Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2302 "The Sound of Heaven"

  The Belgian church bell is obviously different from the French church bell. Georgiana tried to operate the carillon with the permission of the archbishop. It was interesting, but the bell that played the music would make noise if a layman were to manipulate it, so after a couple of tries, she stopped touching the device.

  Even if the Church of St. Lumodi is much bigger than other churches in Mechelen, after walking around for so long, except for the tower, she has almost walked around. She and the archbishop looked at each other, what should I do next?

   "Is the choir here today?" said Gregois now.

   "Oh, come, come." The archbishop said quickly, and then a member of the priesthood turned around to prepare.

   "I want to hear a symphony," said Georgiana.

  Everyone looked at her.

   "I heard it in a church in Venice, you should try it," said Georgiana.

   "This is not Venice," said the archbishop with a smile.

  Georgianna did not answer immediately.

   Even though Belgium has been looted by the Austrians, it still has a wealth of educational property. The French took the golden candlestick today, what will they take tomorrow?

In the 14th century, the Florentines put their family's property in churches and monasteries for property safety. The church is the place of last order. If there is also looting, it represents total chaos, even if defenses are built in the home. The fortifications can't stop those who want to take advantage of the chaos to set fire and loot.

   After Napoleon went to Venice, he scoured a lot of artworks. There are still many famous paintings hanging outside the churches in the Netherlands. Unlike the secular world, there are basically no masterpieces left.

   "The reverberation effect of the church is different from that of the opera house and concert hall. The sound is like being kissed by an angel. I really don't want you to miss it." Georgiana said.

  The archbishop laughed happily. "I always hear people say that singing praises to someone sounds like an angel."

"Voice is an individual's talent, that person is blessed, when sound waves propagate indoors, they are reflected by walls, ceilings, floors, and when people build churches, do they take reverberation into account?" asked Georgiana .

   "The Holy See has strict rules on the shape of buildings, and architects must follow the rules," said the archbishop.

"Because this place is blessed, so is the sound that reflects through it, and so are all who hear that music in this space, although these strict requirements for detail were not intended in the first place Reverberation." Georgiana said, "God's actions are incomprehensible."

   "Everything has God's purpose, will, and arrangement," sighed the archbishop.

"I don't think natural science and theology are in opposition to each other, although many people think so now, but Sir Newton rebuilt the harmony between God and nature, we must understand him through his works, and to study nature is to study the **** of God. Worker, each new discovery gives us a better understanding of part of his plan."

"I don't think a makeshift symphony orchestra in Mechelen will meet your requirements, ma'am, and the children of your choir are from orphanages," said a member of the clergy. "We Unlike the Pietists who send war orphans to war orphanages."

   Her eyes widened.

   "We won't talk about this today." The archbishop suddenly scolded, and the clergyman fell silent.

   "What's the matter?" Georgiana asked, but no one around said a word.

   "Let's talk as we walk." The Archbishop said helplessly.

After many years of war, a large number of orphans have formed in the Prussian region. They have to rely on begging for a living. There was a priest named Augustus Hermann Frank, who saw that these children were poor, he opened a help Schools for the poor, on the one hand, solve the social problem of banning begging, and on the other hand provide help to the sick, the elderly and orphans.

The priest himself is a professor of Oriental Linguistics at Halle University, which is the leading institution in the Hohenzollern territory. There are many pietists and non-religious scholars in the university, serving in important management positions and teaching positions respectively. , the cradle of future pastors and church officials.

With the support of the public and the king's subsidy, the orphans were guaranteed food, lodging and relief, and the orphans also received primary education, an institution whose teaching arrangements revolved around practical skills, which meant that these children would learn Get a craftsmanship or two so you can plan for your future career options.

At first, Frank decided to sell the items made by children to maintain school expenses. Later, he found this idea unrealistic. The children's craftsmanship and craftsmanship were not comparable to those of the adult workers in the guild. After charitable donations The orphanage was able to make ends meet and changed the original wooden house into a stone house.

Frank's purpose was to make the complex self-sufficient. He later opened new fee-paying schools to accept children from certain social classes and certain occupational backgrounds. The school also had scholarships to ensure that children from poor and ordinary families would not be Economic turmoil and schooling.

   His dream is to establish a "kingdom of heaven", and through devout efforts, let this education system go out of Central Europe and go to the whole world.

Education is often associated with books, and as the number of orphanage schools and teachers grew, they began to sell their own printed books at the autumn market in Leipzig, and then branched out to Mainz and Frankfurt, and It also established a pharmaceutical mail-order trade, which was more profitable. For this reason, the orphanage hired agents in parts of Central and Eastern Europe to commission the operation.

  When these children are just a burden, no one will care about them. After years of operation, the original orphanage Yijing has developed into a comprehensive building complex integrating commerce and basic education. To achieve this level of success without the support of the Berlin government and local officials is simply a dream, and Frank is also well aware of relying on the help of these powerful allies, and actively maintains links with the royal family and the government.

   So in 1711, the king gave the orphanage a privilege, which would place it under the control of the new Prince of Prussia, the future Frederick I.

   The tireless "military king" drove the constant expansion of the Halle educational system, and also used Pietists to run the newly established Potsdam Military Orphanage and the Berlin Military Academy. The child's father died on the battlefield. When he became an orphan, he would be sent to a military orphanage to receive training as an officer. After passing the test, he entered the Berlin Officer Candidate School, and after graduation he became an officer.

Even if you want to join the Brandenburg-Prussian public service system, you must enter Halle University for two semesters of education and training. When Frederick II took over, not only civil servants, but also priests and military officers. Halle model of schooling.

There were also field chaplains in the Prussian army. They were different from the chaplains who accompanied the army. The chaplains in the army listened to the confessions and prayers of the soldiers. The field chaplains were separated from the civilian churches controlled by the Orthodox Church. Most of the time they were "non-employment". Soldiers often referred to them as "gringos".

  The agent of the orphanage opened branches everywhere. The towering wigs and gorgeous costumes were all characteristics of the Louis XIV era. They were all thrown into the old age, and the Pietists actively praised the beauty of humility, simplicity and self-discipline. The desertion rate in Prussia is very low, and the army is strictly disciplined, which is related to the strict moral standards and serious professional outlook of the Pietists. These qualities can help the officers to maintain the image of bullying and establish a strict self-discipline and due diligence officers. image, which was later called the typical "Prussian image".

Frederick II received this education when he was young. He himself liked to play the flute and French literature. He was very disgusted with Pietism, although this sect had been protected by his father, the new king was more inclined to use enlightenment. Sent ministers to manage religious affairs.

It is precisely because of the loss of the king's support that Halle University is occupied by enlightenment rationalism, the number of people participating in the Halle Orphanage Complex is decreasing, the donors for the corresponding orphanage activities are also decreasing, and the sect has become unpaid. , and the main income still depends on the mail-order trade of medicines.

  The Archbishop didn't want to talk about this topic any more, he left St. Lumodi Cathedral with Georgiana and went to another place.

   They went on foot. Although they did not take any religious utensils, passers-by along the way stopped and stood by the roadside.

  Georgianna meets a mother with a child unexpectedly.

The mother had an old face, looking shriveled and unattractive, and her son, about the height of a Hogwarts newborn, pouted and stared forward in boredom, waiting for the parade. The team walks away.

   She turned her head in a trance, her mind went blank, and moved on like a machine.

   (end of this chapter)