“This ceasing {of struggles at the end} happened to me in Gotha. Being certain that I was about to die I said farewell to everybody, called Pomeranus, commended to him the church, the school, my wife, and the rest, and asked him to absolve me of my sins. I requested my dear Frederick to keep me in his cemetery in Gotha, but he said, ‘Doctor, I don’t want to have you here; you ought to go back home.’ Thus with a peaceful mind and without any struggle at all I would have fallen asleep in Christ. But Christ wished me to live on. So also my Katy, when we had all given up hope for her life, would have died willingly, happily, and with complete peace, and she said nothing at all but, ‘In thee, O Lord, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame’ [Ps. 31:1]. She repeated this more than a thousand times.” She was now seated at the table and confirmed this. Then the doctor added, “If we hadn’t had children I wouldn’t have said one more prayer for her but would have committed her soul to Christ’s keeping. (Luther’s Works, v. 54, p.374)