Emperor entered the town on Christ give His blessingthereto Let us pray without ceasing.The Jesus still lives and reigns.By the grace of God and your petitions
I am pretty well,although Satan troubles me with a buzzingin my ears, but in spite of this I have put Jeremiah into I shall beginEzekiel, but first of all must send a few thingsfor our poor printers, among them my
I shall finish in two days.
I shall answer his letter very soon.
Luther thanks him for lookingafter his son.
I have received two letters from you, my beloved Hieronymus,two charming letters,the second of which was the most delightful, in which you speak of my son
Hans as his pedagogue,and he your diligent pupil.
God grant I may some day be able to requiteyou for this.
Christ make up for my shortcomings MagisterVeit tells me that at times you are a prey to a spiritof melancholy " a temptationwhich is most prejudicial to the young.
A broken spiritdrieth the bones."
And the Holy Spirit, in various parts of the Bible,bids us try to banish these forebodings.
Ecclesiastes we read, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth."
'* Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart,"etc.
A joyfulheart is life to a man, and an unceasing fountain of health,and prolongshis years.
Many have allowed themselves to be consumed of grief, and it has been of no avail.
But be sure that these black thoughts proceed from the devil,for God is not a God of sadness, but of consolation and joy.
So drive away such thoughts. The struggleis hard to beginwith,but it gradually becomes easier ; and