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Such', wer da will, ein ander ziel
Author: Georg Weissel Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Lyrics: 1. Such', wer da will, ein ander ziel,
Die seligkeit zu finden,
Mein herz allein bedacht soll sein,
Auf Christum sich zu gründen,
Sein wort ist wahr, sein werk ist klar,
Sein heil'ger mund hat kraft und grund,
All' feind' zu überwinden.
2. Such', wer da will, nothhelfer viel,
Die uns doch nichts erworben;
Hier ist der mann, der helfen kann,
Bei dem nie was verdorben:
Uns wird das heil durch ihn zu theil,
Uns macht gerecht der treue knecht,
Der für uns ist gestorben.
3. Ach! sucht doch den, laßt alles stehn,
Die ihr das heil begehret,
Er ist der Herr, und keiner mehr,
Der euch das heil gewähret.
Sucht ihn all' stund von herzensgrund,
Sucht ihn allein; denn wohl wird sein
Dem, der ihn herzlich ehret.
4. Mein's herzens kron', mein freudensonn'
Sollt du, Herr Jesu! bleiben;
Laß mich doch nicht von deinem licht
Durch eitelkeit vertreiben:
Bleib du mein preis, dein wort mich speis';
Bleib du mein ehr', dein wort mich lehr',
An dich stets fest zu gläuben.
5. Wend' von mir nicht dein angesicht,
Laß mich im kreuz nicht zagen,
Weich nicht von mir, mein' höchste zier!
Hilf mir mein leiden tragen:
Hilf mir zur freund, nach diesem leid,
Hilf! daß ich mag nach dieser klag'
Dir ewig dort lob sagen.
Such', wer da will, ein ander ziel
Ich weiß, an wen ich gläube
Author: Erdmann Neumeister Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Lyrics: 1. Ich weiß, an wen ich gläube.
Mein Jesus ist des glaubens grund,
Bei dessen wort ich bleibe,
Und das bekennet herz und mund.
Vernunft darf hier nichts sagen;
Sie sei auch noch so klug;
Wer fleisch und blut will fragen,
Der fällt in selbstbetrug.
Ich folg' in glaubenslehren
Der heil'gen schrift allein,
Was diese mich läßt hören,
Muß unbeweglich sein.
2. Herr! stärke mir den glauben;
Denn satan trachtet nacht und tag,
Wie er dies kleinod rauben
Und um mein heil mich bringen mag.
Wenn deine hand mich führet,
So werd' ich sicher gehn,
Wenn mich dein Geist regieret,
Wird's selig um mich stehn.
Ach! segne mein vertrauen
Und bleib' mit mir vereint;
So laß ich mir nicht grauen
Und fürchte keinen feind.
3. Laß mich im glauben leben,
Soll auch verfolgung, angst und pein
Mich auf der welt umgeben,
So laß mich treu im glauben sein.
Im glauben laß mich sterben,
Wenn sich mein lauf beschließt,
Und mich das leben erben,
Das mir verheißen ist.
Nimm mich in deine hände
Bei lebund sterbenszeit,
So ist des glaubens ende
Der seelen seligkeit.
Ich weiß, an wen ich gläube
Ach! seht, was ich für recht und licht
Author: M. Christian Weise Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Lyrics: 1. Ach! seht, was ich für recht und licht
Von meinem Jesu lerne.
Mein Herr und Gott verläßt mich nicht,
Er ist von mir nicht ferne:
Es mag mir noch so übel gehn,
So eilet er mir beizustehn,
Mein Gott, men heil, mein Jesus.
2. Der Vater läßt mich nicht allein,
Weil er mich herzlich liebet;
Er kann nicht ferne von mir sein,
Weil er mir Jesum gibet:
Er eilt zu mir, und steht mir bei,
Die weil ich außer heuchelei
An diesen Jesum glaube.
3. Das hab' ich von der gnadenwahl,
Gott hat die welt geliebet,
Daß er ein hohes liebesmahl
In seinem Sohne gibet.
Ich weiß, daß er mich nicht vergißt;
Wen Gott liebt, dessen name ist
Im himmel angeschrieben.
4. Mein treuer Heiland stellt sich ein,
Bei dem ich alles finde,
Damit soll nichts verloren sein,
Als nur allein die sünde,
Die wird in's tiefe meer versenkt,
Daß Gott nicht mehr an sie gedenkt,
Und ich das leben habe.
5. Gott s schenket sich der armen welt,
Und wir sind Christi glieder;
Was er uns gibt und ihm gefällt,
Das geben wir ihm wieder:
Er liebt uns als sein eigenthum,
Und das ist Gott ein ew'ger ruhm,
Daß er die seinen schützet.
6. Drum wo mich noth und tod betrübt,
So will ich fröhlich singen:
Also hat Gott die welt geliebt,
Das kann dein feind bezwingen.
Wo Jesus bleibt, da bleiben wir,
Sein leben ist schon gut dafür,
Daß uns kein tod kann schaden.
7. Gott helfe nur durch seinen Geist,
Daß ich von herzen gläube,
Und in der hoffnung allermeist
Bei seinem worte bleibe.
Ich habe mein gewisses theil,
Und will in keinem andern heil
Ein ewig leben haben.
8. Drum wenn ich heute sterben muß,
So schallt in meinen ohren nichts,
Als der gottgeliebte schluß:
Wer gläubt, wird nicht verloren.
Ich gläube, Jesus stimmet ein,
Drum werd' ich unverloren sein,
Und ewig, ewig leben.
