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Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen

Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen
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Short Name: Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen
Full Name: Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius, 1670-1739
Birth Year: 1670
Death Year: 1739

Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius, son of Dietrich Freylinghausen, merchant and burgomaster at Gandersheim, Brunswick, was born at Gandersheim, Dec. 2, 1670. He entered the University of Jena at Easter, 1689. Attracted by the preaching of A. H. Francke and J. J. Breithaupt, he removed to Erfurt in 1691, and at Easter, 1692, followed them to Halle. About the end of 1693 he returned to Gandersheim, and employed himself as a private tutor. In 1695 he went to Glaucha as assistant to Francke; and when Francke became pastor of St. Ulrich's, in Halle,1715, Freylinghausen became his colleague, and in the same year married his only daughter. In 1723 he became also sub-director of the Paedagogium and the Orphanage; and after Francke's death in 1727, succeeded him as pastor of St. Ulrich's and director of the Francke Institutions. Under his fostering care these Institutions attained their highest development. From a stroke of paralysis in 1728, and a second in 1730, he recovered in great measure, but a third in 1737 crippled his right side, while the last, in Nov., 1738, left him almost helpless. He died on Feb. 12, 1739, and was buried beside Francke (Koch, vi. 322-334; Allgemine Deutsche Biographie, vii. 370-71; Bode, pp. 69-70; Grote's Introduction, &c.)

Almost all Freylinghausen's hymns appeared in his own hymnbook, which was the standard collection of the Halle school, uniting the best productions of Pietism with a good representation of the older "classical" hymns. This work, which greatly influenced later collections, and was the source from which many editors drew not only the hymns of Pietism, but also the current forms of the earlier hymns (as well as the new "Halle" melodies, a number of which are ascribed to Freylinghausen himself) appeared in two parts, viz.:—
i. Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, den Kern alter und neuer Lieder...in sich haltend &c, Halle. Gedrucktund verlegt im Waysen-Hause, 1704 [Hamburg], with 683 hymns and 173 melodies. To the second edition, 1705 [Rostock University], an Appendix was added with Hymns 684-758, and 21 melodies. Editions 3-18 are practically the same so far as the hymns are concerned, save that in ed. 11, 1719 [Berlin], and later issues, four hymns, written by J. J. Rambach at Freylinghausen's request, replaced four of those in eds. 1-10.
ii. Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch,&c, Halle . . . 1714 [Berlin], with 815 hymns and 154 melodies. In the 2nd edition, 1719 [Rostock University], Hymns 816-818, with one melody, were added.
In 1741 these two parts were combined by G. A. Francke, seven hymns being added, all but one taken from the first edition, 1718, of the so-called Auszug, which was compiled for congregational use mainly from the original two parts: and this reached a second, and last, edition in 1771. So far as the melodies are concerned, the edition of 1771 is the most complete, containing some 600 to 1582 hymns. (Further details of these editions in the Blätter für Hymnologie, 1883, pp. 44-46, 106-109; 1885, pp. 13-14.) A little volume of notes on the hymns and hymnwriters of the 1771 edition, compiled by J. H. Grischow and completed by J. G. Kirchner, and occasionally referred to in these pages, appeared as Kurzgefasste Nachricht von ältern und ncuern Liederverfassern at Halle, 1771.

