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OIE LORD. Oil FAITH, Oil ®AFTI3lt"-IPHISIAIS IT:t Hill lfiUer . Editors. COLUMBIA. & 0. FRIDAY. AUGUST 15. 1873. come priests; therefore we would willingly hear wbat kind of iiistrttr- lions he would give us, and be would prove hi* ptopoaitioo.” After this he asked, "Where have you hitherto studied r (Answer): “At Busk.* Then sun) he, “Ilow goes it at Basle ? Is Erasmus of Rotterdam still himself, and what is he doing t” “Sir,” we answered, “we knew nothing more but that he is well; Erasmus is there, but what he is It ' •%. * doing is hidden and not known to auy man, tor he keeps himself very quiet awl secret.* 1 j Talk of this kiwi seemed to us eery strange as coming from a troop er, that he ahoald speak about the two Scbarfs, of Philip Meianetbou and Erasmus. Also aboot the necee sity of learning the Greek and He brew tongues. He had also occa sionally uttered some Latin words, so that we could not but think that he must be a different person from a common trooper “My friend a,” he said to us, “what do they bold in SwiUerhind about LutherT “Good sir, there am there, as everywhere, various opinions about him. Many can not suflb tently et alt him, and thank God for Gotfa truth made tt> a infest throwgh him, and that he has caused errors to be known. But many curse him as a profligate heretic, and especially the clergy do so.” Then bo said, “I can well believe it 5 those are the persons.* In the coarse of such conversation he had lieeomo quite familiar with ns, so that my eou»|iwnton ventured to take up the book which wa« before him awl open it. It was a Hebrew Then be laid it quickly It would be a great safeguard to young mm engaged la hwsiuaa* If they would moire that, however trade may ptoepci aud wealth |«mr being caused to oaunt to the work of budding up the house of the Lord. Engaged la souse labor which we think will redound to the glory at God some undertaking which am given us to do suddenly the hand Is arrested. Various am ths ways in which this may be done; either 2k* fteytag, <*»* «* «»« tmwt writers of Germany : sc trawled towaul Wittenberg tb« Hdfjr SeriptuTes, wy Mrtolves At Jens, in Thoriii * end toows in what a fearful 4N> tre wen* canght, and afh* pgflgUsay inquires in the towh where we might rest fit we eould not fluil auy on*, grtrrvbere lodging was denied to ^ tr it vuu the eve before Asi- fttosdaf, And no one had mnejb M hr pagrime and strangers. So ptac*; that % bowk shall not be Iftlett igh I a a ** 4 f lmitilft Mat f I IfM* B* WWW Wi SOB »tflFUrUl mu WMW, ^^w^w I I aawwr l .. —jflt I ...jt mS a hsafc MlWfi IDMl m VWIQ VlW J euttomet* 4 I will deal with )au ory rrmuvWy* Whew ihw.tmwpwv heart! this, he said, “Chase hum \ I will sec la tbeMrtttouseal with thu laud hwd* 1 baring ths steal he spoke antsy pious, friendly wonts, su that thu merchants and wa worn satwuiahad at him, and paid store at tea item to his wards than to all the goad things ot the sapper* And amidst these say ings ha hapnmaad with a sigh mtofhMV Ums^£ m w auufi wsAw^as ^ wow rnr torus sari pernors were ae- or some mountain items to rise sod dnuly aud obstroot the path, or the hstid may be palsied through the itidiffeeeaot of thorn tor whom oar onergiea had been Aroused. >lii u Whatever the cause, the work seems at an end, and in despair we gaae upon the old wastes of many generations that we had fondly hoped to aid hi re building—the former desolations that we had vaialy sought to raise up. Hut all this is denied as there lie the walla of Jerusalem in heaps—its cities and its temple, desolate as overthrown by strangers —painful suspension of activity ! But seal! we be idle? No? Now ascends the voice of prayer. In our trouble we cull upon our God. let our affliction we seek him early. Perhaps wbeo engaged in our work we had neglected to seek with suffi- “Cheat earnestness that help without which nothing cun be done: with our trowels in our hands aud our swords upon our thighs we hud not sought to refresh our