The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-06-23
MORSE KING AND
QUEEN WERE
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sent by his father to England in his
childhood and there he became con
vert to the faith and was baptized.
Upon his return ito Norway and his
accession to his fathers throne he
did not dare to Immediately attack
the ancient Asa faith which had so
RAINY fanatical adherants among his
/ closets friends so he temporized for
some sixteen years or more until he
| had won such un0ounded popularity
as seemed to warrant his taking
steps toward the realization Of the
wish nearest his heart-the Christian
lzation Of his people. He began well
/ but he dba not possess the cruelty OF
/ zeal that was necessary for the &C
1 complishment of such a task in that
age so he only succeeded in opening
! the way for his more vigorous success
I sor Olaf Tryggvesson who introduced
the ire and sword into the fight with
a great measure of success. But
even he failed to completely eradl-
cate paganism from the national
! heart and it was only after his sue
oessor, by his wife, and more par
ticularly by his death had appealed TO
! the ready Imagination of the Morse
men that Christianity really became
the established religion of the coln
! try. This great missionary was King
/ Olaf Haroldson who was afterward
canonized as St. Olaf ana over whose
sacred remains the great cathedral in
Trondhjem arose This cathedral is
the proudest historical monument in
Norway and the finest church in all
Scandinavia. st. Olaf was killed at
the religious battle of Stiklestad in
1920 and his son and successor Mag
nus the Good brought his body to
Trondhjem and placed it in mag
nlt1cent sarcophagus on the high altar
OF st. Clements church where it be-
came an object of devout pilgrimages|
from all over the country. Eventual
ly the cathedral ana some fifteen or
twenty other churches were built
upon the strength of the faith he had
created and even in Protestant Nor
way to-day his name is revered above
all others. In 1851 Trondhjem was
erected into an archbishOpric and a
new impulse was given to ecclesias-
tlcal building enterprises, At this
time the great archbishop Eystein,
the third Of Trondhiem. quarrelled
with the king and fed to England
where he remained for three. years.
He returned full Of religious zeal and
ambitious plans for his own national
capital and during the next few years
he built the present transept of the |
cathedral, a graceful central tower, !
the Chapter House, all in the style of
the late RomanesQua period. His
successor finished the magnificent
choir and the oetagonal apse that COW |
cred the relics at st. Olaf, and from
that time the building grew through |
all sorts %of exuberent imaginings
which lett upon it traces of the splen-
dor Of the early Gothic period min
gled with the classical Romanesque
in such a manner as to create a
monument of absolute beauty. 1t has
been repeatedly damaged by fire and
the elements butts now in the hands
of devoutly careful restOrers. The
great central tower with its four cor
ner turrets was not completed until
1901 and it is a matter Of great re-
greet to the Norwegians that the other
reservations have not been completed
III time for to-day's ceremonies. In.
deed it will be decades before the
restoration is completed but the work
goes steadily on, a fund of 100000
Kroner per annum being provided by
the state.
No Royal Palace.
There is no royal palace in Trondh-
jem and during the coronation festi-
vities the royal family will use the
residences Of the Stiftsamtmand, the
Governor of the Province. This
stands in the center of the city near
the great Market Place where the
people gather daily in a picturesque
throng to buy and sell the produce of
the country and the ford. The town
in ordinary times is really little
more than a fishing village although
1t does contain $4,000 inhabitants.
The chief industry of the place is sal
mon fishing and salmon is the prin-
cipal article of food in the province.
the salmon is probably the
finest in the world the least particu-
lar traveller is liable to lose his ap
petite for it since he gets it for break
fast, lunch, dinner. and supper and
between meals if he should happen
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hugs the shore of the FJord is most
1t is built almost en-
lrely of wood and the prevailing
,OlOrs are red and green. The streets
however, are unbeautifully wide but
his diminishes the danger Of fire
which periodically breaks out among ,
he pine wood dwellings. The wide
streets open to view Won deTful vista5
II the rock bound Fjord and the beau
iful hills that lie behind the city.
When the great Fjord is full of gaily
decked ships and pleasure yachts,
when the city is shaded by flying
Tags and brilliant decorations, and
when the people are all abroad in !
heir quaint and brightly colored COS
umes moving happily about among
princes, soldiers and Off
.ials and distinguished visitors the I
Gene will indeed be worth the long
oyage that must be made up through
he north sea TO Trondhjem.
500 REWARD