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laughed, and Luther threw the inkpot at him! Luther sang the hymn daily, accompanying himself on the lute during the sitting of the Augsburg Assembly in 1530. It was first printed in 1529, and in three years it became the most popular hymn of the day with the Protestants. The Huguenots during the re-ligious persecution in France (1560 to 1572) made it their national song. This grand choral has won unstinted praise on all hands, for Luther was a gifted musician, as well as preacher and poet, and knew how to achieve the finest effects by the simplest methods. Meyerbeer did not disdain to make use of the melody in his opera, " Les Huguenots;" Bach founded a cantata on it; and it is to be detected in Mendelssohn's " Reformation Symphony/' and in Wagner's " Kaisermarch." By order of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden it was sung by the entire army just before the battle of Leipsic in 1631. Indeed, it has played a wonderful part in the making of history on the Continent Said Luther, when his friends endeavoured to dissuade him from going on his fateful journey to Worms: " Though there be as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the roof, I will go fearing nothing. What if Huss be burned to ashes? Truth can never be annihilated."
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