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Friedrich Heinrich Ranke

1798 - 1876 Person Name: H. Reinke Hymnal Number: d278 Author of "Tochter Zion, freue dich, Jauchze laut, Jerusalem" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... German Protestant theologian. Author of a number of hymns, two of which are still in general use: *Tochter Zion, freue dich, sung to the tune MACCABAEUS *Herbei, o ihr Gläubigen, a translation of "Adeste fideles" He also pubished a translation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and a two-volume study on the Pentateuch.

Josua Wegelin

1604 - 1640 Hymnal Number: d9 Author of "Allein auf Christi Himmelfahrt" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Wegelin, Josua, D.D., son of Johann Wegelin, or Wegelein, then superintendent (Ephorus) of the Evangelical college at Augsburg, was born at Augsburg Jan. 11, 1604. After studying at the University of Tübingen (M.A. 1626), he was for a short time pastor at Budweiler, and was appointed in 1627 fourth diaconus of the Franciscan (Barfüsser) church at Augsburg. In 1629, along with 13 other Evangelical pastors, he was compelled to leave Augsburg by the decree of Restitution enacted by the Emperor Ferdinand III. After Gustavus Adolphus had become master of the city, in 1632, Wegelin was recalled to the Barfüsser Kirche as archidiaconus. In 1633 he was appointed preacher at the Hospital Church of the Holy Ghost, but in 1635, as a result of the battle of Nordlingen (Sept., 1634), he was again forced to flee from Augsburg. He found refuge at Pressburg, in Hungary, where he became pastor, and afterwards Senior, Inspector, and Doctor of Theology. He died at Pressburg, Sept. 14, 1640 (Koch, iii. 169; Goedeke's Grundriss, vol. iii. 1887, p 161, &c). Wegelin's hymns are simple and natural, and are the productions of an earnest, true-hearted and good pastor rather than of a skilful poet. Goedeke, as above, gives lists of their first lines from his (1) Augspurger Bet Büchlein, Nürnberg, 1636, and from his (2) Hand-Land-un Stand-Büchlein, Nürnberg, 1637 [Gottingen Library]. Some 20 of his hymns were included in J. M. Dilherr's Gesang-Buch, Nürnberg, 1654, and other collections of the 17th century. The only hymn by Wegelin which has passed into English is:— Allein auf Christi Himmelfahrt. Ascension. This is his most popular hymn. First published 1636 in 3 stanzas of 7 lines entitled, "iv. Short Psalm of Praise on the Ascension of Christ; " repeated in Dilherr's Gesang-Buch, 1654, p. 394. In the Lüneburg Gesang-Buch, 1661, No. 112, it is recast and begins, "Auf Christi Himmel-Fart allein.” Translated as:— 1. Raise your Devotion, mortal Tongues. By J. C. Jacobi, in his Psalt. Germanica, 1722, p. 24; repeated, altered, in his 2nd ed., 1732, p. 41. 2. Since Christ is gone to heaven, His home. This is a good translation from the second form, by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd ser., 1858, p. 47; and in Schaff s Christ in Song, 1869, p. 314. In her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 64, it is altered in metre. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Karl Gerok

1815 - 1890 Person Name: Karl von Gerok Hymnal Number: d52 Author of "Durch manche L'nderstrekken" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Gerok, Karl von, D.D , was born January 30, 1815, at Stuttgart, and studied theology at the University of Tubingen. He was, from 1836 to 1840, assistant at his father's church in Stuttgart; 1840-43, lecturer (repetent) at Tübingen, and after 1844 diaconus at Böblingen, near Stuttgart. In 1849 he returned to preach at Stuttgart, where he now resides (1886), as chief court preacher and oberconsistorialrath (0. Kraus, 1879, p. 165: manuscript from Dr. von Gerok, &c). Gerok is well known as an eloquent preacher, and has published various volumes of sermons. His fame principally rests on his sacred poetry. The best known of his poetical works is his Palmblätter, 1857, which has attained a wonderful circulation, and reached a 56th edition in 1886. A new series appeared in 1878 as Palmblätter Neue Folge (9th ed., 1885, under the title Auf einsamen Gängen). A series of poems on the Book of the Acts of the Apostles appeared as Pfingstrosen, 1864, (8th ed. 1886). His other poetical works are, Die letzte Strauss, 1885 (5th ed., 1886), Blumen und Sterne, 1867 (11th ed., 1886), and Deutsche Ostern, 1872(6th ed., 1883). The Palmblätter is in four parts: pt. 1 consisting of poems on Holy Words, i.e. mostly founded on sayings of Holy Scripture; pt. ii. on "Holy Times" (Advent, &c); pt. iii. on "Holy Mountains," and pt. iv. on "Holy Waters," i.e. on Mountains and Waters mentioned in Holy Scripture. From it a few centos have passed into some of the recent German hymn-books; and a version apparently including translations of all the poems in the ed. of the German used appeared in English as Palm leaves by Karl Gerok. Translated from the German by J. E. A. Brown. London: Strahan & Co., 1869. A large number of the individual poems have also been tr, by Miss Borthwick (who has also translated a few from the Pfingstrosen), Miss Burlingham, the Revs. Dr. R. Maguire, E, Massie, J. Kelly, and various others. But as none of these versions have passed into English common use, and as the originals are poems and not hymns, we must refer the reader to the works of these translators. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Novalis

