Show HTPEEIAL SERMONS Emperor William Has Taken to Preacliine He PnbII > hed a Volume Entitled The Voice of the Lord on the Waters1 Heaven la a Battlemented Fortress Plus Kiupp Onus Special to THE HERALD Kxaminer Dispatch NETV YORK Dec 7The JleralcTi Paris cable says Now aids to those concerned about the mind and soul of the Kaiser are supplied daily and several have been furnished thIs week For instance one aid not the least curl ous is a volume of sermons which has just been published by William It is entitled Die Stlmme des Herren auf den Wasseren The Voice of the Lord on the Waters and gives an Insight Into the more mystic points of Wlll iims charactsr The sermons in themselves have small significance They resemble the homilies onehears la countless German vii lages as those who may have chanced to spend their Sundays In vaterland are aware it Id usual there to preach two sermons on the Sab bath The ministers are apt to repeat their favorite phrases The Kaiser does the same He has taken as the text Let us Admire Nature the Book of God His mind does not positively soar in the sermons In one placebo says How hard It seems that no matter how exalted we may be we can do nothing Tho rest is given up to quaint conceits and for fetched imagery HEAVEN IS A BATTLEMENTED FORTRESS Its apostles are giants The clouds are the royal chariots of God arc among the figures The whole volume bears vivid testimony to the Kaisers mysticism The military aspects of the German ruler are on the other hand reflected In his address to the recruits of the guards which has reached 113 by telegraph No monarch ever used more illadvised or brutal words One phrase abovo all If I command you to tire on your fathers and mothers you will obey would be mon strous from the lips of a private person In the mouth of ruler of men It Is a fault of in calculable magnitude and will give fresh weapons to the Socialists in their struggle with the monarchy The persistency with which William speaks of THE DANGER OF CIVIL WAR although only two days ago Chancellor von Caprlvi declared that no such danger existed has made such a deplorable impression that the German officers at first refused to believe the imperial speech was authentic They have however had lo bow to the facts The speech is genuine and now in extenuation of their sovereigns words they are driven to assuming that if the public knew as much as the Kaiser does they would attach more meaning to his ut terances |