Now Thank We All Our God

Martin Rinkart

The year is 1639, and a long and weary war has come once again to the town gates. It’s not the enemy, either, but your angry and disgruntled allies from across the sea. They are Swedes. Their beloved king, Gustavus Adolphus, died not far away seven years before, at the Battle of Luetzen. Gustavus Adolphus, called “the Father of Modern Warfare,” made…