Part 11 (1/2)

”He confessed to having read and disses of Wycliffe

[Illustration: JOHN HUSS]

”He was required to denounce the English reformer as one of the souls of the lost

”'If he be lost, then I could wish my soul ith his,' he said firmly

”This was pronounced to be heresy

”The eed to keep his word to heretics, and that his pro

”He was condemned to death He was stripped of his priestly robes, and the cup of the sacrament was taken from his hands with a curse

”'I trust I shall drink of it this day in the kingdom of heaven,' he said

”'We devote thy soul to the devils in hell,' was the answer of the prelates

”He was led away, guarded by eight hundred horseates Here he was burned alive, and triumphed in soul amid the flames

”Such was the end of John Huss, the Savonarola of Constance

”We made an excursion upon the lake The appearance of the old city from the water is one of the most beautiful that can meet the eye It see towers in a crystal ated mountains, The fair Lake Constance lies'

”The lake is walled with mountains, and wears a chain of castle-like towns, like a necklace

”It would be delightful to spend a summer there Excursions on the steamers can be made at almost any time of the day One can visit in this way five different old countries,--Baden, Wurte, Bavaria, Austria, and Switzerland”

Mr Beal's succinct account of the old city led to a discussion of the gains of civilization froress He was followed by Master Leho gave the Class some account of

BISMARCK AND THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT

In the eyes of the reat but unscrupulous states nation of Europe As a man, he seems hard-headed, self-willed, and iron-handed As a ruler, he is looked upon as the incarnation of the despotic spirit,--a believer in force, an infidel as to moral suasion

Many persons who sympathize with his policy censure the means by which he executes it They do not consider that so long as that policy is threatened from within and without, the Chancellor must trust in force; nor do they read the lesson of the centuries,--_Force_ ns

The fact is not apprehended by the unthinkinga states a fruit-tree, excision, incision, pressure, and time

But it is not of Bismarck's policy I would first speak, but of that which few credit hie as it may seem to those who know only the Chancellor, Bision is the foundation of his policy

Dr Busch, one of the statesman's secretaries, in a recent book, ”Bismarck in the Franco-German War,” narrates incidents and reports private conversations which justify this assertion

On the eve of his leaving Berlin to join the army, the Chancellor partook of the Lord's Supper The soleht not appear as an exhibition of official piety