Ach! seht, was ich für recht und licht
Es ist das heil uns kommen her
Author: Paulus Speratus Hymnal: Kirchen-Gesangbuch #237 (1862) Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Lyrics: 1. Es ist das heil uns kommen her,
Von gnad' und lauter güte,
Die werk' die helfen nimmermehr,
Sie mögen nicht behüten;
Der glaub' sieht Jesum Christum an,
Der hat g'nug für uns all' gethan,
Er ist der mittler worden.
2. Was Gott im g'setz geboten hat,
Da man es nicht konnt' halten,
Erhub sich zorn und große noth,
Vor Gott so mannigfalte,
Vom fleisch wollt nicht heraus der geist,
Vom g'setz erfordert allermeist,
Es war mit uns verloren.
3. Es war ein falscher wahn dabei,
Gott hätt' sein g'setz drum geben,
Als ob wir möchten selber frei
Nach seinem willen leben;
So ist es nur ein spiegel zart,
Der uns anzeigt die sünd'ge art,
In unserm fleisch verborgen.
4. Nicht möglich war, dieselbe art
Aus eignen kräften lassen,
Wie wohl es oft versuchet ward;
Doch mehrt' sich sünd' ohn' maßen;
Denn gleißnerswerk Gott hoch verdammt,
Und je dem fleisch der sünden schand
Allzeit war angeboren.
5. Noch mußt' das g'setz erfüllet sein,
Sonst wär'n wir all' verdorben,
Darum schickt Gott sein'n Sohn herein,
Der selber mensch ist worden:
Das ganz' gesetz hat er erfüllt,
Damit sein's Vaters zorn gestillt,
Der über uns ging alle.
6. Und wenn es nun erfüllet ist
Durch den, der es konnt' halten;
So lerne jetzt ein frommer christ
Des glaubens recht' gestalte:
Nicht mehr, denn lieber Herre mein,
Dein tod soll mir das leben sein,
Du hast für mich bezahlet.
7. Daran ich keinen zweifel trag',
Dein wort kann nicht betrügen;
Nun sagst du, daß kein mensch verzag',
Das wirst du nimmer lügen:
Wer gläubt an dich und wird getauft,
Demselben ist der himm'l erkauft,
Daß er nicht werd' verloren.
8. Er ist gerecht vor Gott allein,
Der diesen glauben fasset;
Der glaub' gibt aus von ihm den schein,
So er die werk' nicht lässet;
Mit Gott der glaub' ist wohl daran,
Dem nächsten wird die lieb' gut's thun,
Bist du aus Gott geboren.
9. Es wird die sünd' durch's g'setz erkannt,
Und schlägt das g'wissen nieder,
Das evangeli kömmt zu hand
Und stärkt den sünder wieder,
Es spricht: nur kreuch zum kreuz herzu,
Im g'setz ist weder rast noch ruh,
Mit allen seinen werken.
10. Die werk', die kommen g'wißlich her
Aus einem rechten glauben;
Denn das nicht rechter glaube wär',
Dem mann die werk' wollt' rauben;
Doch macht allein der glaub' gerecht,
Die werke sind des nächsten knecht,
Dabei wir'n glauben merken.
11. Die hoffnung war't der rechten zeit,
Was Gottes wort zusaget,
Wenn das geschehen soll zu freud',
Setzt Gott kein' g'wisse tage,
Er weiß wohl, wenn's am besten ist
Und braucht an uns kein' arge list,
Deß soll'n wir ihm vertrauen.
12. Ob sich's anließ, als wollt' er nicht,
So laß dich's nicht erschrecken;
Denn wo er ist am besten mit,
Da will er's nicht entdecken;
Sein wort laß dir gewisser sein,
Und ob dein herz spräch' lauter nein,
So laß doch dir nicht grauen.
13. Sei lob und ehr' mit hohem preis
Um dieser gutthat willen,
Gott Vater, Sohn, heiligem Geist,
Der woll' mit gnad' erfüllen,
Was er in uns ang'fangen hat
Zu ehren seiner majestät,
Daß heilig werd' sein name.
14. Sein reich zukomm', sein will' auf erd'
G'scheh', wie im himmelsthrone,
Das täglich' brod ja heut uns werd',
Wollst unser schuld verschonen,
Wie wir auch unsern schuld'gern thun,
Laß uns nicht in versuchung stahn,
Lös' uns vom übel, Amen. Languages: German
Es ist das heil uns kommen her
O Gottes Sohn, Herr Jesu Christ!
Hymnal: Kirchen-Gesangbuch #244 (1862) Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Lyrics: 1. O Gottes Sohn, Herr Jesu Christ!
Daß man recht könne gläuben,
Nicht jedermannes ding es ist,
Auch standhaft zu verbleiben:
Drum hilf du mir von ober her,
Des wahren glaubens mich gewähr',
Und daß ich drin verharre.
2. Lehr' du und unterweise mich,
Daß ich den Vater kenne,
Daß ich, o Jesu Christe! dich
Den Sohn des Höchsten nenne,
Daß ich auch ehr' den heil'gen Geist
Zugleich gelobet und gepreis't
In dem dreiein'gen wesen.
3. Laß mich vom großen gnadenheil
Das wahr' erkenntniß finden,
Wie der nur an dir habe theil,
Dem du vergibst die sünden:
Hilf! daß ich's such', wie mir gebührt,
Du bist der weg, der mich recht führt,
Die wahrheit und das leben.
4. Gib! daßich traue deinem wort,
In's herze es wohl fasse,
Daß sich mein glaube immerfort
Auf dein verdienst verlasse,
Daß zur gerechtigkeit mir werd',
Wenn ich von sünden bin beschwert,
Mein lebendiger glaube.
