Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . r to preachagainst his doctrines was met on two occasions. AtBrunswick, in 1527, a plain citizen, at the close of asermon by Dr. Sprengel of Magdeburg, started AchGott vom Himmel sieJi darein, which was at oncesung by the entire congregation to the complete dis-comfiture of the preacher. Two years later, therewas a similar occurrence at Luebeck, where twoboys started the same hymn. With frauds which they themselves invent Thy truth they have confounded :Their hearts are not with one consent On Thy pure doctrine gr
Martin Luther : the hero of the reformation 1483-1546 / by Henry Eyster Jacobs . r to preachagainst his doctrines was met on two occasions. AtBrunswick, in 1527, a plain citizen, at the close of asermon by Dr. Sprengel of Magdeburg, started AchGott vom Himmel sieJi darein, which was at oncesung by the entire congregation to the complete dis-comfiture of the preacher. Two years later, therewas a similar occurrence at Luebeck, where twoboys started the same hymn. With frauds which they themselves invent Thy truth they have confounded :Their hearts are not with one consent On Thy pure doctrine grounded :And, while they gleam with outward show,They lead Thy people to and fro, In errors maze astounded. God surely will uproot all those With vain deceits who store us,With haughty tongue who God oppose, And say ; * Who 11 stand before us?By right or might we will prevail:What we determine cannot fail, For who can lord it oer us ? •• * For this, saith God. I will arise. These wolves My sheep are rending;I ve heard My peoples bitter sighsTo heaven, My throne, ascending:. FRANZ VON SICKINQEN. 1524] Rebuilding 231 Now I will up, and set at restEach weary soul by fraud opprest,The poor with might defending. The first evangelical Hymn-Book, published in1524, contains only eight hymns, of which four areLuthers. Another book of the same year, theErfurt Enchiridion J has twenty-five, eighteen ofthem by Luther; and still another, the GeistlichesGesa7igbuck, for the use of schoolboys as choristers,thirty-two, of which twenty-four are Luthers. Hisgreatest hymn, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, withits inspiring tune, also of his composition, whichranks as a musical classic, was long believed to havebeen written about the time of the Diet of Spires,in 1529, but is now referred to 1527. It is called byHeine ** the Marseillaise of the Reformation. A Fortress firm, a Shield, a Sword,A Help in all distresses,A Refuge strong is God the Lord,However danger enemy, I know,Maddened
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