The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-04-28
"Ein Feste Burg" und Eberhart

"Etn Feste Burg" und Eberhart
The Pioneer Press last Sunday de-
votes it's first and leading editorial TO-
acquainting the public with the fact
it would not be fair to doubt so.
emphatic a statement from so i'm
portant a source-that the state of
Minnesota owes its present governor
TO the power of music. In other,
words that Gov. Eberhart was so,
moved by hearing the hymn, GA
Mighty Fortress is Our God," sung
py choir of three hundred voices,
while student at Gustavus Adolphus
college, that he then and there re-
solved to devote himself to the 'shigh-
est things" of which he was cauable.
The Pioneer Press points to the power
OF this great hymn-the hymn of the
Reformation-which has had wonder
tul influence both in the lives of men
and nations. The author of the hymn,
was Martin Luther, one of those
thoughtful and at the same time
aggressive Germans who made some-
what OF stir in his day and age.
He also wrote few other things. He
| also had few opinions of his own.
Once he pinned bunch of his ideas
to church door-pinned them with
forty penny spikes and sledge ham,
mer. In those days men who did
such things were generally sent a
"bull' to quiet them. He took the
"bull" by the horns and they soon
discovered that he could dehorn more
"bulls'' than they could issue.
Once in a while he would go out
among the people and lecture a little
on ation-the conservation of
faith. BE attended few congresses
where this particular form of conser-
walton was the main topic of dis
cussion. It is not reported that he
ever gave in or let the other fellow
get the best OF him. Once they we're
going to make him retract, take back
all he had said, be a good fellow: in
other words, become a regular and
quit being an insurgent. History
does not say as much, but the chances
are that they would have made him
governor or something of that sort
had he ''quit his foolishuess'' and
agreed to be "good fellow" But
old Martin told them to ego to-" as
Shakespeare would say. He politely
informed them that if they filed the
town with devils they couldn't scare
him and then added something to the
effect that if they did he would make
it so hot for the bunch that they
would not realize that they had left
home. He wouldn't stand for the
"interests" at all. He was an Gin
surgent" from away back. With him
the only interests worth considering
were those of the people. He was for
the people all the time. And almost
all historians agree that he accom-
plished a whole lot of good.
| We are glad to note that Gov. Eber-
hart has received his inspiration
from this source. But we trust that it
is not alone the music of Luther that
has moved him, inspired him. We
trust that the Great Religious Emanci-
pator's fearless treatment of the "sys-
tenn" of his time, and his manly stand
for the common people, has also
appealed to him and that he has
learned to know that in order to be
able to sing "Ein Feste Burg ist
Unser Gott" with any degree of salts
faction, with any power to move
others, to any great purpose, one
must be en- rapport with the main idea
of that noble proGuction-the in
vincible strength of united people
doing battle in a righteous cause, the
right of the common people to throw
off the yoke of oppression, be it.
ecclesiastical or POLITICAL Minneota
| Mascot.