5. Der glauben, Herr! laß trösten sich
Des blut's, so du vergossen,
Auf daß in deinen wunden ich
Bleib' all'zeit eingeschlossen,
Und durch den glauben auch die welt,
Und was dieselb' am höchsten hält,
Für koth all'zeit nur achte.
6. Wär' auch mein glaub' wie senfkorn klein,
Und daß man ihn kaum merke,
Woll'st du doch in mir mächtig sein,
Daß deine gnad' mich stärke,
Die das zerbrochne rohr nicht bricht,
Das glimmend tocht auch vollends nicht
Auslöschet in den schwachen.
7. Hilf! daß ich stets sorgfältig sei,
Den glauben zu behalten,
Ein gut gewissen auch dabei,
Und daß ich so mög' walten,
Daß ich sei lauter jederzeit,
Ohn' anstoß mit gerechtigkeit
Erfüllt und ihren früchten.
8. Herr! durch den glauben wohn' in mir,
Laß ihn sich immer stärken,
Daß er sei fruchtbar für und für,
Und reich an guten werken,
Daß er sei thätig durch die lieb',
Mit freuden und geduld sich üb',
Dem nächsten fort zu dienen.
9. Insonderheit gib mir die kraft,
Daß vollends bei dem ende
Ich übe gute ritterschaft,
Zu dir allein mich wende
In meiner letzten stund und noth,
Des glaubens end' durch deinen tod,
Die seligkeit erlange.
10. Herr Jesu! der du angezünd't
Das fünklein in mir schwachen,
Was sich vom glauben in mir find't,
Du woll'st es stärker machen;
Was du gefangen an, vollführ'
Bis an das end, daß dort bei dir
Auf glauben folgt das schauen. Languages: German
O Gottes Sohn, Herr Jesu Christ!
Ich weiß, an wen ich gläube
Author: Erdmann Neumeister Hymnal: Kirchen-Gesangbuch #241 (1862) Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Lyrics: 1. Ich weiß, an wen ich gläube.
Mein Jesus ist des glaubens grund,
Bei dessen wort ich bleibe,
Und das bekennet herz und mund.
Vernunft darf hier nichts sagen;
Sie sei auch noch so klug;
Wer fleisch und blut will fragen,
Der fällt in selbstbetrug.
Ich folg' in glaubenslehren
Der heil'gen schrift allein,
Was diese mich läßt hören,
Muß unbeweglich sein.
2. Herr! stärke mir den glauben;
Denn satan trachtet nacht und tag,
Wie er dies kleinod rauben
Und um mein heil mich bringen mag.
Wenn deine hand mich führet,
So werd' ich sicher gehn,
Wenn mich dein Geist regieret,
Wird's selig um mich stehn.
Ach! segne mein vertrauen
Und bleib' mit mir vereint;
So laß ich mir nicht grauen
Und fürchte keinen feind.
3. Laß mich im glauben leben,
Soll auch verfolgung, angst und pein
Mich auf der welt umgeben,
So laß mich treu im glauben sein.
Im glauben laß mich sterben,
Wenn sich mein lauf beschließt,
Und mich das leben erben,
Das mir verheißen ist.
Nimm mich in deine hände
Bei lebund sterbenszeit,
So ist des glaubens ende
Der seelen seligkeit. Languages: German
Ich weiß, an wen ich gläube
Martin Luther
1483 - 1546 Person Name: Dr. M. Luther Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Author of "Nun freut euch lieben christen g'mein!" in Kirchen-Gesangbuch Luther, Martin, born at Eisleben, Nov. 10, 1483; entered the University of Erfurt, 1501 (B.A. 1502, M.A.. 1503); became an Augustinian monk, 1505; ordained priest, 1507; appointed Professor at the University of Wittenberg, 1508, and in 1512 D.D.; published his 95 Theses, 1517; and burnt the Papal Bull which had condemned them, 1520; attended the Diet of Worms, 1521; translated the Bible into German, 1521-34; and died at Eisleben, Feb. 18, 1546. The details of his life and of his work as a reformer are accessible to English readers in a great variety of forms. Luther had a huge influence on German hymnody.
i. Hymn Books.
1. Ellich cristlich lider Lobgesang un Psalm. Wittenberg, 1524. [Hamburg Library.] This contains 8 German hymns, of which 4 are by Luther.
2. Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbuchlein. Erfurt, 1524 [Goslar Library], with 25 German hymns, of which 18 are by Luther.
3. Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn. Wittenberg, 1524 [Munich Library], with 32 German hymns, of which 24 are by Luther.
4. Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert. Wittenberg. J. Klug, 1529. No copy of this book is now known, but there was one in 1788 in the possession of G. E. Waldau, pastor at Nürnberg, and from his description it is evident that the first part of the Rostock Gesang-Buch, 1531, is a reprint of it. The Rostock Gesang-Buch, 1531, was reprinted by C. M. Wiechmann-Kadow at Schwerin in 1858. The 1529 evidently contained 50 German hymns, of which 29 (including the Litany) were by Luther.
5. Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert. Erfurt. A. Rauscher, 1531 [Helmstädt, now Wolfenbüttel Library], a reprint of No. 4.
6. Geistliche Lieder. Wittenberg. J. Klug, 1535 [Munich Library. Titlepage lost], with 52 German hymns, of which 29 are by Luther.
7. Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert. Leipzig. V. Schumann, 1539 [Wernigerode Library], with 68 German hymns, of which 29 are by Luther.
8. Geistliche Lieder. Wittenberg. J. Klug, 1543 [Hamburg Library], with 61 German hymns, of which 35 are by Luther.
9. Geystliche Lieder. Leipzig. V. Babst, 1545 [Gottingen Library]. This contains Luther's finally revised text, but adds no new hymns by himself. In pt. i. are 61 German hymns, in pt. ii. 40, of which 35 in all are by Luther.
