Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . uremberg, where Luthers friend, WenceslausLink, was preacher in the Augustinian monastery,and Lawrence Spengler was one of the most influen-tial councillors, and Osiander was pastor. Here thepopular poet, Hans Sachs, especially in his Witten-berger Nachtigall, devoted his extraordinary geniusto the advancement of the cause in which Luther hadenlisted, while Albrecht Diirer, one of Germanysgreatest painters, belonged to the inner circle of itsadherents. To Magdeburg Amsdorf was called aspastor in 1524, and Cruciger
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . uremberg, where Luthers friend, WenceslausLink, was preacher in the Augustinian monastery,and Lawrence Spengler was one of the most influen-tial councillors, and Osiander was pastor. Here thepopular poet, Hans Sachs, especially in his Witten-berger Nachtigall, devoted his extraordinary geniusto the advancement of the cause in which Luther hadenlisted, while Albrecht Diirer, one of Germanysgreatest painters, belonged to the inner circle of itsadherents. To Magdeburg Amsdorf was called aspastor in 1524, and Cruciger became the rector ofthe High School. In Strassburg, Zell, Bucer, andCapito were labouring in the same spirit as early as1523; while that same year the activity of JohnBrenz was already making itself felt, and he soonhad earnest co-labourers in Erhard Schnepf atWimpfen, and Michael Stiefel at Esslingen. AtAugsburg the Lords Supper was administered inboth forms in 1524 by Luthers friends, Frosch andUrban Regius. Henry of Zuetphen preached the evangelical faith Kaktinv^ BVCC£R HAT - V lEL GLiTENVN- GLcKTENGBLANT HAT EP. AVCH - BEKE:RT\ ^DAR-irr-BEGRABENACH - SEIM - ENI3TAVCHWlDa- AS/5TxR ABEN - VN -VERBRENTABERDIE KOINTGLN LOBE SAN;- . HAT PI E A9CH EHRLICH BS TA^rTEN? LAN DR. MARTIN BUCER. ^525] The Lines Drawn HS in 1522 at Bremen, where his colleague and country,man, Probst, became pastor two years later. Aboutthe same time, Bugenhagen was called to Hamburgto introduce the Reformation; in Breslau the workadvanced under the labours of John Hess, while inRiga, Reval, and Dorpat there were evangelicalpreachers in 1521, and to the evangehcal Christiansin these places Luther sent, in 1523, a summary ofChristian doctrine, and in the next year an exposi-tion of Psalm CXXVn., with a plan for the organisa-tion of schools. In Sweden, the efforts of Luthers pupils, thebrothers Petersen, beginning in 1519. were approvedby Gustavus Vasa on his accession in 1523. Christ-ian IL of
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