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Dear friends, I am now supposed to preach
a sermon at the funeral of our dearly beloved
father, blessed Dr. Martin, and gladly do so. But
what shall I say and how shall I speak, since I
probably will not be able to utter a word because
of my tears? And who shall comfort you if I, your
pastor and preacher, cannot speak? Where can I
turn from you? I will, no doubt, cause more crying
and mourning with my sermon. For how should
we not all mourn heartily, since God has sent us
this sorrow and has taken from us the noble and
dear man, the venerable Dr. Martin Luther?
Through him God has rendered inexpressible gifts
and grace to all of us and to all the churches of
Christ in Germany, as well as to many in foreign
countries. Through him God has also triumphed
gloriously over the kingdom of satan and against
so much shameful idolatry and human ordinance,
indeed, as Paul says, against the devil's teachings
throughout the world, and has revealed to us in
the Gospel the sublime, great
a sermon at the funeral of our dearly beloved
father, blessed Dr. Martin, and gladly do so. But
what shall I say and how shall I speak, since I
probably will not be able to utter a word because
of my tears? And who shall comfort you if I, your
pastor and preacher, cannot speak? Where can I
turn from you? I will, no doubt, cause more crying
and mourning with my sermon. For how should
we not all mourn heartily, since God has sent us
this sorrow and has taken from us the noble and
dear man, the venerable Dr. Martin Luther?
Through him God has rendered inexpressible gifts
and grace to all of us and to all the churches of
Christ in Germany, as well as to many in foreign
countries. Through him God has also triumphed
gloriously over the kingdom of satan and against
so much shameful idolatry and human ordinance,
indeed, as Paul says, against the devil's teachings
throughout the world, and has revealed to us in
the Gospel the sublime, great