, 1873-07-06
LUTHER AND THE TWO STUDENTS.
NJ ARTHUR IlELr8,

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John Kosslcr WAS born At st, Gall Of poor pa-
rente, In tho vo.r lima Tia studted t,,ooloov AZ
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itants OF tint town. Aesalor could not, thore-
"a l. toacher of tho reformed doctrines. In
or4or ~ 1,vo u va, noco,esrr that h. sho-,,5
o.ue. " IVY, =. "ee u'.eees.s snas 1g 0nouu
employ o1meon IN some hano4"ofh' no choso
that work for which ho folt ho had calling I:
and vh,,n bo etI1 n7rarod 1,ia trada ho eattorai
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atouna MN b"an company o1 tho faithful,
e"AeAs eApAAf HAo"~AA0A " ]AoAA3 WANsV 6OOA6Y
and finally became sohoolmaater.
dustave Eroytae aave that Kesaler vns a man
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Az We travelled towards Wfttonborg to study
tho Holy soripturo1, We found, ourselves ut
jena, In ThurtngtA. God knoWe In what a fehr-
1ul storm no wero caught, and eftor making
many inquiries in tho town for On inn whore wo
might rest Tor the night, We could not find any
ono Everywhere lodging w1a denied to uB, for
1t Was tho eve before Ash Wednesday, and no
ono had much caro- for Pilgrims and strangers.
tlnue our journey In The hopes OF reaching some
village whero they would tako uH In for tho night
Then, under tho gateway, respectable man
met us, spoke in friendly manner to Us, aud
"oonld we not, somewhat nearer fnd any house
or inn where ne could DO received before dark
night should como on7 Moreover" be said,
is ae rona y odo essy 20 mlas ho
" ansno5ed, :" poar father ye have 6een at
all the inns that any one has told us OF in this
place, but no hhvo been sent away from all Of
them, and have been denied aemttanoe. Thus,
We n sro obliged 70 proceed M further"
inquiry at the Inn with tho sign Of tho Black
Boar. We rcpliod, "Doar Str, NO hnve not met
with any such Inn. Tell us whore Wo shall find
It," Whereur.on he pointed 1t out to us, q ltt1o
why from the town. And rs we came and saw
the Blaok Boar, behold, though all tho other
innkeepors had rofased Us sflolter. on the con-
trary, the landlord Of the, Black Boar camo out
and received rs, declaring hi1aeslf quito willing
to give us shelter, and ho led us into tho inn
There wo found man sitting alono at tho
table, and before him book was lying. Flo
crested ua kindly, baao uH como nenrer, and
scat onrsolVoa noar to him at tho table. But our
TINT from shame wo did not like to entor tho
room !; and VIC seated ourselves by tho door OIL q
lttlo bench. Then ho invited ua to drink, which
70 could not rofuso Indeed, as wo recognized
near him, aa ho had naked us To do, at his table.
Then we called Tor q measure OF vino, with
which we in our turn nskod him to honor III by
d1nking # viii US. We had no other idea but TINT
he was @ trooper, VINO, according TO the custom
OF the country, sat there with rod lontAor cap,
IN hOHe and doublot, without Rr1nor, lis sword
by his sidc,, his right hand upon tho
pommei OF his, sword, and tho othor
holding tho handle. rus eyes wore black
tit Joa could not woll look At tosm. ' '''l' 90
Soon he began to ask us whore wo wore horn.
I'hon ho gave himself the anBwcr. "You aro
Swiss: From what part o. Switzerland do you
oono?" We answered, From st. Gall" Then
lie Hafd, !" It you SO from hero, % I understand
you arc going, to Wittenberg, you will t'nd thoro
good felloW-oountrymon OF yours, nnmoly, DR..
iioronlmus sehurf, and hiR brother, Dr. Angus
tine"
We aatd, "We hayo lottora to thom, " and then
we asked him, Good sir, can you inform us
whothcr Martin LMthor ID now ut Wittenborg, or
at what other place r.
.,,t no 9nafMored' asfna' ~ haSo cortAln knowlodgo
That Luther is not now at Wilton.
Gerg; ho Wlll, howoyor, soon, como there.
Put thtllp Molancthon IL there ho teaches tho
ufeeh language aha .horo are others also who
teaGh Aeprew. t,9! In truth would advise you 70
Study Doth languages, TOT tloy ore NECESSARY, in
order @ to understand the ! holy Scriptures.
Ihon We anawered, God be praised! Il God
should spare our llves We will not desist TILL wo
that we 1 have unae1taken 1s ms Journey. For We