Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Let us, therefore, bless all the faithful champions who have fought for every point of Christian doctrine, unconcerned about the favor of men and disregarding their threats.  Their worldly disgrace, though it often was great, has not been borne in vain.  People cursed them, but they continued to bear their testimony until death, and now they wear the crown of glory and enjoy the blissful communion of Christ, of all the angels and elect.  Their labor and their fierce battling has not been in vain. -- C. F. W. Walther, Law and Gospel, p. 34.