For these books Luther wrote three prefaces, first published respectively in Nos. 3, 4, 9. A fourth is found in his Christliche Geseng, Lateinisch und Deudsch, zum Begrebnis, Wittenberg, J. Klug, 1542. These four prefaces are reprinted in Wackernagel’s Bibliographie, 1855, pp. 543-583, and in the various editions of Luther's Hymns. Among modern editions of Luther's Geistliche Lieder may be mentioned the following:—
Carl von Winterfeld, 1840; Dr. C. E. P. Wackernagel, 1848; Q. C. H. Stip, 1854; Wilhelm Schircks, 1854; Dr. Danneil, 1883; Dr. Karl Gerok, 1883; Dr. A. F. W. Fischer, 1883; A. Frommel, 1883; Karl Goedeke, 1883, &c. In The Hymns of Martin Luther. Set to their original melodies. With an English version. New York, 1883, ed. by Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Nathan H. Allen, there are the four prefaces, and English versions of all Luther's hymns, principally taken more or less altered, from the versions by A. T. Russell, R. Massie and Miss Winkworth [repub. in London, 1884]. Complete translations of Luther's hymns have been published by Dr. John Anderson, 1846 (2nd ed. 1847), Dr. John Hunt, 1853, Richard Massie, 1854, and Dr. G. Macdonald in the Sunday Magazine, 1867, and his Exotics, 1876. The other versions are given in detail in the notes on the individual hymns.
ii. Classified List of Luther's Hymns. Of Luther's hymns no classification can be quite perfect, e.g. No. 3 (see below) takes hardly anything from the Latin, and No. 18 hardly anything from the Psalm. No. 29 is partly based on earlier hymns (see p. 225, i.). No. 30 is partly based on St. Mark i. 9-11, and xvi., 15, 16 (see p. 226, ii.). No. 35 is partly based on St. Luke ii. 10-16. The following arrangement, however, will answer all practical purposes.
A. Translations from the Latin.
i. From Latin Hymns:
1. Christum wir sollen loben schon. A solis ortus cardine
2. Der du bist drei in Einigkeit. O Lux beata Trinitas.
3. Jesus Christus unser Heiland, Der von. Jesus Christus nostra salus
4. Komm Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist. Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes.
5. Nun komm der Beidenheiland. Veni Redemptor gentium
6. Was flirchst du Feind Herodes sehr. A solis ortus cardine
ii. From Latin Antiphons, &c.:
7. Herr Gott dich loben wir. Te Deum laudamus.
8. Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich. Dapacem, Domine
9. Wir glauben all an einen Gott.
iii. Partly from the Latin, the translated stanzas being adopted from Pre-Reformation Versions:
10. Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott.
11. Mitten wir im Leben sind. Media vita in morte sumus.
B. Hymns revised and enlarged from Pre-Reformation popular hymns.
12. Gelobet seist du Jesus Christ.
13. Gott der Vater wohn uns bei.
14. Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet.
15. Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist.
C. Psalm versions.
16. Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein.
17. Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir.
18. Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott.
19. Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl.
20. Es wollt uns Gott genädig sein.
21. War Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit.
22. Wohl dem, der in Gotten Furcht steht.
D. Paraphrases of other portions of Holy Scripture.
23. Diess sind die heilgen zehn Gebot.
24. Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah.
25. Mensch willt du leben seliglich.
26. Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin.
27. Sie ist mir lieb die werthe Magd.
28. Vater unser im Himmelreich.
E. Hymns mainly Original.
29. Christ lag in Todesbanden.
30. Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam.
31. Ein neues Lied wir heben an.
32. Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort.
33. Jesus Christus unser Heiland, Der den,
34. Nun freut euch lieben Christengemein.
35. Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her.
36. Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar.
In addition to these —
37. Fur alien Freuden auf Erden.
38. Kyrie eleison.
In the Blätter fur Hymnologie, 1883, Dr. Daniel arranges Luther's hymns according to what he thinks their adaptation to modern German common use as follows:—
i. Hymns which ought to be included in every good Evangelical hymn-book: Nos. 7-18, 20, 22, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38.
ii. Hymns the reception of which into a hymn-book might be contested: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 33.
iii. Hymns not suited for a hymn-book: Nos. 1, 5, 6, 27, 31, 37.
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Martin Luther
Erdmann Neumeister
1671 - 1756 Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Author of "Ich weiß, an wen ich gläube" in Kirchen-Gesangbuch Neumeister, Erdmann, son of Johann Neumeister, schoolmaster, organist, &c, at Uechteritz, near Weissenfels, was born at Uechteritz, May 12, 1671. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1689, graduated M.A. in 1695, and was then for some time University lecturer. In June 1697 he was appointed assistant pastor at Bibra, and in 1698 pastor there, and assistant superintendent of the Eckartsberg district. He was then, in 1704, called by Duke Johann Georg, to Weissenfels as tutor to his only daughter, and assistant court preacher, and shortly afterwards court preacher. After the death of this princess, Neumeister was invited by the Duke's sister (she had married Count Erdmann II. von Promnitz) to Sorau, where on New Year's Day, 1706, he entered on the offices of senior court-preacher, consistorialrath, and superintendent. Finally, in 1715, he accepted the appointment of Pastor of St. James's Church at Hamburg, entering on his duties there Sept. 29, 1715. He died at Hamburg, Aug. 18 (not 28), 1756 (Bode, p. 120; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. xxiii. 543, &c).
