der Glaubenslehrer. Bonn, 1826. Heyd: Mel. und Tübingen, 1512–18. Tüb. 1839. Fr. Galle:
Characteristik Melanchth. als Theol. und Entw. seines Lehrbegr. Halle, 1840. Fr. Matthes:
Ph. Mel. Sein Leben u. Wirken aus den Quellen. Altenb. 1841. 2d ed. 1846. Ledderhose: Phil.
Mel. nach seinem aüsseren u. inneren Leben dargestellt. Heidelberg, 1847 (English translation
by Dr. Krotel. Phila. 1855). By the same: Das Leben des Phil. Mel. für das Volk. Barmen, 1858.
Mor. Meurer: Phil. Mel.’s Leben. Leipzig u. Dresden, 1860. 2d ed. 1869. Heppe: Phil. Mel.
der Lehrer Deutschlands. Marburg, 1860. Carl Schmidt: Philipp Melanchthons Leben und
ausgewählte Schriften. Elberfeld, 1861 (in the "Reformatoren der Luth. Kirche"). * Herrlinger:
Die Theologie Mel.’s in ihrer geschichtl. Entwicklung. Gotha, 1879.
III. Brief sketches, by Neander, in Piper’s "Evang.-Kalender" for 1851. By Nitzsch, in the "Deutsche
Zeitschrift für christl. Wissenschaft," 1855. Is. Aug. Dorner: Zum dreihundertjährigen
Gedächtniss des Todes Melanchthons, 1860. Volbeding: Mel. wie er liebte und lebte (Leipz.
1860.). Kahnis: Rede zum Gedächtniss Mel.’s (Leipz. 1860). Wohlfahrt: Phil. Mel. (Leipzig,
1860). W. Thilo: Mel. im Dienste der heil. Schrift (Berlin, 1860). Paul Pressel: Phil. Mel. Ein
evang. Lebensbild (Stuttg. 1860). Festreden zur Erinnerung an den 300 jährigen Todestag Phil.
Mel.’s und bei der Grundsteinlegung zu dessen Denkmal zu Wittenberg, herausgeg. von
Lommatzch (Wittenb. 1860). Henke: Das Verhältniss Luthers und Mel. zu einander (Marburg,
1860), and Memoria B. Phil. Mel. (Marburg, 1860). Ad. Planck: Mel. Praeceptor Germ.
(Nördlingen, 1860). Tollin: Ph. Mel. und Mich. Servet. Eine Quellenstudie (Berlin, 1876).
Landerer: Mel., in Herzog1 and Herzog2 ix. 471–525, revised by Herrlinger. Thiersch: Mel.
(Augsburg, 1877, and New York, Am. Tract Soc. 1880). Luthardt: Melanchthon’s Arbeiten im
Gebiete der Moral (Leipz. 1884). Wagenmann: Ph. Mel. (in the "Allgem. Deutsche Biographie").
Paulsen in "Gesch. des gelehrten Unterrichts "(Leipz. 1885. pp. 34 sqq.). Schaff in St. Augustin,
Melanchthon, Neander (New York and London, 1886. pp. 107–127).
IV. On Mel.’s Loci, see Strobel: Literärgesch. von Ph. Mel.’s locis theologicis. Altdorf and Nürnberg,
- Plitt: Melanchthons Loci in ihrer Urgestalt. Erlangen, 1864.
§ 40. Melanchthon’s Early Labors.
Although yet a youth of twenty-one years of age, Melanchthon at once gained the esteem and
admiration of his colleagues and hearers in Wittenberg. He was small of stature, unprepossessing
in his outward appearance, diffident and timid. But his high and noble forehead, his fine blue eyes,
full of fire, the intellectual expression of his countenance, the courtesy and modesty of his behavior,
revealed the beauty and strength of his inner man. His learning was undoubted, his moral and
religious character above suspicion. His introductory address, which he delivered four days after
his arrival (Aug. 29), on "The Improvement of the Studies of Youth,"^220 dispelled all fears: it
contained the programme of his academic teaching, and marks an epoch in the history of liberal
education in Germany. He desired to lead the youth to the sources of knowledge, and by a careful
study of the languages to furnish the key for the proper understanding of the Scriptures, that they
might become living members of Christ, and enjoy the fruits of His heavenly wisdom. He studied
(^220) De Corrigendis Adolescentium Studiis, in the "Corpus Reformatorum," XI. 15 sqq. See Schmidt, l.c. 29 sq.