The Washington times., 1922-11-03
KAISER bride
RANKS LOW At
OWN WEDDING
First Wife Gets All the Glory
in Or. vogel's
Sermon.
continued from First PageJ

" IilSl hb''
give the text Of the marriage
rrmon, which was prepared IN al
vance by the Rev DR.. Vogel.
Almost one third OF the clergy
man = wedding talk viii he devoted
TO the memory OF Augusta Victoria,
the former empress.
The sermon II is understood. is di.
\ dcd into three parts. based upon
the Fifth e'orinthiana thirteenth
chapter, thirteenth verse. The di.
visions deal, first with faith. second
with hope, and third with love.
The passage dealing with love u
almost wholly devoted to remarks
about t0c dead empress, whose sim
ulicity and h0inely virtues won her
the affection Of all OF her people,
Part OF the text OF the sermon
follows:
"A great. grave hour has com"
m which your majesty and you. II.
lustr'ous princess, join hands for
life long union.
at IL not only a legal contract
lust concluded through civil cere-
monY-hut IL IL also close to God
4 blessed community OF the soul
Everything that YOU two feel In
this sacred hour shall be blessed
hy the trinity Of faith. hope. and
love"
Text Used Before.
The clergyman then pointed out
that the Corinthian passage had
been used at the golden wedding
OF with fms grandfather. then
again at Wilhelm's first marriage.
and finally at the ceremony Of the
bethrothal OF Prince Eitel Fried.
erich, one of the former kaiser's
six sons.
People come and go at this
house in Doorn," continues the
Samon, Imperial children and
faithful servants and friends come
often, but they go again. Each
time II IL painful parting. both
for those going and for him who
remains behind.
But you, illustrious bride. pro.
4 pose at this hour To remain at his
side. We are gathered here to pray
that your remaining will be a bless
ing In every way"
Not much significance might be
attached to this union II It were
not for the fact that there IL al.
most universal feeling among Ger.
man people, especially among the
women, that the rpmarriage OF the
former war lord--this time to a
woman thirty years his junior
. stands in strikin: contrast with his
> lifelong emphasis upon the sanctity
;. OF the marriage union. Further.
A more, his mourning for his first
Q wife was more than a little osten
tatiOus.
). How About Bride!
1 The correspondent has succeeded
u in taking long. penetrating look
: behind the scenes OF royal match
! making and all that goes along
with it. He is obliged to state that
] IL IL neither a majestic nor truly
t ceremOniOus business.
The correspondent asked DR.. vo
gel whether he did not believe tha,
emphasis upon the memory Of ;he
late kaiserin would Jar upon
Princess Hermine's feelings. He
replied:
THAT Is all right. She will have
to keep quiet and swallow IL"
The clergyman paused in thought
for moment and then added:
"Of course, I will have to con
suit the princess i'm advance. She
! probably will ask me to put in d
few nice remarks about her dead
husband to offset the tributes Il
the former kaiserin."
In his sermon the clergyman
will extol faith and love as the
two greatest forces on earth and
the cornerstone for happy and sue
cessful nuptials. The text OF the
address. as prepared, continues:
Faith is best exemplified In
marriage. Faith means union &c
9 each other in the fullest trust
;. Such union Is the cornerstone OF
ITntnI1 ~
, pie daily seek communion based
upon such structure, but only
;. those whose hearts are Joined tc
- God can attain it in the trues'
A sense.
Kaiser Is Religious.
Your majesty always has fOs
!, tered such a union with God Each
, morning YOU read a Scripture les
, son. Each Sunday you hold
service.
, Hope Is the second member OF
, the Trinity II must be n true
: living hope which anchors in Gods
I, tatherly heart. With such nope
! permeating the soul, life may suf
. fer many appointments. yet w,
!, still know that even the greatest
:, of sorrows are sent by the LORD
for divine purpose.
- hONered over your ma atesty
, strengthened YOUR heart, and en-
abled you to bear the fate which
!, would have driven most Others
l into despair.
+ Love Is the chief divine power
: on earth. Speaking Of love awaken'
memory of your majesty's departe,
wife-fOrmerly Germany's kaiserin
Her grave will ever be an altar
2 for the German peoples grateful
love. As the years pass, her pic
ture will become more and NOR,
: the ideal OF Christian GermanI,
!, womanhood.
:. "If such Is the depth Of feeling
$ with which the German people
l. mourn her loss, how much NOR,
must the hard tried widower feel II.
What cal fill that empty place.
Who can give the loving under
Y standing, solace, sunshine, love, n
i the somber life Of mourning
y widower? What Is capable Of heal
n ing royal pains Love shall do II
So may God give you, illustriou'
1 "a, t.