Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark - James Aitken Wylie

The monastery at whose expense he had
studied abroad had the first claim upon him; and
some time elapsed before he could teach publicly
in the university. He brought back to the
monastery, which he again entered, the same
beautiful genius and the same pure manners which
had distinguished him before his departure; but the
charm of these qualities was now heightened by the
nameless grace which true piety gives to the
character, "As a lamp in a sepulcher," says one, "so
did his light shine in the midst of the darkness of
that place."[12] It was not yet suspected by his
brethren that they had a Lutheran among them
under the cloak of their order, and Taussan took
care not to put them upon the scent of the secret,
nevertheless, he began betimes to correct the
disorders and enlighten the ignorance of his fellowmonks
-- evils which he now saw had their origin
not so much in the vices of the men as in the
perversity of the institution.
He would draw them to the Word of God, and
opening to them in plain language its true meaning,
he would show them how far and fatally Rome had
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