Neumeister was well known in his day as an earnest and eloquent preacher, as a vehement upholder of High Lutheranism, and as a keen controversialist against the Pietists and the Moravians by means of the pulpit as well as the press. His underlying motive was doubtless to preserve the simplicity of the faith from the subjective novelties of the period. He was the author of one of the earliest historico-critical works on German Poetry (1695"); and of many Cantatas for use in church, of which form of Fervice he may be regarded as the originator. He had begun to write hymns during his student days, and in later years their composition was a favourite Sunday employment. He takes high rank among the German hymn-writers of the 18th century, not only for the number of his productions (over 650), but also for their abiding value. A number are founded on well-known hymns of the 16th and 17th century; and many of his later productions are inferior. Of his earlier efforts many soon took and still hold their place as standard German hymns; and deservedly so, for their simple, musical style, scripturalness, poetic fervour, depth of faith and Christian experience, and for their clear-cut sayings which have almost passed into proverbial use. They appeared principally in the following works:—
1. DerZugang zum Gnadenstuhle Jesu Christo. This was a devotional manual of preparation for Holy Communion, with interspersed hymns. The first edition appeared at Weissenfels in 1705, the 2nd 1707, 3rd 1712, 4th 1715. The earliest edition of which precise details are available is the 5th edition 1717, from which Wetzel, ii. 231, quotes the first lines of all the 77 hymns (the page references to the earlier eds. given by Fischer appear to be conjectural); and the earliest ed. available for collation was the 7th edition, 1724 [Göttingen University Library]. In the later editions many hymns are repeated from his other works.
2. Fünffache Kirchen-Andachten, Leipzig 1716 [Wernigerode Library], a collected edition of his Cantatas (Wernigerode Library has the 1704 ed. of his Geistliche Cantaten), and similar productions. A second set (Fortgesetzte) appeared at Hamburg in 1726 [Hamburg Town Library]; and a third set (Dritter Theil) at Hamburg in 1752 [Hamburg Town Library].
3. Evangelischer Nachklang, Hamburg, 1718 [Hamburg Town Library], with 86 hymns on the Gospels for Sundays and Festivals, originally written to form conclusions to his sermons. A second set of 86 appeared as the Anderer Theil at Hamburg, 1729 [Hamburg Town Library].
Those of Neumeister’s hymns which have passed into English are:—
i. Gott verlasst die Seinen nioht, Ei so fahret hin ihr Sorgen. Cross and Consolation. In his Evangelical Nachklang, 1718, No. 71, p. 149, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, appointed for the 25th Sunday after Trinity, in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, it appears in two forms. No. 127 is the original with alterations, and arranged in 11 stanzas of 4 lines, with the refrain "Gott verlässt die Seinen nicht." No. 128 is a form in 3 stanzas of 6 lines, rewritten to the melody, "Jesus meine Zuversicht", and beginning with stanza iii. line 5, of the original, viz. "Gott verlässt die Seinen nicht, Nach dem Seufzen, nach dem Weinen."
ii. Jesu, grosser Wunderstern. Epiphany. In his Kirchen-Andachten, 1716, p. 646, in 4 st. of 6 1., with the motto,
Auf ihr Christen insgemein!
Stellt euch mit den Weisen ein.
Jesus muss geschenket sein."
It is a hymn on the Gifts of the Magi, and the spiritual sense in which we can offer the same—-the Gold of Faith, the Frankincense of Prayer, the Myrrh of Penitence. In the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 208. Translated as:—
1. Jesus! great and wondrous star. A good and full translation by E. Cronenwett, as No. 52 in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880.
iii. Jesus nimmt die Sünder an! Saget doch dies Trostwort Allen. Lent. The best hymn of its author. First published in his Evangelical Nachklang, 1718, No. 47, p. 96, in 8 stanzas of 6 lines, founded on the Gospel for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity (St. Luke xv. 1-7), and also suggested by St. Matt. xi. 28, and Isaiah i. 18. It has come into very extensive German use, especially at Mission services at home and abroad. In the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 110. The translations are:—
1. This man sinners doth receive. In full by Dr. H. Mills, in his Horae Germanicae, 1845 (1856, p. 73). His translations of stanzas i., ii., iv., v. are included in the American Lutheran General Synod's Collection, 1850-52, No. 844.
2. Jesus sinners doth receive! Spread the word of consolation. A good translation of stanzas i., iii.—v., by A. T. Russell, as No. 47 in the Dalston Hospital Hymn Book, 1848, repeated in his own Psalms & Hymns, 1851.
3. Jesus is the sinner's Friend. A good and full translation by Miss Dunn in her Hymns from the German, 1857, p. 82. Her translations of stanzas i., ii., iv. are No. 46 in Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864.
4. Sinners Jesus will receive. A full and good translation by Mrs. Bevan in her Songs of Eternal Life,
1858, p. 23. Repeated in full in L. Rehfuess's Church at Sea, 1868, p. 50, and, abridged, in the English Presbyterian Psalms & Hymns, 1867, and Flett's Collection, Paisley, 1871. In Dr. W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, stanzas i., v., vi., vii. are included, altered, and beginning "Jesus sinners will receive; Say this word of grace to all;" and this form is also in the Baptist Hymnal, 1879.
Other translations are :—
(l) "My Jesus the sinner receives." By Miss Warner, 1869, p. 51. (2) "Jesus sinners doth receive! Tell to all." By R. Massie in the Day of Rest, 1811.
