Mountain boy of Wildhaus : a life of Ulric Zwingli . ory of His life and would, therefore, take up the whole of theGospel of Matthew, and preach it, verse byverse, and chapter by chapter without regard tothe commentaries of men, by which he wouldnot be bound, but give the sense according tothe light received in answer to prayer, and by adiligent study of the originals. This he woulddo to the praise and glory of God and His onlySon, for the salvation of souls and their upbuild-ing in the true faith. This was indeed a noble position, and canonsUtinger, Englehard, Walder and others
Mountain boy of Wildhaus : a life of Ulric Zwingli . ory of His life and would, therefore, take up the whole of theGospel of Matthew, and preach it, verse byverse, and chapter by chapter without regard tothe commentaries of men, by which he wouldnot be bound, but give the sense according tothe light received in answer to prayer, and by adiligent study of the originals. This he woulddo to the praise and glory of God and His onlySon, for the salvation of souls and their upbuild-ing in the true faith. This was indeed a noble position, and canonsUtinger, Englehard, Walder and others rejoicedat it, but Provost Frey and the canon Hoffmanwere excited with alarm and grief. All feltthemselves on the eve of great events. Hoff-man arose and said that he hoped the electionthey had made would be followed by no bad re-sults. Such an exposition of the Scriptureswould, in his opinion, do more harm than good,and others warned the new priest against inno-vations which could result in nothing but here the matter rested for the CHAPTER XL A NEW STYLE OF PREACHING. The visitor to Zurich is everywhere im-pressed with the air of antiquity which spreadsitself over the place, while at the same time henotes the thrift and enterprise which mark itsmodern aspect. It contains over twenty-onethousand inhabitants, and is the most flourish-ing Swiss town in its silk and cotton manufac-tories, and other industries, while at the sametime it is the literary centre of literary activity dates from the time ofZwingli, who is still regarded as the great manof early Swiss history, as Luther is regarded inGermany. Relics of Zwingli have been care-fully preserved and are shown to the modernvisitor with great courtesy, as well as honestpride, by its worthy citizens. Close beside the Limmat, which divides thecity into two parts, stands the building now usedas the Town library though it was called the 118 THE MOUNTAIN BOY. Water Churcli formerly, because it was s
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