God Uses Frederick of Saxony

A vigilant eye had followed Luther's movements, and a true and noble heart had resolved upon his rescue. God gave to Frederick of Saxony a plan for the Reformer's preservation. On his homeward journey Luther was separated from his attendants and hurriedly conveyed through the forest to the castle of Wartburg, an isolated mountain fortress. His concealment was so involved in mystery that even Frederick himself knew not whither he had been conducted. This ignorance was with design; so long as the elector knew nothing, he could reveal nothing. Satisfied that the Reformer was safe, he was content.HF 106.3

Spring, summer, and autumn passed, and winter came, and Luther still remained a prisoner. Aleander and his partisans exulted. The light of the gospel seemed about to be extinguished. But the Reformer's light was to shine forth with brighter radiance.HF 107.1