sentences:  Bearing this in mind, it seemed obvious that the task of raising these good Christians would be easier if children learnt to read, write, sing and pray.Thus, even in the Reformation's earliest days, schools were opened in the duchy's towns and all children had to attend.Successes were, however, moderate, for the need for reading and writing was not readily understood by many subjects, for the children's fathers, grandfathers and forebears had got along without them quite well in pre-Reformation times, never having undergone the burdensome training now being demanded of the children.