Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark - James Aitken Wylie

inhabitants. The Popish rites were forsaken -- no
one went to mass or to confession. The entrance of
the truth into this city, says the historian, was
signalized by "a mighty outburst of singing." The
people, filled with joy at the mysteries made
known to them, and the clear light that shone upon
them after the long darkness, poured forth their
gratitude in thundering voices in the Psalms of
David, the hymns of Luther, and in other sacred
canticles. Nor did Taussan confine himself to his
own pulpit and flock; he cared for all the young
Churches of the Reformation in Denmark, and did
his utmost to nourish them into strength by seeking
out and sending to them able and zealous preachers
of the truth.[11]
This year (1529), a truly memorable one in the
Danish Reformation, saw another and still more
powerful agency enter the field. A new translation
of the New Testament in the Danish tongue was
now published in Antwerp, under the care of
Christian Petri. Petri had formerly been a canon,
and Chancellor of the Chapter in Lurid; but
attaching himself to the fortunes of Christian II., he
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