The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-15

mersed IL tho vitriol Of religious spIaei
and blinded bigotry, namely. TINT thsr,
was nothing of enlightenment or good
ness In the Christian world between the
years 800 A. D. and the mailing 81
inther's 05 theses on The door 1T wit,
tenberg In 1917 A, ID.
Second: Certain voices, II would 90.
pear, whispered Or reyerberated with
mighty volume, as the case might be
during this sombre period. II seems
that only three voices, those Of Uyciife,
Husr, sayonarola have beaten upon The
critical ear Of Rev Rydquist. Are
Uyeliife, ilass, savonarola the only men
Of any consequence In the Christian
world before Luther and since Constan.
tine The Greatf A aashlight from Rev.
Rydqnist may dispel this darkness In
our minds.
"ihirdi The reverend gentleman styles
Luther the pious preacher win the
pastor kindly tell ~ bis idea Of piety /
When Q plain. ordinary citizen reads
hithers words, written to Melanchthon,
said citizens preconceiyed notion of
piety b In danger Of becominp--to say
the least--confused, II Luther was q
'pious' man. These are the words al
found In Protestant minister De Wette's
collection 1Aither's Briefe. 2-37, Berlin
is2S'lses. Translation In Stang. .. lo) |:
'Be q sinner and sin boldly; but more
boldly still believe and rejoice in Christ.
who u the conqueror Of sin, death and
the world. Sin Is our lot here below.
This life y not the abode Of justice; but
we expect" says Peter. "a new heaven
and . new earth wherein dwells justice. /.
u is sufficient that by the riches Of
Co.'s glory we acknowledge the Lamb
who takes away the sins Of the world,
sin cannot deprive us Of him, even II in
The same day we were to commit d thou.
sand adulteries or thousand murders.
Flexible morality this! Moreover. did
not this same Luther. In 1926, secretly
marry . nun. carried Off from convent
BY certain Young citizen named Ber.
nard koppei Had not this same Luther
ls years before. when 20 or "a years 81
age. Of his own free will after mature
ieliberation. vow by the most solemn
promise that II 10 given man to make
before heaven. to observe perpetual chas-
Iity In order TO devote himself unre.
'eryedly to God as an Augustinian monk
md priest' II the breaking Of VOWS Is
piety what then does piety mean?
Fourth: To be brief. / shall com.
press few more inquiries into the
smallest space possible. Rev. Rydauist
4
'ays; The Protestant Church had dc.
Jared Ito position at the Diet Of Worms
= the unaltered Augsburg confession
There stood Luther to all appearance
cry much alone To what Diet Of
Worms and to what confession Of Aurs. |
'urg. does the reverend pastor referY
'oes he mean that the unaltered Augs. |
urg Confession drawn up by Melan-
hthon and approved by Luther in 1880
'as presented at the celebrated Diet 81
Worms held in 1927 A little more light |
ere will avoid misunderstanding. Ifl
BE Diet Of Augsburg tl530) before
. the unaltered Augsburg confession.
arg was presented. is meant, was
luther in attendance there and alone |
Fifth; The reverend pastor also in. |
orms us. among other things, which ri
init TO be brief but to which I NAV re. |!
urn later, that Luther stood there In
no interest Of humanity; in the inter. |
st OF liberty declaring the freedom Of |
onscience and the right Of private judg-
hent.' How humane are Luther's senti.
ients written to John Rukel: "A wise
IAN gives to the ass food, a pack saddle
nd the whip; to the peasant oat.straw.
I they are not content, give them the
adgel and the carbine; it is their due.
ct Us pray that they may be obedient; /
not, show them no mercy. Make the |
lusket whistle among them, or else they
III be thousand times more wicked, |
Iae Wette, Luther's Briefe, etc, ut. sun
d0o, Stang's Trans, D. 62). Do Won
link that such aeman is a model Of
In The interest Of liberty, etc, will
'e pastor please tell us what he means +
the term 'liberty's Persons who have
me knowledge of Luther's expressed
may experience a little diff.
'ulty reconciling their conception Of
'erty with Pastor Rydquist, ii the lat. ;
r holds Luther before the world as an
'emplar Of liberty, freedom Of con.
fence and private judgment, when mani.
sted in acts. y
Ihere are other items in this re-
'rkable speech Of Reverend Gustaye