1772 - 1801 Person Name: F. L. von Hardenberg Hymnal Number: d311 Author of "Wenn Alle untreu werden, so bleib ich dir doch treu" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Pseudonym of Georg Friedrich Phillip von Hardenberg.

Adolph Moraht

1805 - 1884 Hymnal Number: d299 Author of "Was h'tt' ich, h'tt' ich Jesum nicht" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Moraht, Adolph , Ph.D., son of J. D. M. Moraht, merchant in Hamburg, was born at Hamburg, Nov. 28, 1805. From 1825 to 1828 he was a student of theology at the Universities of Halle, Göttingen, and Berlin, graduating Ph.D. at Göttingen in 1828. He was then resident for nine years as a candidate of Theology (licensed preacher) at Hamburg, teaching in private schools, and devoting his spare time to the work of Home Missions. At Easter, 1838, he was appointed second pastor at Mollen, in Lauenburg, and in 1846 chief pastor. He died at Möllen, Dec. 6, 1884 (Koch vii. 296; MS. from his daughter, &c). His hymns appeared principally in his (1) Harfenklänge (90), Lüneburg, 1840; 2nd ed. (107), Hamburg, 1865. (2) Zweite Sammlung der Harfenklänge (73), Hamburg, 1880. Some of them first appeared in various papers and collections. The best are his hymns of Love to Christ, which are sweet in tone and the fruits of ripe Christian experience. Those which have passed into English are:— i. Ich bleib bei dir! wo könnt ichs besser haben. Rest in the Lord. 1840 as above, p. 111, in 5 st.; and in O. Kraus, 1879, p. 360, omitting st. v. Translated as "I rest with Thee, Lord! whither should I go," by Miss Borthwick in Hymns from the Land of Luther., 1855, p. 62 (1884, p. 120), and in Miss Warner's Hymns of the Church Militant, 1858, p. 60. ii. Je kleiner ich, je grösser du. Humility. Founded on St. John iii. 30. 1840, as above (1865, p. 121), in 7 st., and in O. Kraus, 1879, p. 361. Translated as “The less I am, the more Thou art," by J. Kelly, 1885, p. 31. iii. Wo ist dein Bethel, wo die Himmelspforte. Secret Prayer, 1840, as above, p. 101, in 4 st., and in F. Seinecke's Evangelical Liedersegen, 1862, No. 192. Translated as (1) "Where is thy Bethel, where the world's control," by C. T. Astley, 1860, p. 22. (2) "Where is thy Bethel? where the gate of heaven.” by J. Kelly, 1885, p. 11. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Esther Grünbeck

