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Schweizer, one of the al)lest Swiss divines (d. July 3, 1888), whose last public service was the Zwingli oration in the University, Jan. 7, 1884, protested against the sword, and left the committee on the monument. Dr. Konrad Ferdinand Meyer, the poet of the occasion, changed the sword of Zwingli, witli poetic ingenuity, into the sword of Vokinger, by which he was slain. ^ Antistes Finsler, in his oration, gave the sw^ord a douljle meaning, as in the case of Paul, who is likewise represented with the sword, namely, the sword by which he was slain, and the sword of the spirit with which he still is fighting ; while at the same time it distinguishes Zwingli from Luther, and shows him as the patriot and statesman.
The whole celebration — the orderly enthusiasm of the people, the festive addresses of representative men of Church and State, the illumination of the city and the villages around the beautiful lake — Ijore eloquent witness to the fact that Zwingli has impressed his image indelibly upon the memoiy of German Switzerland. Although hLs descendants are at present about equally divided Vjetween orthodox conservatives and rationalistic " reformers " (as they call themselves), they forgot their quarrels on that day, and cordially united in tributes to the abiding merits of him who, whatever were his faults, has emancipated the greater part of Switzerland from the tyranny of popery, and kd them to the fresh fountain of the teaching and example of Christ. ^
^ " Ilier das Schwert in meiner Hand 1st das Srhij:(irt, das mich erschluy." 2 See an account of that memorable celebration (which I witnessed myself) in J:Jrinrter>i.n'/sfj(atter zur Einweihunt/ des Zu;in<jU- iJenkmals in Zurich. Ilerausgegehen vom Dmkrnal- Kumite. In 2 parts, Zurich, 1885. The chief address was made by Antistes Finsler, the twenty-second successor of Zwingli. A I>art of the celebration was a dramatic representation of Zwingli's death (a historic tragedy by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer), and a banquet in the Tonhalle- Pavilion, where addresses were delivered by delegates from different Cantons. Zwingli's poem, " Herr, nun heb den [Vof/en selhst," was sung with great spirit by the Concordia. The Swiss poet, Dr. Meyer, wrote the FeHlfaniute. The statue was made by Natter, a Kornan Catholic sculptor of Vienna, who attended the unveiling. A significant fact.
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CHAPTER YI. THE PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION.
§ 53. Literature.
Supplementary to the literature in § 4, pp. 12 sqq.
I. Manuscript sources preserved in the City Library of Ziirich, which was
founded 1629, and contains c. 132,000 printed vols, and 3,500 MSS. See Salomon Vogelin : Geschichte der Wasserkirche icnd der Stadtbibliothek in Zurich. Ziirich, 1848 (pp. 110 and 123). The Wasserkirche (capella. aquaticii) is traced back to Charles the Great. It contains also the remains of the lake dwellings. The bronze statue of Zwingli stands in front of it. The Thesaurus Hottingerianus, a collection of correspondence made by the theologian, J. H. Hottinger, 55 vols., embraces the whole BuUinger correspondence, which has been much used, but never published in full. — The Simler Collection of 196 vols, fol., with double index of 62 vols, fol., contains correspondence, proclamations, pamphlets, official mandates, and other documents, chronologically arranged, very legible, on good paper. Johann Jacob Simler (1716-1788), professor and inspector of the theological college, spent the leisure hours of his whole life in the collection of papers and documents relating to the history of Switzerland, especially of the Reformation. This unique collection was acquired by the government, and presented to the City Library in 1792. It has often been used, and, though partly depreciated by more recent discoveries, is still a treasure-house of information. The Bullinger correspondence is found in the volumes from a.d. 1531-1575. — Acta Ecclesiastica intermixtis politicis et politico-ecclesiasticis Manuscripta ex ipsis fontibus hausta in variis fol. Tomis chronologice pro adminislratione Antistitii Turicensis in ordinem redacta. 33 vols. fol. Beautifully written. Comes down to the administration of Antistes Job. Jak. Hess (1795-1798). Tom I. extends from 1519-1531; tom. II. contains a biography of Bullinger, with his likeness, and the acts during his administration. — The State Archives of the City and Canton Zurich.
II. Printed works. Joh. Conr. Fusslin : Beytrdge znr Erlduterung der Kirchen-
Reformationsgeschichten des Schweitserlandes. Ziirich, 1741-1753. 5 Parts. Contains important documents relating to the Reformation in Zurich and the Anabaptists, the disputation at Ilanz, etc. — Simler's Sammlung alter und neuer Urkiinden. Zurich, 1760. 2 vols. — Joh. Jak. Hottinger (Prof, of Theol. and Canon of the Great Minster) : Helvetische Kirckengesckichten vorstellend der Helvetiern ehemaligea Ileidenthum, und dnrch die Gnade Gottes