# George Steinmetz, A. D. 1530.

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This George Steinmetz was apprehended and beheaded
for the testimony of Jesus Christ, at Portzen,
in Germany, A. D. 1530. He left the following
admonition for consolation in suffering, to all believers:

“We sincerely thank thee, O God, for thy
fatherly faithfulness. No one ought to mock at or
despise his grace, lest at last, when his departure
is at hand, he regret it. O Lord, help and assist
us through Jesus Christ. God has called many
to his eternal light, whom he also visits with suffering
and pain, as we see in this earth; for it
seems that here we must be refined by the fire of
affliction, since we must all enter through much tribulation
into the kingdom of God, and be purified
from all sin and vice (1 Peter 1:7; Acts 14:22); for
he that herein follows Christ, walks in the true
path. Christ says: “I am the Way and the Door,
the Truth and the Life; enter in by me; before me
there is yet a hedge; the cross, which each who
would come to the father must carry, stands in the
way. John 10:9. And according to my experience,
I must state the truth, that the cross appears much
heavier than it really is; which deters many a one,
as though he should not be able to bear it, and
hence would pass it by, and seek another way.
But we cannot come to God unless we bear the
yoke of Christ. Matt. 11:29. For he that would
enter in by any other way into the sheep fold, than
through this door, the same is a thief and a murderer
(John 10:1), and shall have to suffer the
vengeance of God—everlasting pain. Christ would
have such disciples as bear the cross after him, follow
him in all his ways, as I hope to show, and
carry his yoke unto the end. Matt. 16:24. But
he that will not bear his cross, but allows himself to
be moved and hindered by Satan, may take heed
that Christ says: “Whosoever therefore shall confess
me before men, him will I confess also before
my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever
shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before
my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew
10:32,33. O God, sustain us to thy praise and
honor, that love may not wax cold in us. Matthew
24:12. To this end give us strength, wisdom
and understanding, through thy holy spirit,
who can guide us into all truth (John 16:13),
that we may never despond, but keep good courage,
and remain steadfast and proceed straight on
in the narrow way, and at the risk of body-life, go
on through Christ to the Father. John 14:6.
Praised be the Lord our God, who has called us
to be his servants and children. Him we will
constantly praise forever and ever, because we may
wash our robes in the blood of the Lamb (Revelations
7:14), and afterwards, from this brief death
and suffering, go into everlasting joy with him.
With this mind this witness of Jesus Christ was
beheaded and died at Portzen, as stated above.



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