1717 - 1796 Person Name: Esther Gruenbeck Hymnal Number: d79 Author of "Friedenskoenig, weil's dein Wille" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Grünbeck, Esther, née Magdalene Augusta Naveroffsky, was born at Gotha, Oct. 21, 1717, of a Polish-Jewish family who had become Christians. In 1734 she married Michael Grünbeck, a sculptor in Gotha, and in 1738 with him became a Moravian; entering the Widows' Choir after his death in 1742. Marrying in 1746 David Kirchhof, a baptized Jew, she engaged with him for some time in mission work among the Jews in Prussia and Poland. After his death she became leader of the Widows' Choir at Zeist, near Utrecht, and died there Oct. 13, 1796. In the Historische Nachricht to the Brüder Gesang-Buch,1778 (ed. 1851, p. 205), 8 hymns and part of a ninth in that collection are ascribed to her. Those in English use outside the Moravian hymn-books are:— i. Dem blut'gen Lamme. Self Dedication. Founded on Rom. vi., 13. First pub. 1739, as No. 1365 in the Supplement to the 8th Appendix to the Herrnhut Gesang-Buch, 1735; in 10 stanzas of 6 lines, repeated as No. 753 in the Berlin Geistlicher Lieder-Schatz ed. 1863. The only translation in common use is:— To the Lamb stain'd with Blood, translated in full by C. Kinchen as No. 155 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1742. Four forms are in use:— 1. "Unto the Lamb of God," in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789, No. 263 (1886, No. 335), altered, and omitting stanzas viii., ix. 2. "To Christ the Lamb of God," st. i., iv., vii. altered in J. A. Latrobe's Collection, 1841, No. 313. 3. "Lord! bring me to resign," a cento from st. vii., viii., as No. 437 in Dr. Martineau's Hymns, 1840 (1873, No. 288), and as No. 668 in the American Baptist Psalmist, 1843. 4. "To Thee I wholly give." A cento beginning with stanza ii. in Lady Huntingdon's Selection, 1780. It was subsequently changed to “To Thee, my Lord, I give." ii. Gnade ist ein schönes Wort. Forgiveness of Sins. First pub. 1739 as No. 1293 in the 8th Appendix to the Herrnhut Gesang-Buch, 1735, in 8 stanzas of 8 lines. The only translation is: Grace! Grace! 0 that's a charming sound in full, by C. Kinchen, as No. 32, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1742, altered and abridged in later ed. (1886, No. 319). A cento in 8 stanzas of CM. from st. ii., iii., v.-viii., and beginning "Grace, how exceeding sweet to those," was included in the 1780 ed. of Lady Huntingdon's Selection, No. 85; and reduced to 5 stanzas in Campbell's Comprehensive Hymn Book, 1837, and to 3 stanzas in C. H. Bateman's Congregational Psalmist, 1846. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Cyriacus Günther

1650 - 1704 Person Name: Cyriakus Guenther Hymnal Number: d97 Author of "Halt im Ged'chtniss Jesum Christ" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Günther, Cyriacus, was born Jan. 15, 1649, at Goldbach, near Gotha. After study¬ing at the Gymnasium of Gotha, and the University of Jena, he became First-form master at Eisfeld, Sachse-Meiningen; and then Third-form master in the Gymnasium at Gotha. He died at Gotha in the beginning of Oct. 1704 (Koch, iv. 263-9; Bode, p. 81). His son, who was clerk of St. George's Church at Glaucha, possessed a manuscript collection of some 30 hymns by his father; and from this he allowed Freylinghausen to select 10 for his Neues geistreiches Gesang-Buch, 1714. These are above the average in merit, and Scriptural and good in style. Two have passed into English:— i. Bringt her dem Herren Lob und Ehr. Praise and Thanksgiving. 1714, No. 556, in 7 stanzas of 7 lines, repeated as No. 993 in the Berlin Geistlicher Lieder-Schatz, ed. 1863. The only translation in common use is:— With joyful heart your praises bring, a good translation of stanzaas i., iv.-vi., by A. T. Russell, as No. 202 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. ii. Halt im Gedächtniss Jesum Christ. Love to Christ. Founded on 2 Tim. iii. 8. 1714, No. 765, in 6 stanzas of 7 lines, repeated as No. 297 in the Berlin Geistlicher Lieder-Schatz, ed. 1863. On thankful remembrance of Christ's Incarnation (i.); Death (ii.); Resurrection (iii.); Ascension (iv.); Promised Second Advent (v.); ending with a prayer for faith (vi.). The only translation in common use is:— 0 keep before thy thankful eyes. A good and full tr. by A. T. Russell, as No. 182 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. Other trs. are: (i) "Remember Jesus, God's dear Son," by Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 125). (2) "Bear Jesus Christ the Lord in mind," by Miss Cox, in Lyra Eucharistica, 1863, p. 215 (1804, p. 259), and in her Hymns from German, 1864, p. ill. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Johann Christian Nehring