The hymn "Jesus sinners will receive, When they fall," by E. Cronenwett, in 5 stanzas, in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880, is marked as a translation of Neumeister. It follows Neumeister in metre, but seems rather a paraphrase of the hymn "Jesus nimmt die Sünder an, Drum so will ich nicht verzagen." This hymn is by Ludwig Heinrich Schlosser [b. Sept. 1, 1663, at Darmstadt; d. Aug. 18,1723, as pastor at Frankfurt am Main], and appeared in the Appendix to the Frankfurt ed., 1693, of Crüger's Praxis, and in his own Stilles Lob Gottes in dern geistlichen Zion, Frankfurt a. M , 1724 (see Wetzel, iv. 433; Kambach's Anthologie, vi p. xi., &c). In Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, the Neumeister hymn is given as No. 1593 and marked as by G. G. Hofmann, and the Schlosser hymn as No. 1592 and marked as by Neumeister. Hence perhaps the confusion.
Hymns not in English common use:--.
iv. Bleib, Jesu, bleib bei mir. For the Dying. In his Evangelical Nachklang, 171S, No. 31, p. 64, in 7 st., entitled "For the Second Day of Easter." In the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 1434. Translated as "Jesus, near me still abide." By Miss Dunn, 1857, p. 117.
v, Herr Jesu Christ, mein höchstes Gut. Love to Christ. One of his best and most popular hymns, apparently written for use at the Sunday celebration of Holy Communion in the castle at Weissenfels. It seems to have appeared in his Zugang, 1705 (Wetzel, ii. 232, cites it as in the 5th edition 1717. In the 8th ed. 1724, p. 17, entitled “Hymn of Consolation from Ps. lxxiii. 23-28 ), and is included in the Halle Stadt Gesang-Buch,1711, No. 524 in 6 st. In Freylinghausen, 1714, it begins "Herr Jesu Christ, mein Fleisch und Blut." In Porst's Gesang-Buch,ed. 1855, No. 546. The translations are (1) "All my desires are fix'd on Thee" (st. iii.). By P. H. Molther as pt. ot No. 401 in the Moravian Hymn Book 1801 (1886, No. 448). (2) "Lord Jesus Christ, my spirit's health." By Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 115).
vi. Herr Jesu, meines Lebens Heil. Evening. Apparently in his Zugang, 1705 (Wetzel, ii. 232, as in ed. 1717. In ed. 1724, p. 284 in 10 st), and included in the Halle Stadt Gesang-Buch, 1711, No. 426. In Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, No. 1844. Translated as (1) "Now I'll lie down and sleep in Thee"(st. vi.), as pt. of No. 750 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789 (1849, No. 1137). (2) "Lord Jesu! Thou my life's true health." By H. J. Buckoll, 1842, p. 92.
vii. Ich bin bei allem Kummer stille. Trust in God. Included in the 5th ed. 1717 of his Zugang (Wetzel, ii. 232), and in the ed. 1724, p. 594, in 6 stanzas, founded on Ps. lxxvii. 11. In the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 911. It has been translated into English through the recast by J. S. Diterich "Herr, mache meine Seele stille," which is No. 169, in 7 stanzas, in the Berlin Gesang-Buch,1765 (Berlin Gesang-Buch, 1829, No. 599). Translated as "Lord, make my spirit still." By Miss Warner, 1869, p. 26.
viii. Ich weiss dass mein Erlöser lebet. For the Dying. In his Evangelical Nachklang, 1718, No. 32, in 5 st., entitled "On the Third Day of Easter." In Bunsen's Allgemeine Gesang-Buch, 1846, No. 437, in 4 stanzas. Translated as "I know that my Redeemer liveth, And as He lives." A good translation from Bunsen in Reid's Praise Book, 1872.
ix. Ob Menschen klug und weise sein. Spiritual Wisdom. In his Evangelical Nachklang, 1718, No. 12, p. 24, in 6 stanzas, for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany. In the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. Translated as “Here many wise and prudent grow." By Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 109).
x. So ist die Woche nun geschlossen. Saturday Evening. Apparently in his Zugang, 1705 (Wetzel, ii. 233, cites it as in ed. 1717. In the ed. 1724, p. 552, in 9 st. entitled "Hymn for the close of the Week"). In the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. Translated as “Thou, Lord, Thy love art still bestowing." By H. J. Buckoll, 1842.
xi. Wie Gott will, also will ich sagen. Trust in God. Wetzel ii. 214, cites this as in his Zugang, 1717 (ed. 1724, p. 570, in 8 stanzas). In the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 919. Translated as “As Thou wilt, my God! I ever say” By Miss Borthwick, in Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1858, p. 44 (1884, p. 166), and thence in Bishop Ryle's Collection 1860, No. 163. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Erdmann Neumeister
Johann Rist
1607 - 1667 Topics: Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung; Vom Glauben und der Rechtfertigung Author of "Herr Jesu Christ, mein trost und licht!" in Kirchen-Gesangbuch Rist, Johann, son of Kaspar Rist, pastor at Ottensen, near Hamburg, was born at Ottensen, March 8, 1607, and from his birth was dedicated to the ministry. After passing through the Johanneum at Hamburg and the Gymnasium Illustre at Bremen, he matriculated, in his 21st year, at the University of Rinteln, and there, under Josua Stegmann (q. v.), he received an impulse to hymn-writing. On leaving Rinteln he acted as tutor to the sons of a Hamburg merchant, accompanying them to the University of Rostock, where he himself studied Hebrew, Mathematics and also Medicine.
