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Georg Ernst Waldau

1745 - 1817 Hymnal Number: 409 Author of "Von Dir, du Gott der Einigkeit" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Pastor, historian, philologist

1563 - 1650 Hymnal Number: 450 Author of "Herzlich thut mich verlangen" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Knoll, Christoph, was born in 1563 at Bunzlau in Silesia, and entered the University of Frankfurt a. Oder in 1583. In 1586 he was appointed assistant (Signator) in the school at Sprottau in Silesia. He then became, in 1591, diaconus, and in 1620 archidiaconus, at Sprottau. On Nov. 23, 1628, he was ex¬pelled by the Lichtenstein dragoons, but was eventually allowed to become pastor at the neighbouring village of Wittgendorf, where he died in 1650 (S. J. Ehrhardt's Presbyterologie Schlesiens, 1780-89, iii. pp. 386, 505, &c). His well-known hymn: Herzlich thut mich verlangen. For the Dying, is said to have been written during a pestilence in 1599, and was first printed at Gorlitz in 1605 (see Blatter für Hymnologie, 1887, pp. 8, 56, &c). In Wackernagel, v. p. 350 (from Buchwalder's Gesange-Buch, Görlitz, 1611, &c.) the Unverfälschter Liedersegen 1851, No. 822, &c, in 11 stanzas of 8 lines. Translated as "My heart is filled with longing," by Miss Winkworth in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, Appx. No. iv. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

August Tholuck

1799 - 1877 Hymnal Number: 240 Author of "O Sabbath, den der Herr gemacht" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Tholuck, Friedrich August Grottreu, D.D., was born at Breslau, March 30, 1799. He studied at the Universities of Breslau and Berlin. He became a University lecturer (Privatdocent) at Berlin, in Dec. 1820, and extraordinary professor of Theology there in April, 1823 (D.D. from Berlin in 1826). In Nov., 1825, he was appointed ordinary professor of Theology at Halle, and entered on hiss duties at Easter, 1826. He was also appointed as University preacher, in 1839, and a member of the Magdeburg consistory in 1829. From Michaelmas, 1828, to Easter, 1829, he officiated as chaplain to the German Embassy at Rome, having gone there on sick leave. Otherwise, after 1826, his life was spent almost entirely at Halle. He died at Halle, June 10, 1877 (Koch, ,vii. 26; Herzog's Real-Encyklopädie, xv., 560, &c). Tholuck was a celebrated preacher, and a great linguist. He is perhaps best known to English readers by his Commentaries, as e.g. on Romans, 1824 (5th ed., 1856; Eng. translation 1833 and 1836); on St. John's Gospel, 1827 (7th ed., 1857; Eng. tr. 1859); on the Sermon on the Mount, 1833 (5th ed., 1872; Eng. tr. 1834 and 1837, improved in 1859); on Hebrews, 1836 (3rd ed., 1850; Eng. tr. 1842); on the Psalms, 1843 (2nd ed., 1873; Eng. tr. 1856), &c.; and by hisDie Lehre von der Sünde und dem Versohner, oder die wahre Weihe des Zweiflers, 1823 (enlarged ed., 1825; 9th ed., 1871), a sort of religious novel which has powerfully influenced many, e.g. C. J. P. Spitta and has been translated into English, French, Danish and Swedish. He was a many sided man, who exercised a great and far-reaching influence over his contemporaries, and who, by the charm of his personal character as well as by his learning, drew crowds of students to Halle, not only from all parts of Germany, but also from Great Britain and America. His hymns appeared in his Stunden christlicher Andacht, Hamburg, 1839-40. This is a volume of Meditations which has passed through many eds. in German (8th ed., 1870), and of which at least two versions have appeared in English (as Hours of Christian Devotion. In the preface to the Stunden, Tholuck mentions that he had intended to introduce many quotations from German hymns and sacred poems, but could find few that suited his purpose. So he adds "I therefore myself spoke in the language of poetry; only a very few of the verses here interspersed are by other authors." He does not however indicate in any more definite way which are his own compositions. A few pieces from this work have passed into American-German hymn-books, and they have all been translated by Dr. Menzies. Two of which are probably original, are here noted, viz.:— i. Einst wird's geschehn, dass auf der Erde. Second Advent. In his Stunden, 1840, p. 470, as the conclusion of Med. lxvii., in 2 st. of 8 1., and founded on Rom. viii. 21-23. Translated as:— A day will dawn when from on high. In full by Dr. R. Menzies, 1870, as above, p. 551. Included by H. L. Hastings in his Songs of Pilgrimage, Boston, U. S., 1880, No. 193. ii. O süsser Hirte, unter deinem Stabe. The Good Shepherd. In his Stunden, 1840, p. 151, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines as the conclusion of Med. xxvi., and founded on Ps. xxiii. The trs. are (1) "O gentle Shepherd, guided by Thy hand, My soul hath found her everlasting rest." By Miss Dunn, 1853, as above, p. 110. (2) “O gentle Shepherd by Thy staff directed.” By Miss Burlingham in the Bristol Herald, Sept., 1865, p. 143, repeated in Reid's Praise Book, 1872. (3) "Beneath Thy gentle care, O Shepherd dear." By Dr. R. Menzies, 1870. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Reichart Gottlob Reiber

1744 - 1809 Person Name: R. Gottlob Reiber Hymnal Number: 476 Author of "Von dem Grab stund Jesus auf" in Deutsches Gesangbuch

