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wondering consciousness , the expansion of her own intellect , and the affections which thence arise ; an intellect more shackled than weakened by former influences , and affections which only needed scope to become as divine as earthly existence allows . While at Wittemberg , their scope was enlarged every day .
When Martin and Catherine married , they gave up all prospect of having a large share of this world ' s goods . They lived frugally , submitting to what appeared grievous privation , in the eyes of some who knew not the motives or the consolations of their poverty . They lived thus that Luther might devote his labours to the cause of the Reformation , instead of to that of a narrower benevolence or
private gain . When it was urged upon him , that by opening a school of theology , and other branches of science ., he might raise up apostles of the Reformation , while he enriched himself , he was wont to answer , that the empire was his school , the whole rising generation his disciples , voluntary or involuntary , and their gratitude and the countenance of his Lord , his ample recompense .
Liese heard , assented , and admired ; but it was some time before she applied the same diffusive principle of benevolence to her own conduct , for want of perceiving its aptitude to her circumstances . She was satisfied that she did what she could when she visited the sick , the poor , and the afflicted , and denied herself , that she might relieve them . She mourned that she could do no more ; but did not inquire whether her power was really as limited as she supposed .
Catherine was usually the companion of her charitable excursions . She could give sympathy and suggestion , though she had no money , nor even food to spare . She never repined at this ; urging , as a consolation , that as her husband ' s fund of charity was his time and understanding , so hers was that domestic
companionship and management which enabled him to give the world the full benefit of these talents . There were many who could do for him the little that could be done to relieve the poor of their neighbourhood ; but none who could translate the scriptures to the edification of Christendom , or shake the deepest foundations of superstition , and thus prepare for the abolition of poverty . Liese could do something of this kind of charity . She could not , like his privileged wife , animate Luther ' s exertions , sooth his irr | tationsf and temper his influence , before it was given forth , to that state which society was fittest to bear : but yet she could do much . She could be his scribe , and assist him in many departments of his labours . She little thought , when she first took to
diligent and deep study , that this pursuit was to be the instrument of her most extensive and valuable charity : and even after she employed it , after she had begun to assist in the revision of the scriptural translations , to make references , to hunt for illustrations , to conduct correspondence , to transcribe corrections , &c , she was some time in discovering the full value of her labour , and devoted to it only her leisure time ,
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830 Liese ; or , the Progress of Worship .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/42/
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