New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
THE PROTEST AT SPEYER.
A CHURCH IN MEMORY OF THE EVENT
THAT GAVE ITS NAME TO PROT
ESTANTISM
ESTANTISM.

The mission of the Rev. DR.. Beyschlag, a rep
resentative of the Protestant clergy Of Germany
who arrived in this country short time ago Is |
one which must appeal strongly to Protestants |
of all denominations. DR.. Beyschlag comes as
a delegate of the General Executive Committee |
of the Association of PrOtestants in Germany |
who are erecting at Speyer the Rhine, near
Heidelberg, a church to commemorate the ia |
nous Protest in the Imperial Diet held at that
place in 1923 from which Professionalism takes |
its name
The Diet of the Empire had been convened
by Charles for the purpose of suppressing the
religious reform movement just begun by Luz
ther and large majority of the members had
voted n condemnation of that movement. But
a minority composed Of six princes and fourteen
representatives of free cities, with the Eector
of Saxony at their head, defied Emperor and
Empire, and entered a solemn and emphatic
Protest against this condemnation. Some years
ago a movement was set on foot in Germany to
erect some fitting memorial of this great event
After much deliberaton, it was determined that
the most appropriate form for such a memorial
would be that of Gothic church. AS many as
forty-five designs for such building ex-
amned by a committee of experts, and that
shown in the accompanying Illustration Sc
lected. The actual work begun five years
ago; the main body of the building is completed,
The material of the memorial church is Alsa-
tan sandstone The hexagOnal tower which
will surmount the edfce will be 800 feet in
height. The ground floor of this tower is to
form a memorial hall, 50 feet in diameter and
60 feet in height within which will be placed
bronze statue of Martin Luther, surrounded
by six figures of the six protesting princes. each
the gift of his descendant. Other leading deco
rative features will be a fresco painting the
ain bx-p rpfaS C,ISS Of
den, showing the Elector, John of Saxony, de-
lvering the Protest to Ferdinand of Bohemia,
the EmperOr's delegate, and number of paint
ed windows presented by the Protestant princes
of Europe, including five given by Emperor
William and the Empress.
Two-thrds of the $4,000 which the church
will cost have been raised in Europe, and an
appeal signed by twenty-four leading Protes
tant clergymen, representing widely differing
denominations, expresses the earnest desire that
the balance shall be subscribed in the United
States. The sgners of the appeal are: The Rev.
Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hail. director of Union
Theological Seminary; the Rev. DR.. Henry M.
Sanders, of the Madison Avenue Bapti5t Church;
the Rev Dr. w. S. Rainsford of st. Georges
Church; the Rev. DIR. C. c. Tiffany; the Rev.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, Editor of THE Outlook
the Rev DR.. c. II. Parkhurst of the Madison
Square Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Dr. w.
r. Huntington, of Grace Church. the Rev. DR..
Edward G.. Andrews, Methodist Episcopal
Bishop; the Rev. DR.. David ]. Burrell, of the
Marble Collegiate Church; the Rev. DR.. David
II. Greer, of st. Bartholomew Church. the Rev.
Leighton Williams of Amity Baptist Church.
the Rev. Jacob W. Loch of the German Evan
gelical Church, Brooklyn; the Rev. George c. F.
Haas, of St Marks Church OIutheran); the
Rev DR.. Charles E. Jefferson of the Broadway
Tabernacle; the Rev. John j. Heischmann, of
St. Peters Church Lutheran), Brooklyn the
Rev H. Guelich, of the Harrison Avenue Church
Evangelical Association); the Rev. Dr. Ed
ward F. Modehnke, of st. Peters Church
(Lutheran); the Rev. G.. w. Wenner, of Christ
Church Lutheran); the Rev DR.. j. B. Remen-
snyder, of st. James's Church Uutheran); the
Rev. Julius w. Geyer, of the Evangelical Mis-
sion Church (Reformed); the Rev. DR.. d. Sage
Mackay, of the Collegiate Church; the Rev DR..
Henry van Dyke, of Princeton; the Rev. Willard
S Richardson, of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church. and the Rev. DR. George c. Seibert,
professor at the Presbyterian Seminary, Bloom
field, n. j.
The following committee of Americans has
law Reid, chairman; Spencer Trask treasurer;
Maurice l.. Muhleman secretary; ]. P. Morgan,
Seth Low, w. E. Dodge, Gustav H. Schwab, K.
8uenz, f. w Hollis, Morris K Jesup, George II.
Moller, A. Pagenstecher, Hermann Schaeffer,
Charles A Schieren, Samuel Sloan, Oswald OF