth?
JEALOUSY OF CZAR.
But there is still another purpose
which animates the kaiser. He looks
over the European field and sees an
other sovereign who is at one and the
same time kaiser (czar) of the realm
and personal center Of the church The
Czar Of Russia, like the Byzantine en-
peror Of old, is head of the church in
his dominion. The Holy Oriental Or
thodoX Catholic Apostolic church is
the official title of the Greek church,
called Greek because most of it's creeds.
liturgies, theological and ascetic lit
eratures are in that language and the
worship is mainly conducted in that
tongue.
The church in Russia is under the
permanent direction of the holy synod
of st. Petersburg, with the czar as it's
official head. In other words, Nicholas
is both emperor and pope of Russia.
What more natural than for Kaiser
Wilhelm IL to be ambitious for a SINH
lar combination Of temporal and gpiri-
tual power 1t is we'll known that the
czar has an eye upon Constantinople,
when Turkey is at last driven out Of
Europe, that he may re-estabish the e
the dominion founded originally by
Constantine.
CZAR'S EYE ON. PALESTINE.
But the -czar, has not been unmindful
of Palestine, either. In a late article