During his residence at Rostock the terrors, of the Thirty Years War almost emptied the University, and Rist himself also lay there for weeks ill of the pestilence. After his recovery he seems to have spent some time at Hamburg, and then, about Michaelmas, 1633, became tutor in the house of the lawyer (Landschreiber) Heinrich Sager, at Heide, in Holstein. There he betrothed himself to Elizabeth, sister of the Judge Franz Stapfel, whose influence seems to have had a good deal to do with Rist's appointment as pastor at Wedel. In the spring of 1635 he married and settled at Wedel (on the Elbe, a few miles below Hamburg), where, spite of various offers of preferment, he remained till his death, on Aug. 31, 1667. (Johann Rist und seine Zeit, by Dr. T. Hansen, Halle, 1872; K. Goedeke's Grundriss, vol. iii., 1887, p. 79; Koch, iii., 212; Bode, p. 135, &c. The statements of the various authorities regarding the period 1624-1635 vary greatly and irreconcilably.)
During the Thirty Years War Rist had much to endure from famine, plundering, and pestilence. Otherwise he led a patriarchal and happy life at Wedel, close to the congenial society of Hamburg, and as years went on more and more esteemed and honoured by his contemporaries. The Emperor Ferdinand III. crowned him as a poet in 1644, and in 1653 raised him to the nobility, while nearer home Duke Christian of Mecklenburg appointed him Kirchenrath and Consistorialrath. Among other literary honours he was received in 1645 as a member of the Pegnitz Order, and in 1647 as a member of the Fruitbearing Society, the great German literary union of the 17th century; while in 1660 he himself became the founder and head of the Elbe Swan Order, which however did not survive his death.
Rist was an earnest pastor and a true patriot. He of course took the side, and that with all his might, of the Protestants, but he longed as few did for the union of the scattered elements of the body politic in Germany. He was a voluminous and many-sided writer (see the full bibliographies in Hansen and Goedeke as above). His secular works are of great interest to the student of the history of the times, and his occasional poems on marriages, &c, to the genealogist and local historian. Perhaps the most interesting to the general reader are the Friede wünschende Teutschland, 1647, and the Friedejauchzende Teutschland, 1653, two plays in which there are vivid pictures of the times, especially of the condition of the lower classes during the Thirty Years War. These plays, with selections from his other secular poems and from his hymns, are included in his Dichtungen, Leipzig, 1885, edited by Goedeke and E. Goetze. Hansen gives analyses of the secular works, with a few extracts from them; and in his second part gives a full selection from the hymns, often however greatly abridged.
As a hymn-writer Rist takes high rank. He wrote some 680 hymns, intended to cover the whole ground of Theology, and to be used by all ranks and classes, and on all the occasions of life. Naturally enough they are not of equal merit, and many are poor and bombastic. Rist meant them rather for private use than for public worship, and during his lifetime they were never used in the church at Wedel. But they were eagerly caught up, set to melodies by the best musicians of the day, and speedily passed into congregational use all over Germany, while even the Roman Catholics read them with delight. Over 200 may be said to have been in common use in Germany, and a large number still hold their place. Unfortunately many are very long. But speaking of Rist's better productions, we may say that their noble and classical style, their objective Christian faith, their scriptualness, their power to console, to encourage, and to strengthen in trust upon God's Fatherly love, and their fervent love to the Saviour (especially seen in the best of his hymns for Advent, and for the Holy Communion), sufficiently justify the esteem in which they were, and are, held in Germany. The best known of Rist's hymns appeared in the following collections:—
(1) Himlischs Lieder. This contains 50 hymns. The Erste Zehen is dated Lüneburg, 1641, the 2-6 Zehen are dated 1642 [Royal Library, Berlin]. In the later editions Rist made various alterations, and also expanded the titles of the hymns, these changes being almost all for the worse. (2) Neüer himlischer Lieder sonderbahres Buch, Lüneburg, 1651 [Wernigerode Library]. 50 hymns. (3) Sabbahtische Seelenlust, Lüneburg, 1651 [British Museum and Göttingen]. With 58 hymns on the Gospels for Sundays, &c. (4) Frommer und gottseliger Christen alltägliche Haussmusik, Lüneburg, 1654 [Brit. Mus. and Göttingen], with 70 hymns. (5) Neüe musikalische Fest-Andachten, Lüneburg, 1655 [Wernigerode]. With 52 hymns on the Sunday Gospels. (6) Neüe musikalische Katechismus Andachten, Lüneburg, 1656 [British Museum and Wernigerode]. With 50 hymns.
Seven of Rist's hymns are separately noted under their German first lines.
The others which have passed into English are:--
i. Du Lebensbrod, Herr Jesu Christ. Holy Communion. In his Haussmusik, 1654, No. 7, p. 32, in 8 stanzas of 8 lines, entitled "A devotional hymn, which may be sung when the people are about to take their place at the Holy Communion of the Lord." Founded on Ps. xxiii. Included as No. 473 in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. Translated as:—
Lord Jesu Christ, the living bread. A good translaton of stanzas i., ii., iii., v., by A. T. Russell, as No. 159 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851.
ii. Ehr und Dank sei dir gesungen. On the Angels. In his Fest-Andachten, 1655, No. 46, p. 304, in 9 stanzas of 10 lines, entitled "Another hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving on the same Gospel [S. Matt, xviii.] for St. Michael's Day. In which the great God who created the Angels, and appointed them for our service, is from the heart adored and praised." Included in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, No. 219, and in Bunsen's Versuch, 1833, No. 233. The translations in common use are:—
1. Praise and thanks to Thee be sung. By Miss Winkworth, omitting st. iii.—vi., in her Lyra Germanica, 1st Ser., 1855, p. 205, repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 85.
2. Glory, praise, to Thee be sung. A translation of st. i. as No. 1224, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1886.
iii. Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist. Christmas. Founded on Isaiah ix. 2-7. First published in the Erstes Zehen of his Himlische Lieder, 1641, No. 1, p. 1, in 12 stanzas of 8 lines, entitled "A hymn of praise on the joyful Birth and Incarnation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." Included in Crüger's Praxis, 1656, No. 87, and recently, omitting st. viii., as No. 32 in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen 1851.