1671 - 1736 Person Name: Joh. Christian Nehring Hymnal Number: d262 Author of "Sieh', wie lieblich unds wie fein ists" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Nehring, Johann Christian, son of J. C. Nehring, lawyer in Gotha, was born at Gotha, Dec. 29, 1671. He studied at first medicine and afterwards theology at the University of Halle. In 1700 he became rector of the school at Essen, and, in 1703, inspector of the foundation scholars in the Orphanage at Halle. He was then, in 1706, appointed pastor of Neuendorf (or Naundorf) on the Petersberg, near Halle, and in the end of 1715 pastor at Morl, near Halle, on the Bernburg road. He died at Morl, April 29, 1736 (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xxiii. 394, &c.) Five hymns by Nehring are in Freylinghausen's Gesang-Buch, 1704. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Philipp Balthazar Sinold von Schütz

1657 - 1742 Person Name: Philipp B. Sinold Hymnal Number: d142 Author of "Ich will mich mit dir verloben" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ...

Anna S. Dober

1713 - 1739 Hymnal Number: d290 Author of "Von Ewigkeit erkoren" in Unser Liederhort. I Teil. Sammlung auserlesener Lieder ... Dober, Anna, née Schindler, was born April 9, 1713, at Kunewald, near Fulnek, Moravia. She went to Herrnhut in 1725, and in 1730 joined her friend and townswoman, Anna Nitschmann (q.v.), in forming the "Jungfrauenbund" (i. Cor, vii. 32-34, Rev. xiv. 4) of the unmarried sisters at Herrnhut. On July 13, 1737, she became the wife of L. J. Dober (consecrated Bishop, 1742, died at Herrnhut, 1766), then General Elder of the Moravian Church. After assisting him in his labours for the conversion of the Jews at Amsterdam, she died at Marienborn, near Budingen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Dec. 12, 1739 (Koch, vi. 324). A faithful and gifted servant of Christ, she was the author of numerous hymns, full of personal devotion to her Lord, and of deep trust in Him; which passed into the Moravian collections, that of 1778 containing 18 by her. Of one written May 26, 1735, beginning "Süsser Heiland deiner Gnade" [No. 1023 in Appendix ii. to the Herrnhut Gesang-Buch, 1735, in 13 stanzas of 4 lines, and translated as "Far greater than one thought or could suppose," as No. 64 in pt. ii. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754; stanzas iv.-xiii. already as No. 25 in 1742], Koch says stanzas iv., v. have become almost a Confession of Faith among the Moravians. The only one of her hymns which has passed into use outside the Moravian hymn-books is:— Du heiliges Kind. [The Lamb of God.] 1st published in Appendix iii. to the Herrnhut Gesang-Buch 1735, No. 1046, in 10 stanzas of 5 1. In the Brüder Gesang-Buch, 1778, No. 368, stanzas viii. was omitted. The only translation in common use is:— Holy Lamb, who Thee receive, a free translation in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, by J. Wesley, in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740 (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. i. p. 280). Thence in full as No. 39 in the Moravian Hymn Book 1742, but abridged and altered in later editions. In 1801, No. 274, is stanzas i.-iv. from the 1789, which begins, "Lamb of God, who Thee receive,” and stanzas vi.-vii. rewritten from Wesley's stanzas v.-viii. (1886, No. 308). Stanzas i.-iv. of this 1801 arrangement are in Montgomery's Christian Psalmist, 1825, and Elliott's Psalms & Hymns, 1835. The original form was given in full as No. 28 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1753, and repeated as No. 340 in the Wesleyan Hymn Book 1780 (ed. 1875, No. 350). Stanzas i., iii.-v., viii., slightly altered, were adopted as No. 78 in Mercer's Church Psalm and Hymn Book, 1855 (Ox. ed., 1864, No. 373). Other centos are found in the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859; Psalmist, 1878, and in America in the Meth. Episcopal Hymns, 1849; the Baptist Service of Song, 1871; Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, &c. Other forms in common use are: — 1. Blessed Lord, who Thee receive, stanzas 1, 3, 4, 8, altered as in the Rugby School Hymn Book 1850-1876; Kennedy, 1863, and others. 2. Father, they who Thee receive, stanzas 1, 3, 4, 8, in Hedge and Huntington's Collection, Boston, U. S., 1853; and the Plymouth Collection, 1855. 3. Holy Lord, who Thee receive , stanzas 1, 3, 4, 8, in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1869-73. 4. Lamb of God, who Thee receive, stanzas 1, 3, 4, of Wesley altered, and two stanzas based on Wesley's 5, 8, in Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody, 1833. Another translation is, "Child born without sin," in full, as No. 189 in the Appendix, of 1743, to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1742. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)