John Hut, in the Year 1529

In this year, John Hut,** a faithful minister of Jesus Christ, was arrested for the divine testimony at Augsburg, in Swabia, where he was brought into a tower. Finally they stopped their severe questioning and torture, and he was left lying as one dead. [n600-1] Then they went away, leaving a light in the prison, near the straw, and by it the straw was set on fire. When they returned to the tower they found him dead. Then they carried him, dead as he was, in a chair on a wagon, before the court, where he was condemned to be burned. His son, Philip Hut, fell asleep in the Lord, in the church at Heim. This John Hut composed a hymn of thanksgiving, which we sing at the memorial, or Supper, of the Lord; besides this he composed one or two other hymns.