The translations in common use are:—
1. Be cheerful, thou my spirit faint. A translation of st. i. by J. Gambold, as No. 138 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754; repeated as st. i. of No. 437, altered to "Arise my spirit, leap with joy," and with his trs. of st. ii., iv., ix. added. In the edition of 1789, No. 46 (1886, No. 41), it begins, "Arise, my spirit, bless the day.”
2. O Jesu! welcome, gracious Name! This is a translation of st. ii., vi., xii., by A. T. Russell, as No. 55 in his Psalms & Hymns., 1851.
Another translation is "My languid spirit, upward spring." By N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 179.
iv. Gott sei gelobet, der allein. Joy in God. In his Neüer Himlischer Lieder 1651, p. 126, No. 9, in 13 stanzas of 7 lines, entitled “A joyful hymn of Thanksgiving to God, that He permits us to enjoy our daily bread in health, peace and prosperity, with a humble prayer that He would graciously preserve us in the same." Included in Olearius's Singe-Kunst, 1671, No. 322, and recently in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz 1850, No. 1696 (1865, No. 1766). The tr. in common use is:—
Now God be praised, and God alone . By Miss Winkworth, omitting st. iii., vi., viii., ix., in her Christian Singers, 1869, p. 192. Repeated, abridged, in Statham's Collection, Edinburgh, 1869, No. 63 (1870, No. 110).
v. Jesu, der du meine Seele. Lent. In the Erstes Zehen of his Himlische Lieder, 1641, p. 35, No. 7, in 12 stanzas of 8 lines, entitled "A heartfelt hymn of penitence to his most beloved Lord Jesus, for the forgiveness of his many and manifold sins." Founded on prayer viii. in Class in. of J. Arndt's Paradiesgärtlein, 1612. In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 382.
The translations in common use are:—-
1. Thou hast cancell'd my transgression. A translation of st. vi., viii., as No. 1022, in the Supplement of 1808 to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801 (1886, No. 107).
2. Jesu! Who in sorrow dying. A free translation of st. i., iii. lines 1-4, v. 11. 5-8, xii., by A. T. Russell, as No. 78 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851.
vi. 0 Jesu, meine Wonne. Holy Communion. This beautiful hymn appears in Rist's Hauss-musik, 1654, No. 9, p. 42, in 14 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "The heartfelt Thanksgiving of a pious Christian when he has partaken of the Holy Communion." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 285.
The translation in common use is:—
0 Sun of my salvation. A good tr. of st. i., iii., v., vi., by A. T. Russell, as No, 160 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851.
Another translation is:—
“0 Christ, my joy, my soul's delight." By Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 65.
vii. Werde licht, du Stadt der Heiden. Epiphany. In his Fest-Andachten , 1655, p. 82, No. 13, in 15 stanzas of 6 lines, entitled "Another festival hymn of the day of the Manifestation of Christ, in which the glorious, godlike, and eternal Light, which has graciously arisen on us poor heathen in thick darkness, is devotedly contemplated." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 82. Translated as:—
1. All ye Gentile lands awake. A good tr. of st. i.-iv., vi., vii., xiv. xv., by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 1st Ser., 1855, p. 30. Repeated, abridged, in Schaffs Christ in Song, 1869 aud 1870, and in Flett's Collection, Paisley, 1871.
2. Rise, O Salem, rise and shine. A good translation of stanzas i., iii., vii., xiv., xv., based on her Lyra Germanica version but altered in metre, by Miss Winkworth, in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 38. Repeated in J. L. Porter's Collection, 1876, and the Pennsylvania Lutheran Ch. Book, 1868.
viii. Wie wohl hast du gelabet. Holy Communion. In his Neüer Himlischer Lieder, 1651, p. 78, in 9 stanzas of 12 lines, entitled "A hymn of heartfelt Praise and Thanksgiving after the reception of the Holy Communion." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 291. The translation in common use is:—
O Living Bread from Heaven. A good tr., omitting st. iv., by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 103; repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 94, omitting the trsanslations of iii., v., vi. Her translations of st. i.-iii., ix. were included, slightly altered, in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Ch. Book, 1868. The following have also been tr. into English:—
ix. Heut ist das rechte Jubelfest. Whitsuntide. In his Fest-Andachten, 1655, p. 216, No. 33, in 12 stanzas, founded on the Gospel for Whitsunday (St. John xiv.). In Olearius's Singe-Kunst, 1671, No. 704, and Porst's Gesang-Buch, ed. 1855, No. 173. The text translation is that in Bunsen's Allgemeine Gesang-Buch, 1846, No. 114, where it begins with st. v., "Heut hat der grosse Himmeleherr." Translated as "This day sent forth His heralds bold." By Miss Cox, in the Churchman's Shilling Magazine, June 1867.
x. Ich will den Herren loben. Praise and Thanksgiving. Founded on Ps. xxxiv. In his Neüer Himlischer Lieder, 1651, p. 132 (No. 10 in pt. ii.), in 12 st. of 8 1. This form is in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 174G, No. 1201. In his Haussmusik, 1654, p. 348, No. 64, Rist rewrote it to 6 stanzas of 12 lines, and of this form st. iv.-vi., beginning "Man lobt dich in der Stille, ed. 1863, No. 1018. The translation from this last text is "To Thee all praise ascendeth." In the British Herald, May 1866, p. 265, repeated in Reid's Praise Book, 1872. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Johann Rist
