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Luther, on his way to Worms, was warned and dissuaded by his friends as he passed by. Close to the town his beloved friend Spalatin sent to beg him not to venture into the dangers which he knew awaited him. “Were there as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the roofs I would go in,” was his immortal reply.
It is not enough for us merely to admire the Reformer in his heroic devotion to duty; we must seek to get the same spirit into our own hearts. We shall have hard duties before us, and friends will throw about us the silken cords of endearment to detain us. Then we must be brave, to go on and do what Christ bids, regardless of love’s persuasions and all the terrors of enemies.