On the way, the king seemed impressed with the glittering pageant.
“Is this kingdom promised me?” he asked.
“No,” said the bishop; “but it is the entrance to the road that leads to it.”
At the baptistery the bishop said to the king,—
“Lower your head with humility; adore what thou hast burned; burn what thou hast adored.”
Clovis was then solemnly baptized, and with him three thousand warriors. With the imposing rite, Christianity in France began, and with him began that great monument of the faith, Strasburg Cathedral.
CLOVIS.
Charlie Leland furnished the most interesting story on this evening. It well illustrated features of German and French musical life that are unknown in America. In Germany and in the French provinces the organist of the town is a very important person. The choice of an organist in these towns is a very interesting event, and during the last century excited more discussion than at the present time.