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Johann Friedrich von Meyer

1772 - 1849 Person Name: Joh. Fr. v. Meyer Hymnal Number: 55 Author of "Die Himmel und der Himmel Heer" in Die Glaubensharfe

1703 - 1748 Hymnal Number: 463 Author of "O, daß ich der Sünde sterben" in Die Glaubensharfe Dober, Martin, b. Nov. 23, 1703, at Monchsroth, d. Dec. 9, 1748, at Herrnhaag, near Büdingen. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johann Hübner

1668 - 1731 Person Name: Johann Hubner Hymnal Number: 458 Author of "Vertraue deine Wege" in Die Glaubensharfe

David Nerreter

Hymnal Number: 502 Author of "Ein Christ kann ohne Kreuz nicht sein" in Die Glaubensharfe

Samuel Marot

1770 - 1865 Hymnal Number: 535 Author of "Von des Himmels Thron" in Die Glaubensharfe Marot, Samuel, D.D., was born at Magdeburg, Dec. 11,1770, and studied at the University of Frankfurt a. Oder. On July 1, 1798, he was ordained as preacher to the Orphanage (Friedrichs-Waisenhaus) at Berlin. In 1808 he was appointed preacher at the Neue Kirche; in 1816 superintendent of the Reformed Churches in Berlin; and also became Consistorialrath in 1830, and Oberconsistorialrath in 1846 (D.D. from University of Berlin, 1846). He died at Berlin, Oct. 12, 1865 (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xx. 404, &c). He was one of the Committee which compiled the Berlin Gesang-Buch, 1829. The only hymn known by him is:— Vondes Himmels Thron. Confirmation. Contributed to the Berlin Gesang-Buch, 1829, as No. 350, in 5 st. of 61. Its excellence and simplicity have gained it a place in many recent German collections, as the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, &c., ed. 1863, No. 1614. Translated as:— From Thy heav'nly throne . A good and full translation by Miss Winkworth as No. 91 in her Chorale Book for England, 1863; repeated in the Parish Hymn Book, 1875. [Rev. James Mearns] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)