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The story behind the typical or the
story of the Fort Castle Hymn is our

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God? Martin Luther, the great
leader of the reformation, wrote the lyrics

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and music of the famous Fort Castle
Himno is our God? As one writer

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has said, Luther was a musician
from the cradle. As a child,

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he had a splendid voice to sing. His favorite entertainment was to take his

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lute every day after eating and walking
away for half an hour to play and

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sing. While he was studying at
a school in the Franciscan monastery. Being

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very young, he often used his
magnificent voice to sing in front of the

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windows of the rich, to obtain
alms and to be able to give them

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to the poor. Luther said,
whoever doesn' t like music can never

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be my friend. He said music
was a gift and a grace from God.

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He could drive satan away and make
man forget all anger. His desire

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was to compose hymns so that God' s message would be propagated through chanting.

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He wanted all his compatriots to have
hymns and read the Bible in their

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own language. By reading the Bible
or going in the voice of God and

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singing hymns, they would come out
with God. Before Martin Luther, music

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was used only by the priests of
the churches or select choirs in Latin,

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but the great reformer introduced congregational anthemology
to the world. The first Protestant hymnal

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was published in Wittenberg, Germany,
in 1, 500 twenty- four.

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This little book had only eight hymns, four of them written by Martin Luther.

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In no time. The demand for
this little book was great. People

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learned and sang hymns with great enthusiasm
and Germany became a sea of songs.

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In this reform, Martin Luther came
to be accepted and known as the father

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of congregational imnology. It is rare, at the same time that there is

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an individual like Luther who wrote the
music and lyrics of his inspired signs of

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his thirty- seven hymns, the
best known is Castle Strong is our God,

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has a powerful message and everyone has
sung it from that date until today.

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While Luther lived, his enemies said
that all Germany was accepting and learning

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his doctrines. Through their hymns they
accused the hymns of being the ones that

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destroyed the soul more than even the
books or sermons written by him. It

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is believed that it was during the
captivity at Burgo Bar Castle that Luther wrote

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this beautiful hymn. His friends captured
him and hid the fortress of Barburg from

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him to protect him from his enemies. Although the Luther complained of being idle,

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he read the Bible in Hebrew and
Greek. He continued with the translation

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of the psalms and composed a volume
of sermons and a multitude of other writings

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for almost a year. He exhorted, taught, rebuked and thundered from a

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hiding place in the mountains. Perhaps
he found a place of safety and help

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in that castle, which inspired him
to write and meditate on the security and

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help that God was for him.
In the words of this hymn, Luther

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manifested the trust and support he found
in his god. Here are the words,

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according to the Spanish translation of the
poet and ecclesiastic Juan Bautista Cabrera.

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Man Martin Luther was inspired by Psalm
forty- six to write the classic hymn

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of Protestant reformation. Strong castle