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Entrust Your Days and Burdens

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Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

Translator (sts. 1-5): F. Samuel Janzow

F. Samuel Janzow was Professor of English at Concordia University Chicago from 1954 to 1980. NNM Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Entrust your days ad burdens
Title: Entrust Your Days and Burdens
Author: Paul Gerhardt
Translator (sts. 1-5): F. Samuel Janzow (alt.)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6
Source: Lutheran Service Book, 2006, (Tr. st. 6)
Language: English
Copyright: Sts. 1-5 © 1982 Concordia Publishing House; St. 6 © 2006 Concordia Publishing House

Tune

SUFFICIENTIA


PASSION CHORALE (Hassler)

The tune HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN has been associated with Gerhardt's text ["O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"] since they were first published together in 1656. The tune's first association with a sacred text was its attachment in 1913 [sic: should read 1613] to Christoph Knoll's funeral text "Herzl…

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Lutheran Service Book #754

Lutheran Worship #427

One and All Rejoice #285

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