The Precious and Sacred Writings of Martin Luther, Vol. 11: Based on the Kaiser Chronological Edition with References to the Erlangen and Walch Editions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Precious and Sacred Writings of Martin Luther, Vol. 11: Based on the Kaiser Chronological Edition With References to the Erlangen and Walch Editions

In Memory of the german and scandina vian students, who so timely and heartily aided Protestantism in the three periods of its greatest need and blessings: In the time of the Reformation, when students from all Europe gathered around Luther in the university of Witten berg, and then returned home to translate his doc trines and spirit into their mother tongues; In the time when the Reformation blossomed into German Pietism in the same university, removed to Halle, where down to Francke's death over students went forth with the missionary spirit of S pener and a revived interest in Luther's writings, among whom were Ziegenbalg to Asia, the father of Protestant Heathen missions, and Muhlenberg/to America, the model Diaspora missionary; and in modern times, when the Gustavus Adolphus Society for mission work in Catholic countries, organized since 1832, developed Student Gustavus Adolphus Missionary Societies and the church organized the Students' Misn sionary Societies for the heathen, in Germany since 1849, and in the uni versities of Christiania, U psala and Helsingfors since 1881-2; and to the German and Scandinavian students in the universities, col leges, semina/ries, and acade mies of all English-speaking countries, this volume 1 s i n t h e n a m e of our Saviour.