The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-13
BY WILHELM HoHENzoLLERN

When l visited the monastery of
Monte Casino | became acquainted
in the person OF Arch-Abbot Monsig-
nor Krug, with man of extraordin-
airy mental gifts and comprehensive
culture, who had travelled a great deal
about the world. He could express
himself with equal fluency in Italian
English and French, and his mother
tongue, German. In his address to
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and me
he pointed out that nearly all the Ger
man Emperors, as well as the Lom-
bard Kings before them, had paid
visits to Monte Casino. He present
ed me with magnificent collection
of copies of documents of the time
of the Emperor Frederick IL, taken
from the library of the order, and |
Ireciprocated by presenting him with
the works of Frederick the Great.
Agricultural flourishes in the envi-
rons of the monasteries mainted by
the Benedictine Order, being carried
on by the lay brothers with all the
latest improvements to the benefit of
the backward peasantry of the region;
and in the county and town commun-
tiles of the order church singing and
organ playing are zealously cultivated
by the monks, who have attained
high degree of artistic skill. The art
of the goldsmith also flourishes among
the monks, likewise art embroidery
among the Benedictine nuns.
| caused to be reproduced in its full
size the Labarum (standard) of the
Emperor Constantine the Great, de-
signed in accordance with the re-
searches made by Mgr. WiIpert; one
copy | presented to the Pope, another
to my Palace Chapel at Berlin. The
latter was stolen from the chapel by
| the mob during the days of the rev.
olution. The metal work was done
entirely by monks, the embroidery by
nuns of the order, both excel
| lently. One of the places inhabited
/ by the nuns of this order is the con-
vent of Saint Hildegard, above Rud-
esheim, which / visited in 1917.
| My letter to Admiral Holman was
/ due to the excitement aroused by a
/ lecture entitled Babel and Bible" de-
! liyered by Professor Delitzsch before
the German Orient Society, of which
Animal Holman was one of the
Board of Managers.
Scholarship and Religion
/ ne IiESl part VI TIE I6tleE, WHICH
deals primarily with Professor De-
! litzsch's statements, has been omitted
from the reproduction of the letter
printed below.
February Is, 1903
| My Dear Hollmann:
** | should now like to return once
again to my own standpoint re-
garding the doctrine or view of rev.
/ = e., p
to you, my dear Holman, and other
gentleman. | distinguish between
two different kinds of revelation:
progressive, to a certain extent his
torical revelation, and a purely re-
ligious one, paving the way to the
! future coming of the Messiah.
OF the first, this is to be said;
| There is not the smallest doubt in
my mind that God constantly reveals
/ Himself through the human race
created by Him. He has "breathed
| His breath into mankind" or, in
other words, given it piece of Him.
self, a soul. He follows the develop
ment of the human race with Faith
er's love and interest; for the pur-
pose of leading it forward and ben
, efiting it, he reveals" himself in
sumo 81 cat saw ant vi lSoI oI Mig,
whether among the heathens, Jews,
or Christians.
Hammurabi was one of these,
likewise Moses, Abraham, Homer,
Charlemagne, Luther, Shakespeare,
Goethe, Kant, Emperor William the
Great. These men were selected by
Him and made worthy of His grace;
,, of achieving for their people, both
, in the spiritual and the physical do
main. splendid and imperishable
, things, in accordance with His will
How often did my grandfather clear
ly emphasize that he was but an in
, strument in the hand of the Lord.
The works of great minds are
! gifts of God to the peoples of the
! earth, in order that they may i'm
, prove themselves on these models
. and grope forward, by means Of
them, through the confusion of that
4 which is still UNEMPLOYED here below.
God has certainly revealed Himself
in different ways to different peo-
pies. according to their standing and
degree of culture, and He is doing
; it now. For, just as we are over
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