. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . ing extract is made: Grace and peace in Christ, my dear little son. I am pleasedto see that you learn your lessons well and that you pray so, my dear little Hans, and persevere; and when I come home,I will bring you a nice little present. I know of a pretty gardenwhere merry children run about, that wear golden coats, andgather nice apples, and pears, and cherries, and plums under thetrees, and sing and dance, and ride on pretty horses with goldenbridles and silver saddles. I asked the man of the place who thechildren were,
. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . ing extract is made: Grace and peace in Christ, my dear little son. I am pleasedto see that you learn your lessons well and that you pray so, my dear little Hans, and persevere; and when I come home,I will bring you a nice little present. I know of a pretty gardenwhere merry children run about, that wear golden coats, andgather nice apples, and pears, and cherries, and plums under thetrees, and sing and dance, and ride on pretty horses with goldenbridles and silver saddles. I asked the man of the place who thechildren were, and he said, These are the children who love to prayand read. Then I answered, Dear sir, I also have a son who iscalled Hans Luther; may he not also come into the garden, and eatthese nice apples and pears, and ride the pretty horses and play 192 THE MODERN ERA with these children? Yes, said the man, if he loves to pray, andread, and is good, he, too, may come into this garden; and Philipand Justus* may also come. And when they have all come here they. Luthers House in Wittenberg. shall have pipes and drums and lutes and all sorts of musical in-struments, and they shall dance and shoot with little he showed me a smooth lawn in the garden, laid out for * Hans Luthers playmates, sons of Melanchthon and Justus Jonas. THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY 193 dancing, where hung pipes of pure gold, and drums and beautifulsilver crossbows. — — Luther was also to experience sorrow in his family circle. Twoof his daughters died in early years. He was especially attachedto one of them, the amiable Magdalena, and the separation fromher was almost more than he could bear. But he comforted him-self with the assurance that she would rise again and shine as astar, yea as the sun. The controversies which Luther had to engage in with men, wholike himself had arisen against the Papacy, caused him many sor-rows. First there was the controversy about the Lords Supperwith the Swiss Refor
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