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Friedrich Ludwig Jörgens

1792 - 1842 Person Name: F. L. Joergens Hymnal Number: d263 Author of "Wo findet die Seele, die Heimat [Heimath] die Ruh" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ... Also: Fronz Ludwig Jörgens or Friedrich Ludwig Jörgens

Johannes Naas

Hymnal Number: d90 Author of "Heiland, meiner Seel, schaff dass ich erw'hl" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ...

William W. Orwig

1810 - 1889 Hymnal Number: d141 Author of "Komm, Geist vom Thron herab" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ... Orwig, William. (September 25, 1810--May 29, 1889). Evangelical. Historian, editor, bishop (1859), college president, book agent (1836), promoter of missions. Assisted in making new edition of Das Geistliche Viole, most important hymnbook in German America. Hymns, well-loved, included "Komm Geist vom Thron herab." --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives

John Dreisbach

1789 - 1871 Hymnal Number: d45 Author of "Dornig ist die finstre Wuesten" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ... Dreisbach, John (or Johannes). (Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, 1789--1871). Evangelical. Self-educated, proficient in both German and English. Licensed at age 17, was assistant to Albright, the founder of his denomination. Was leader of his denomination from 1808: secretary of Conference, presiding elder 1814, publishing agent 1820. With Henry Niebel compiled Das Geistliche Saitenspiel (1817), with Daniel Bertolet compiled Eine Sammlung Neuer Geistlicher Lieder (1821), which included many of his own hymns. Wrote or translated 31 of the 149 hymns in the extremely popular and persistent Geistlich Viole (1818), which has been described as the most important German-language hymnbook of the pre-Civil War period. Dreisbach's purchase (at a cost equivalent to his eight-year salary) of a printing press in 1815 led to the beginning of the ambitious printing program of his denomination. His best-known original hymns are "Komm Jung, komm Alt, zum Gnadenbrunn," and "Herr Jesu Christ O Gottes Lamm." He is considered one of the three most important early Evangelical hymn writers. Many of his hymns appeared originally as broadsides. --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives

Jacob Danner

Hymnal Number: d86 Author of "Gute Nacht, ihr meine Lieben" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ... Danner, Jacob. (fl. 1775). An early leader of the Church of the Brethren in colonial America. --Hedwig T. Durnbaugh, DNAH Archives

Anna Schlatter

Hymnal Number: d118 Author of "In deinem Namen, Jesu Christ, Steh ich" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ...

Daniel Bertolet

1781 - 1868 Hymnal Number: d175 Author of "Moechtens doch die Menschen sehen" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ... Bertolet, Daniel. (1781-1868). Evangelical Association layman. A farmer in the Oley Valley of Berks County, Pennsylvania, his home was open to Evangelical preachers as early as 1809. the journals of John Walter, Dreisbach, and Seybert tell of staying overnight and holding services there. Bertolet was a member of the Evangelical Association's Book Commission until laymen were dropped in 1822. He was a local preacher-on-trial for a while. In mid-century, he withdrew from the denomination over questions of local autonomy. He was clever in writing German verse on various social problems. Six of his hymns are included in his Eine Sammlung neuer geistlicher Leider (1821). Cf. John H. Ness, 150 Years, a History of Publishing in the Evangelical United Brethren Church (1966). --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

Gottlob Adolph

1685 - 1745 Hymnal Number: d164 Author of "Mein Herz, ach denk an deine Busse" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ...

Johann Hübner

1668 - 1731 Person Name: Johann Hubner Hymnal Number: d41 Author of "Denket doch ihr Menschen-kinder, An den lezten Todestag" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ...

Cyriacus Günther

1650 - 1704 Person Name: Cyriakus Guenther Hymnal Number: d88 Author of "Halt im Ged'chtniss Jesum Christ" in Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ... 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