Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . d him. As he contemplated thethought, which he actually believed a reality, thathis words brought the Body and Blood of his Lordto the altar, he trembled. The act over, he receivedthe presents and congratulations of friends, his fatherhonouring the occasion with a liberal gift. Nowwas the opportunity, thought Luther, to obtain aword of acquiescence and approval from his hithertorelentless parent. At the banquet that followed, hepublicly put to him the question, as to whether he * Erlangen, 56 : 39. De Wette, i : 1
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . d him. As he contemplated thethought, which he actually believed a reality, thathis words brought the Body and Blood of his Lordto the altar, he trembled. The act over, he receivedthe presents and congratulations of friends, his fatherhonouring the occasion with a liberal gift. Nowwas the opportunity, thought Luther, to obtain aword of acquiescence and approval from his hithertorelentless parent. At the banquet that followed, hepublicly put to him the question, as to whether he * Erlangen, 56 : 39. De Wette, i : 116. 32 Martin Luther [1508 were not satisfied. With characteristic franknessand firmness, the plain old man addressed, not hisson, but the whole company: Ye learned men,have ye not read in the Holy Scriptures, that fatherand mother are to be honoured ? When someone answered that the son, however, had had a callfrom heaven, the father was not disconcerted, butsuggested that what they regarded a call fromheaven, might have been a delusion of the devil.* * De Wette, 2 : 100 UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT.
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