Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . nths inLuthers house. Luthers habits were the simplest. Without beingan ascetic, and believing in the enjoyment of thegood gifts of God as a Christian duty, he was mosttemperate in regard to food and drink and veryplain in his dress. At the table, especially in theevening, when his mind was not preoccupied by theimportant subjects on which he was writing, he gavethe freest expression to his judgment on all subjectssuggested by his guests, condensing the maturedfruit of his studies and wide observation into a fewwo
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . nths inLuthers house. Luthers habits were the simplest. Without beingan ascetic, and believing in the enjoyment of thegood gifts of God as a Christian duty, he was mosttemperate in regard to food and drink and veryplain in his dress. At the table, especially in theevening, when his mind was not preoccupied by theimportant subjects on which he was writing, he gavethe freest expression to his judgment on all subjectssuggested by his guests, condensing the maturedfruit of his studies and wide observation into a fewwords, and stating it in the most popular of these sayings were taken by a number ofthe students who boarded at his table, such as VeitDietrich, Matthesius, Aurifaber, and others, andthese notes were finally collected into his renownedTable- Talk. In later years the eminent executive ability of hiswife, who, besides caring for their own home, alsoadministered a small farm at Zulsdorf, near Witten-berg, together with the increase in his salary, and Erlangen, 64 : DR. JOHN MATTHESIUS. FROM A WOOD-CUT BY TOBIAS STIMMER. 1546] Home Life and Last Days 399 annual gifts from princes and other friends, raised himabove all want, and gave him some of the comfortsof life which in his earlier years he had not enjoyed. The company of a small circle of his most intimatefriends he particularly welcomed. Such was the Sanhedrim, whom he entertained once a weekwhile the translation of the Bible was in progress ofrevision, and such also were the birthday gatheringsat his table on November lOth of each year. Me-lanchthon tells us of such a company held onLuthers last birthday. Besides music and the culture of flowers he foundrecreation for a time in the use of a turning-lathe,and afterwards in bowling, for which he had an alleybuilt in his garden. He delighted in short excur-sions into the country, visiting with his wife andchildren the neighbouring pastors, gathering fruit,and part
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