souls “in the places of drawing water." We had not gone to “the fountain of living waters flowing from under Hie throoa," and bad began probably to faint aud be weary. Bo God arrests aa. It in he who baa permitted the mark to atom But does it eanaa altogether? Ah, no; osfly “unto,* ho maw dad party, with Ra 2 ast to tavtohittf display, «* going out of the town again mwp; ■ i» . t’-- ro matiBue oar journey in the bopfs t/mekiBg some village where they «U take as in for the night. &u,mder the gateway, a respelv Hie am met us, spoke in a friendly as, and ashed where We an fBbg sway so late. “Oonld ant BBBMwhat nearer, And ady Ian or inn where we could be m- md Wore dark night should j««it Moreover,’* he said, “the win one easy to miss; therefore to oouaitflat these i ■ —isrsl »Pairs and the hurdeas of the German aa- ttou | but warn to suthtag more to eUeed than to waste the gtMMj lime in Mklirttv ItOinn IHtl Vklfih raa > all ^o-- —■ ^ww smw kinds, which would he mark better devoted t« the fear of (Ml aud chrto tlan prayer to Owl. “Bat these ara our Christian princes ** Eafihetimwe, he said that ha was to hopes that ths eeasgetie*! fruit would bring forth mure fruit In our rhibtreu sad pawl a rait to lit. to dubvav out let from the evil <f the wsaid*» budoeaa. ** — ■» tL-. iois!■! nr t safe»«eMoesl bauwn i*t irmi IPf • 'HI mm vi |L * Ml Ra rww iaa wstrhfitl ataeantoa to all religious by papkeHeul ermr. hut were already plsntral apuu pure truth aud Usd's Ward, thaw it could do with lie »r sir, we bane psalter. jh inn. Tell uo down, and the trno|wr draw it to it." himself. My champion then said, “I oiuted it out to would give a finger from tin* hand the town. And to nnderstsud that language ~ The the Black Bear, trooper answered, “You would soon the other inn learn it if you would he diligent utahoUar, os fho J too d rftr* : » hav^wMaa^km#whd|re rd of*the Black of it, and I exercise my self daily received us, de- thereto.” e willing to give Meanwhile the tlay dauhwed, and 1 us into the inijt- it became very dark, wbeo the land lord came to the table. As he had a man sitting heard our desire and kmgtng to sc id before him h Martin Lnther, be said, “Hear com He greeted us rades, had you been here two days me nearer, and before your desire would have been r to him at the gratified, for be sat at the table and* ass were, if we —here he pointed with his finger— ddy and filthy, “in that place.” did not like to This vexed us greatly, aad we l we seated oar- were angry with ourselves that we >n a little bench, had tarried ; but .we wer# chiefly to drink, which angry with the miry and wretched Indeed, as ws road which had hindered u*. THsp Hines* and kindf we said, “Still he are glail that we ves near him, a4 are in the honse ami sit at the table », at bis tablet where he sat.* Thereupon the land ►r a measure of ford could not help laoghing, and ba we in our turn went oat to the door, ns by drinkiug After a little while the landlord id no otber idea called roe ; ! must come to him a trooper, who, outside the door. 1 was frightened, custom of the and thought to myself what I had itliared leather done that was ioipnqwr, or what doublet, without innocent cause had 1 given for anger, by his side, his Then the landlord said to me, i pommel of his “Because 1 know that you have a her bolding thd strong desire to bear aud see Lit were black and tber—be it is wheynts besidfe you.” id sparkling like These words I took as a joke, «imI i could not well said, “You have pleasure in turning me into ridicule, and would satisfy i ask us where we ! my desire by a counterfeit Luther." he gave himself His auswer was, “He it to, indeed; are Swiss. From but take care and do give itm ten gulden If I might emu tom to him, fw I ta*»vw he auuM aud would enlighten my rumo hiu ‘ Jam then the landlord rum* |* M and whwperwd. “Martin haa paM tor tittle thing an ptortdtog tor them their ageuslomid btomufr. *»U*. when they drank together the cup benedtettow m |mr*»«g tor tbe «IV ing - IMOrtt* " After the espper the merwhants flatten ; but he lu ll aid rtrh Vo pliewl, “I am Thwaupuul aud Martin <*aid, 1 b**e aud (but legal M. «*» Omm o^f the leuurrmtimi ^er^t tjf^SrtBily flit Hug, tot us lay uu tbs tony af Hm behrvfd dllStpto. Tbs fo" but Msrttn Lutber.” Then be laughed su merrily ? “They,* he *»•*(, “take me for flat ten, you for lather suuu 1 ehall he Marholftm ?