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Between iiss an i.st the Ger
man GoveVument vuK merely . series
ov contests be;ween tho several En-
perors an the Catholic authorities.
the church getting the h~%, OF hi,.
The head OF the Catholic Church ncs
only claimed the Absolnte right TO
run things In Germany. but tried to
leave the impression that he was sole
boss. spiritual aud temporal. ov near
ly everything In the world. especial
ly in Germany an Italy. In the too
countries t~o factions grew up. those
who stood by the rulers an these
who stood by the church prclA,cs.
After some time bit wuH plain that
,ha ahnrah wuw ArmtunuE E.x rxts~
awhile the people OF Germany had q
hand In selecting their ruler. but
got 30 bad that Eve men could aciu-
ally an did the name the Emperor.
But q change came-the number ov
electors wuz changed TO seven men'
Later they were reduced 10 four in
number. an for many years four men
held the destiny ov Germany ia their
hands. But In 1880 the professors
In three colleges an the Emperor
were given absolute power. that sim
ply bein' a case ov "tweedle-dee and
tweedle-dum."
Away back In the dim an musty
early days-in 7e1-somsthin' hap
pened in Austria which later affected
Germany. Charlemagne conquered
| the Avars In Austria In Tsl an unit
ed Germany with Austria. the ruler
bein an Austrian. The Archbishop
ov Saltzhurg soon became very pow
erful in the two countries. he bein'
another Catholic boss-one ov the
early ones. In 500 the Hungarians
invaded Germany. They conquered
I one district-Avaria--an held hit
/ till 955. when Otho l. won some kind
ov battle an reunited that district
10 Germany. An awi that had q
bearing upon German history many
years later.
/ About the year 1913 a thirty year
war began in Germany. ending in
164s. Another war. for the success
sion ov Spain. began In Germany In
/ 1900 an ended in 1918. Another
war. lasting two years. wuz concern
in Poland. still another. regarding
! Austria. started in l740 an ended In
174s: so Germany learned much ov
! tho terror ov war durin' the FIRST half
ov the seventeenth century.
Early In the fifteenth century n
| new star arose In Germany. an that
star Is still shinin'. an will shine.
Other stars had arisen In time past
only to be for n time obscured. Mar
tin Luther. q professor or divinity at
Wittenberg. wuz this new star Luth-
er had some bright, though not origi-
nal. ideas on the subject ov religion.
a faf a.
Germany. Luther spread pamphlets
over Germany which caused n COM
motion. They were eagerly read an
approved by awl classes, or a portion
ov awl. Pretty soon the head ov the
Catholic Church had Luther arrested.
This wuz at Augsburg In 1918. He
wuz before the cardinal TO answer to
a charge OF heresy. Luther declared
he would not renounce opinions
founded on reason. an derived from
the Scriptures. The Cardinal said 10
Luther: When the just punish
ment an the thunder OF the Pope's
Indignation break in upon you. where
do you think TO remain" Luther
replied: Either in Heaven or under
Heaven"
Failing 10 frighten Luther. he VIZ
later summoned TO appear before the
diet at a city called Worms The
Emperor granted him safe conduct.
Some ov hiz friends. religious peo-
pie, fearing that Luther might be
killed on account ov hiz religious be-
liefs. tried to keep him from going. IL
possible TO avoid the trip. Luther
replied: II am lawfully called 10 ap-
pear In that city: an thither will 20
In the name OF the Lord. though as
many devils as there are tiles on the
houses there have combined against
me-" An go he did. Great crowds
ov people assembled TO catch a sight
ov Martin Luther. The diet asked
him TO recant. He replied: Except
| be convinced by clear reasoning or