349 Lieder #266
Display Title: Sei getreu bis an den Tod First Line: Sei getreu bis in den Tod! Tune Title: [Sei getreu bis in den Tod!] Date: 1876
349 Lieder #266
Schmolck, Benjamin, son of Martin Schmolck, or Schmolcke, Lutheran pastor at Brauchitschdorf (now Chrόstnik) near Liegnitz in Silesia (now Poland) was born at Brauchitschdorf, Dec. 21, 1672. He entered the Gymnasium at Lauban in 1688, and spent five years there. After his return home he preached for his father a sermon which so struck the patron of the living that he made Benjamin an allowance for three years to enable him to study theology. He matriculated, at Michaelmas, 1693, at the University of Leipzig, where he came under the influence of J. Olearius, J. B. Carpzov, and others, and throughout his life retained the character of their teaching, viz. a warm and living practical Christianity, but Churchly in tone and not Pietistic. In th… Go to person page >| First Line: | Sei getreu bis in den Tod, Seele, lass dich keine Plagen |
| Title: | Sei getreu bis in den Tod |
| Author: | Benjamin Schmolck |
| Language: | German |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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