As a hymnwriter Freylinghausen ranks not only as the best of the Pietistic school, but as the first among his contemporaries. His finest productions are distinguished by a sound and robust piety, warmth of feeling depth of Christian experience, scripturalness, clearness and variety of style, which gained for them wide acceptance, and have kept them still in popular use. A complete edition of his 44 hymns, with a biographical introduction by Ludwig Grote, appeared as his Geistliche Lieder, at Halle, 1855. A number of them, including No. v., are said to have been written during severe attacks of toothache. Two (“Auf, auf, weil der Tag erschienen"; "Der Tag ist hin") are noted under their own first lines.
i. Hymns in English common use: --
i. Monarche aller Ding. God's Majesty. 1714, as above, No. 139, in 11 stanzas of 6 lines, repeated in Grote, 1855, p. 88, and as No. 38 in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. A fine hymn of Praise, on the majesty and love of God. Translated as:—
Monarch of all, with lowly fear, by J. Wesley, in Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1739 (P. Works, 1868-1872, vol. i. p. 104), in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, from st. i., ii., v.-vii., ix.-xi. Repeated in full in the Moravian Hymnbook, 1754, pt. i., No. 456 (1886, No. 176); and in J. A. Latrobe's Collection, 1841. The following forms of this translation are also in common use:--
(1) To Thee, 0 Lord, with humble fear, being Wesley's st. i., iii.-v., vii., viii. altered as No. 156 in Dr. Martineau's Hymns for Christian Church & Home, 1840, and repeated in Miss Courtauld's Psalms, Hymns & Anthems, 1860, and in America in the Cheshire Association Unitarian Collection, 1844.
(2) Thou, Lord, of all the parent art, Wesley's, st. iii.-v., vii. altered in the College Hymnal, N. Y., 1876.
(3) Thou, Lord, art Light; Thy native ray, Wesley's st. iv., v., vii., in Hymns of the Spirit, 1864.
ii. 0 reines Wesen, lautre Quelle. Penitence. Founded on Psalm li. 12, 1714, as above, No. 321, in 7 stanzas of 8 lines, repeated in Grote, 1855, p. 41, and in Bunsen's Versuch, 1833, No. 777 (ed. 1881, No. 435). The only translation in common use is:—
Pure Essence: Spotless Fount of Light. A good and full translation by Miss Winkworth in the first series of her Lyra Germanica, 1855, p. 43, and in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 113.
iii. Wer ist wohl wie du. Names and offices of Christ. One of his noblest and most beautiful hymns, a mirror of his inner life, and one of the finest of the German "Jesus Hymns." 1704, as above, No. 66, in 14 st. of 6 l., repeated in Grote, 1855, p. 33, and is No. 96 in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. The translations in common use are:
1. 0 Jesu, source of calm repose, by J. Wesley, being a free translation of st. i., iii., v., viii., xiii. First published in his Psalms & Hymns, Charlestown, 1737 (Poetical Works, 1868-1872, vol. i. p. 161). Repeated in full as No. 462 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymnbook, 1754. In the 1826 and later editions (1886, No. 233) it begins, "Jesus, Thou source." The original form was included as No. 49 in the Wesley Hymns & Spiritual Songs , 1753, and, as No. 343, in the Wesley Hymnbook, 1780 (1875, No. 353). Varying centos under the original first line are found in Mercer's Church Psalter & Hymn Book, 1855-1864; Kennedy , 1863; Irish Church Hymnal, 1869-1873; J. L. Porter's Collection, 1876, &c. It has also furnished the following centos:—
(1) Messiah! Lord! rejoicing still, being Wesley's st. iv.-vi. altered in Dr. Martineau's Collection of Hymns for Christian Worship, 1840.
(2) Lord over all, sent to fulfil, Wesley's st. iv., iii., v., vi. in the American Methodist Episcopal Hymnbook, 1849.
2. Who is like Thee, Who? a translation of st. i., ii., v., vii., x., xiii., as No. 687, in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymnbook, 1754. Translations of st. xi., xiv. were added in 1789, and the first line altered in 1801(1886, No. 234), to "Jesus, who with Thee." The translations of st. i., ii., x., xiv., from the 1801, altered and beginning, "Jesus, who can be," are included in America in the Dutch Reformed Hymns of the Church, 1869; Hymns & Songs of Praise, N. Y., 1874; and Richards's Collection, N.Y., 1881.
3. Who is there like Thee, a good translation of st. i., ii., viii., xiv., by J. S. Stallybrass, as No. 234 in Curwen's Sabbath Hymnbook, 1859, repeated in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1873, and in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873.
4. Who is, Jesus blest, a translation of stanzas i., ii., v., vi., xii., xiv., by M. Loy, in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880.
5. Who, as Thou, makes blest, a good translation, omitting st. vii., ix., x., contributed by Dr. F. W Gotch to the Baptist Magazine, 1857. Repeated in the 1880 Supplement to the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858.
The translations not in common use are: —
(1) "Whither shall we flee," by Miss Dunn, 1857, p. 55. (2) "Who has worth like Thine," in the U. P. Juvenile Miss. Magazine, 1857, p. 217. (3) "Thou art First and Best," by Miss Winkworth, 1869, p. 267.
ii. Hymns translated into English but not in common use:—
iv. Herr und Gott der Tag und Nächte. Evening. 1705, as above, No. 755, in 6 stanzas, Grote, p. 105. Translated by H. J. Buckoll, 1842, p. 106, beginning with stanza. ii.
v. Mein Herz, gieb dioh rufrieden. Cross and Consolation. First in the Halle Stadt Gesangbuch, 1711, No. 503, in 11 stanzas; repeated 1714, No. 450, and in Grote, p. 71. Translated by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 86.
vi. 0 Lamm, das keine Sünde je beflecket. Passiontide. 1714, No. 85, in 19 stanzas, Grote, p. 14. Translated as, (1) "Lamb, for Thy boundless love I praises offer," of st. xii. as stanza i. of No. 1023 in the Supplement of 1808 to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801 (1849, No. 121). (2) "O Lamb, whom never spot of sin defiled," in the British Magazine, June, 1838, p. 625.
vii. 0 Lamm, das meine Sündenlast getragen. Easter Eve. 1714, No. 95, in 8 stanzas; Grote, p. 23. Translated as "Christ Jesus is that precious grain," a translation of st. v. by F. W. Foster, as No. 71 in the Moravian Hymnbook, 1789 (1886, No. 921).
viii. Zu dir, Herr Jesu, komme ich. Penitence. Founded on St. Matthew xi. 28-30. 1714, as above, No. 306, in 4 stanzas; Grote, p. 39. Translated by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 80). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (2 December 1670 in Bad Gandersheim — 12 February 1739 in Halle) was a theologian of the pietist Halle School and a scholar and follower of August Hermann Francke. He was the second director of the Franckeschen Stiftungen, a collection of schools for orphans.

