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Helena had soon obtained release from the authority which had become too irksome to be borne : she had since married * and before returning to Nuremberg , visited Wittemberg , to persuade Liese to take up her abode with her .
Frequent and furious were the execrations she had heard of Luther , and of his innocent and beloved wife . Not long before she came within sight of their town , she was told that Satan was among them , punishing them already by the restlessness of an evil conscience for their sins against St . Peter . Neither her
husband , who was a reformer , nor herself , believed anything of this ; but yet they were not prepared for the scene about to be presented to them . As they entered the apartment where Luther ' s family assembled in the evening , they found all engaged according to their wont . The grand work of revising the new translation of the Scriptures was now proceeding .- At a table beneath the lamp , sat Luther , his large head and massy features cast into a strong light , while
the countenance of his companion , Melancthon , was shaded by the black cap which he usually wore * These two were now poring X ) ver books , and now exchanging remarks , while Liese sat , pen in hand , and with her manuscripts before her , ready to note down to their dictation , Catherine ' s seat was next her husband ' s , and she sang in a low tone one of the airs with which she was wont to soothe without interrupting his toils , and which now served to lull her infant to rest . Around them was furniture which , however
homely , comprehended all that was needful for luxury as well as comfort ; for there were books with which they might nourish , and music to refresh , their minds when weary . When Martin afterwards took his place at the organ , and encouraged the recreations of his family and guests by mirth as well as music , Helena wished for no greater punishment on his calumniators than that they should look in upon his privacy , and see how the object of their persecution speeded his days with toil , and solaced them with song .
Helena and Catherine contended long for the possession of Liese . Each pleaded * she is my friend ; ' and each would have had her promise to live always with them . But Liese would promise nothing more than to remain where she was for the present . She could scarcely gain by any change , for neither with the Husens nor with Helena could she be so useful , or , in
consequence , so happy . How useful , how happy , how extensively changed she was , she became partly aware , for the first time , the day after her present meeting with Helena . * See / said Helena , ? here is a sketch I have brought you . Our mother could not spare the painting , of course ; so I could only bring a poor unfinished copy : but your memory will fill it up . ' * Our convent !\ exclaimed Liese * * The very place ! There is the curtain of ivy hanging over the gate , and the bell , and the roof of the chapel , and my window '
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332 Liese ; f > r , the Progress of Worship .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/44/
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