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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 29, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 13.

LUTHER'S TABLE TALK.

VERY remarkable was the discovery of Martin Luther's "Table Talk." In the year 1826 a German gentleman named Casbarus von Sparr was engaged in building a new house. In the course of their excavations the workmen came upon a small, square package wrapped in strong linen cloth, which had been carefully plastered all over with beeswax. On opening and examining the parcel a volume was discovered. This volume was Luther's work, the only copy in existence. It had evidently been buried by Von Sparr's grandfather to escape the penalty of an edict issued by Rudolph II. at the instigation of Pope Gregory XIII., making it death for anyone to possess the work. The loss of this book would have been a great misfortune, for without it we never should have understood the character of the great reformer—never have known what he was when surrounded by his family and his friends.—Selected.