Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-17

German spirit which, born OF light ,iost sboys us
the way TO itght, and establish In our midst at
'nse Reap"n-stfong and ploas, In freedom, dis
Flfahe nan morality thy millennium
The German Lofd's Prayer.
lhr new Gsraian spirit has found one OF Its
mast classical expressions in collection of poems
pahlishoa by a German pastor Kensfstarialrat
bietFirh sor~erkt under the significant tita .Hur-
fah and tiaiteana' In the first edition of Pastor
ferwerks poems there occurred paraphrase OF
the Lords Prayer of which I Will cite the last
three petitions aud the close:
Though the Warriors bread be seanty do thou
work daily death and ienfod unto the
enemy, Forgive In merciful long suffering eaeh
bullet and eaeh blow which misses Its mark
Lead us not Int. temptation Of letting eur wrath
be too tame In carrying out thy divine Judgment
Deliver us and our ally from the Internal enemy
and his servants on earth Thine Is the king
dom, the German land. may we. by aid Of thy
steelesnd hand, achieve the power and the glory
He thus invokes God In u battle prayer.
Thou who dweest high above cherubiIn
seraphm and Xeppeins in thy heaven: thou who
art enthroned as God of thunder In the midst
of lightning frpsn the clouds, and lightning from
sword and caannn send thunder, lightning, hnii
and tempest hurtiing upon our enemy, bestow upon
us his banners. hMri him down into the dark
burial PITS
Another poet Fritz Phppi. has written the
following pasta, entitled Overwhelmingly;
'in the midst of the world Germany lies
like peaceful garden OF God behind the wall OF
her ARMIES. Tiss the poet hears the giant strides
OF the new armor>clad Germany; the earth treni-
hles. Tie nations shrek, the old era sinks into
ruin. Formerly German thought was shut up in
her corner. but the world shall have its coat
cut according to German measure tsJet2t wird der
Welt geHessen Der Rock mach deutsehem Maass),
and as far swords fash and German blood
flows, the circle Of the earth shall come under
the suteagc of German activity,
4We have become nation OF wrath we think
only ef the war. We execute Gods almighty VIII
md the ediets of his justice we win fulfil, ina
bned with holy rage
Other German poets reve in radiant visions of
the blessings which victorious Germany is TO show
or upon the poor, thirsty, ang world
German Virtue aGushes"
One z. Lienhardt writes
.wheu these storms have done their work Ger
manys purest mission begins: to become plaee
Of refuge holy grove for all the seekers OF the
earth central land land OF Wisdom. land
of morals Then viii II be the hower-wreathed
hospltabie gateway, facing towards the giittering
East"
Another. K. Hilaehrand
BLESSINGS stream and flow down upon those
who have given themselves up TO thee; there Ger
man virtues g,sh lnpid forth, there German
power wells up. What draught from this spring.
Strong and deep and OF high courage. the German
spirit flows along. the German nature fWesen1
hews far over the life cf all nations
Here IL an extract from German Theological
professor, the burden of whose thesis was that
must be found In the world history for that
great event. the healing OF the sick world By Ger
Il manisn
''There are also signs that the German people
may be singled out by God to be the means OF
s0ncc again defeating the destructive anti-Chrs-
tian tendencies Of THE nge. and. la virtue OF his
having intrustes them above others with his pure
gospel carrying on thGS course of the mission 70
Its consumlnafion So much Is certain that God
is planning to do something with us Our people
q are inspired BY the thought that they are called
upon to play Il special part In the decisive bat
tie between light and darkness, and by the hope of
them standing on the side OF light"
lib the report OF an address by another German
theological professor, In the Berliner Lokalan