In Germany to the Leipsic Disputation - James Aitken Wylie

When the tidings reached Mansfeld, the
surprise, disappointment, and rage of Luther's
father were great. He had toiled night and day to be
able to educate his son; he had seen him win one
academical honor after another; already in
imagination he saw him discharging the highest
duties and wearing the highest dignities of the
State. In a moment all these hopes had been swept
away; all had ended in a monk's hood and cowl.
John Luther declared that nothing of his should his
son ever inherit, and according to some accounts he
set out to Erfurt, and obtaining an interview with
his son at the convent gate, asked him sharply,
"How can a son do right in disobeying the counsel
of his parents?"
On an after-occasion, when telling his father of
the impression made upon his mind by the
thunderstorm, and that it was as if a voice from
heaven had called him to be a monk, "Take care,"
was John Luther's reply, "lest you have been
imposed upon by an illusion of the devil."
On entering the convent Luther changed his
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