Texts by Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (71)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
An Jesum denken oft und vielJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German1
Auf, auf, mein Geist, auf, auf, den Herrn zu lobenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German5
Auf, auf mein Geist, Gott deinen Herrn zu lobenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German2
Auf, auf, weil der Tag erschienenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German6
Day doth depart, My mind and heartJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)English2
Dayspring of eternity! Dawn on us this morning-tideJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)English1
Der du bist A und O? Anfang und EndeJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German6
Der Tag ist hin, Mein Geist und SinnJoh. Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German9
Die Nacht ist hin, mein Geist und SinnJ. A. Freylinghausen (Author)German2
Du Geist des Herrn, der du von Gott ausgehstJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German7
Durch Adams Fall und MissetatJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German15
Ein Kind ist uns geboren heut', der liebste SohnJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German9
Ein Kind ist uns geboren heut', O nehmt's anJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German2
Es ist in keinem andern Heil, kein Nam ist sonst gegebenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen, 1670-1739 (Author (v. 1))German2
Es ist in keinen andern HeilJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German4
Geduld ist Not, wenn's übel gehtJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German3
Gib die Weisheit meiner SeeleJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German12
Gott ist getreu, der über meine KräfteJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German5
Hab Dank, O Herr, für dein enundlich LiebenJ. A. Freilinghausen (Author)German2
Herr und Gott der Tag und NächteJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German5
Hoechste vollkommenheit seligstes wesenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)3
Ich verehre deine LiebeFreylinghausen, g. 1670 † 1739 (Author)German3
Jehova ist mein Hirt und HüterJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German8
Jesus ist kommen, Grund ewiger FreudeJoh. Anast. Freylinghausen (Author)German7
Jesus, Thou source of calm reposeJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)English33
Jesus, who can be once compared with TheeJ. A. Freylinghausen (Author)English14
Jesus, who with Thee Can compared be?J. A. Freylinghausen, 1670-1739 (Author)6
Jezu, któż jak TyJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)Polish2
Kommer, hvo vil Visdom læreJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)Norwegian3
Kommt, ihr Menschen, lasst euch lehrenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German13
Lamb, for thy boundless love I praises offerJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)2
Lehre mich, Herr, recht bedenkenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German3
Lord of all worlds, whom angels fearJohann A. Freylinghausen (Author)English3
Mein Geist, o Herr, nach dir sich sehnetJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German8
Mein Herz, gib dich zufrieden, und bleibe ganz geschiedenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German34
Mein Herz soll den Herren loben, und mein GeistJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German3
Monarch of all, with humble fearJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)1
Monarche aller Ding'Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)4
Niemand war in der ganzen WeltFreylinghausen, g. 1670 † 1739 (Author)German4
O Eternal word, Jesus Christ, our LordJohann A. Freylinghausen (Author (st. 3, 4))English2
O Lamm, das keine Sünde je beflecket!Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German7
O Lamm, das meine Schuldenlast getragenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German4
O Licht vom Licht, o Vaters GlanzJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German2
O reines Wesen, laut're QuelleJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German2
O Thou, to whose all-searching sightRev. J. A. Frelinghausen (Author (v. 4))English5
O Vater der Barmherzigkeit! Der du dir deine HerdenJ. A. Freylinghausen, geb. 1670 (Author)German2
Ach Vater, der die arge WeltJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German1
Op, thi dagen nu frembryderJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)Norwegian5
Pure essence! Spotless Fount of LightJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)English5
Schaff' in mir, Gott, ein reines Herz, Ein Herz das stets sich HimmelwärtsJ. A. Freylinghausen, 1670-1739 (Author)German5
Schau meine Armut anJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German7
So ist denn nun der Tempel aufgebauetJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German2
So ist denn nun die Hütte aufgebauetJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German7
So ist nun abermal, Von meiner Tage ZahlJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German27
The day departs, our souls and heartsJ. A. Freylinghausen (Author)English5
The day expiresFreylinghausen (Author)English4
The day is done, And left aloneJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)English2
The day is gone, and left aloneJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)1
The day is gone—my soul looks onJ. A. Freylinghausen, d. 1739 (Author)English2
Triumph, triumph, der Herr ist auferstandenJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German2
Unerschaffne lebens-sonneJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German9
Unver'nderliches Wesen, unbegreiflich hoechstJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)2
Vater, ich bin zu geringe aller Treu' und GütigkeitFreylinghausen, g. 1670 † 1739 (Author)German3
Wake! the welcome day appearethJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)English10
Wer ist wohl wie du? Jesu, süße Ruh'Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German69
Who is, Jesus blestJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)English1
Who is like thee, whoJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)3
Who is there like Thee?J. A. Freylinghausen, 1670-1730 (Author)English9
Wie ein Hirsch, von Durst gequäletJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German2
Wir Menschen sind in Adam schonJ. A. Freylinghausen, geb. 1670 (Author)German1
Zu Dir, Herr Jesu, komme ichJohann Anastasius Freylinghausen (Author)German3

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