* (Markotfn* wae a romfoal figure that delightnl (hr euenon pi-ople a sort of (irtman I'aoch j After calk of this kind be lifted op s beer gtoas aud «airl, eeuardfug tosh wtotIUlly ut such a standard •Wd Wfofc ha usadi attotoi bf What *™ trusermd i» ettomre aud to doep «mtuw they «w*i (hew —iTp--* burden;aud lay * g*«U| dews apes * uf the dabd to laftr. TW tonm teverwutly oithdrse, Ota «4«me «p Ujml thing; whu i* to the ruetotu of the country, “fhrtoa, drink to me a friendly drink tor a btemdAg * Aud sa I was about la t*k< the gtasn from him he changed It and asked tor u glaaa with wine, saying. “Beer la not a home drink of fpurw | you are unaccustomed tu It; mink the wine.” Then he stood up, threw bia trooper** Hunk on his sbou|der. and took leave. As he did othing to show that you recognise him." * I agreed to this, but f could not believe that it was Luther. 1 went back iuto the room, sat myself down again at tbe table, and longed to tell my companion what the landlord bad d^losed to me. At last 1 turned to him and whispered secretly, “The landlord has told me that he in Luther.” But my companiou also, like myself, would not believe It, aud said, “He perhaps said It is ffhtten, and you have miaunder I stood him.” And I, since the guise *>»! understand you are goitig, Wittenberg, you Will find there * fellow-countrymen of yours— Dr. Hieronimus Scburf and ^ther, Dr. Augustine.” Mid, “We have letters to »nd then we asked him, "**1 ur, can you inform ns whether lnther is now at Wittenberg, ** *hat other place 1” ^ Wwwered, “I have certain ?*fedfe that Luther is not flow at ’ttmbnrg; he will, however, soon ktu. - - “When you get to Witten burg, greet for me Dr. Htonmlmou Clobnrf* W« said, “We win willingly do so, but w* must give your name, that he may know wh«\it is greets him.* He re plied, “Buy nothing mure than *!!• who to coming greats you.’ flu will st once nrolersUnd the words.*— Then V toft us to go to bin chum bar. Afterwards the merchants cam# buck into thu room suit culled the landlord to bring them a drink, da ring which they had much discern ret aboot thu gaunt, who in rise d he could be. Whereupon thu landlord let them know (hat he took' him for lather Then the merchant* talked over tbe matter, aud vexed them selves greatly that they hud spoken III Mtf Ulllto * rBIJ M IRBnPfT f RIML And they said they w6uld get up early In the movnitnr before be took hi* departure, aud would beg bim gta but the four of God with bind ***** it will not abate a man’s indns try, but swuetao it) If he prosper, be to thankful to God that fires bim power to get wealthplf hh miscarry, be Is puttout under ths will sod die- penaation of the Gad ba fours. It torus the very employment of his calling to a kind of retiffous duty sod exercise of hto ftrfifloa, wtobeut names sonnds very much alike. What, therefore, 1 afterwartls said, I said as if I were addressing Hoi drich Von Hntten, tbe knight. * Meanwhile there came in two traveling merchants who also wished to stay for tbe night at the inn ; and after they had nnctoaked themselves and taken off their spurs, one of them laid npoo the table an un bound book. Therenpon tbe trooper asked what kind of a book that was. Tbe merchant answered, “It is Dr. Lumber’s exposition of some of tbe Gospels and Epistles, jnst lately ■” nuBwerco, “Ood be pro is- Dud should Apare onr lives, 1 not desist till we see and ^ ®an; for on his account it w ® bavejnndertaken this Jour- ? or we heard that be would the priesthood and the ** an an warranted service to ^ow, we from onr youth have ^ght op by our elderR to be sumuMuu gtoMfo . lt iiuaptof | U tome Culvsey Ibu4 tbutoei