Johann Caspar Schade

1666 - 1698 Hymnal Number: 459 Author of "Ich freue mich von Herzensgrund" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Schade, Johann Caspar, son of Jakob Schad or Schade, pastor and decan at Kühndorf, near Suhl, in Thuriugia, was born at Kühndorf, Jan. 18, 1666. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1685 (where he became a great friend of A. H. Francke), and then went to Wittenberg, where he graduated M.A. in 1687. On his return to Leipzig he began to hold Bible readings for the students. This soon raised ill-will against him among the Leipzig professors, and when, in 1690, he was invited to become diaconus at Würzen, near Leipzig, they interfered and prevented his settlement. In 1691 he was invited to become diaconus of St. Nicholas's church, at Berlin (where P. J. Spener had just become probst, or chief pastor), and entered on his work there on the 2nd Sunday in Advent. In his later years he raised a storm of feeling against himself by refusing to hear private confessions. The Elector of Brandenburg, in order to end the strife, appointed him, in June 1698, pastor at Derenburg, near Halberstadt. Meantime he was seized with a fever, which ended fatally at Berlin, July 25, 1698 (Koch, iv. 222, 468; Wetzel, iii. p. 23, &c). Schade was a most earnest and faithful pastor and preacher, and specially interested himself in the children of his flock. As a hymnwriter he was not particularly prolific, but of his 45 hymns a good many passed into the German hymnbooks of the period. His hymns are clear and simple in style, are composed in a considerable variety of metres, and are full of fervent love to the Lord Jesus, and of zeal for a living and practical Christianity; but they are frequently spun out, or are too subjective. A number appeared in A. Luppius's Andächtig singender Christenmund Wosel, 1692-94, and in the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697. They were collected and posthumously published as Fasciculus Cantionum, Das ist zusammen getragene geistliche Lieder, &c, Cüstrin, N.D. [1699]. Those of Schade's hymns which have passed into English are:— i. Auf! Hinauf! zu deiner Freude. Faith. First published in the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697, p. 402, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines; repeated in 1699, as above, p. 83. Recently, as No. 403, in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen 1851. The translations in common use are:— 1. Up! yes upward to thy gladness Rise, my heart. This is a good and full translation by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 171, repeated in full in Reid's Praise Book, 1872, and, omitting st. v., in Kennedy, 1863. In her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 157, it is slightly altered, and st. iii. is omitted. 2. Rise, my soul! with joy and gladness. A translation of st. i., ii., vi., by F. C. C, as No. 233 in Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864. Other translations are:— (1) "Look up, my soul, to Christ thy joy," by J. B. Holmes, as No. 1099 in the Supplement of 1808 to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801 (1886, No. 600), repeated in Bishop Kyle's Collection, 1860. (2) "Upwards, upwards to thy gladness," by Miss Dunn, 1857, p. 13. (3) "Up! yes upward to thy gladness, Rise, my soul," by W. Reid in his Praise Book, 1872. ii. Heine Seel ermuntre dich. Passiontide. In the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697, p. 215, in 15 stanzas of 6 lines, repeated in 1699, as above, p. 9, entitled "Contemplation of the suffering of Christ and surrender of His will." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 106. Tr. as, "Rouse thyself, my Soul, and dwell." In the Supplement to German Psalmody , ed. 1765, p. 20, and in Select Hymns from German Psalmody, Tranquebar, 1754, p. 31. iii. Meine Seele willt du ruhn. This hymn, frequently ascribed to Schade, is noted under Scheffler. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Samuel Christian Gottfried Küster

1762 - 1838 Person Name: Sam. Chr. G. Kuester Hymnal Number: 244 Author of "Herr, hier stehet unser Hirt" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Küster, Samuel Christian Gottfried, son of S. C. K. Küster, inspector and chief pastor at Havelberg, Brandenburg, was born at Havelberg, Aug. 18, 1762. After studying at the University of Berlin (D.D. 1835) he became third pastor of the Friedrich-Werder Church at Berlin, in 1786; in 1793 second pastor; and in 1797 chief pastor and superintendent, on the death of his father (who had been called to this church in 1771). He died at Eberswalde (Neustadt-E.), near Berlin, Aug. 22, 1838 ( Allg. Deutsche Biographie, xvi. 439, &c: He was one of the editors of the Berlin Gesang-Buch , 1829, and contributed to it two hymns, Nos. 294 and 549; and in 1831 published a small volume of Kurze lebensgeschichtliche Nachrichten regarding the authors of the hymns therein contained. One of Küster's hymns has passed into English, viz:— 0 Jesu, Freund der Seelen. Love to Christ, 1829, as above, No. 549, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines. Suggested by the "Schatz über alle Schatze" [see Liscovius]. Translated as:— 0 Jesus, Friend unfailing. A good and full translation by Miss Burlingham, written June 13,1865, and first published in the British Herald, July, 1865, p. 100. Repeated in full in Reid's Praise Book, 1872; W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873; Dale's English Hymn Book, 1875, and others; and abridged in Newman Hall's Christ Church Hymnal, 1876; Baptist Hymnal, 1879; Supplement of 1880 to Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858, &c. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. D. Herrnschmidt

1675 - 1723 Person Name: Joh. Dan. Herrnschmidt Hymnal Number: 345 Author of "Gott will's machen, dass die Sachen" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Herrnschmidt, Johann Daniel, was born April 11, 1675, at Bopfingen, in Württemberg, where his father, G. A. Herrnschmidt, was from 1673-1702 diaconus, and 1702-1714 Town preacher. He entered the University of Altdorf in 1696 (M.A. 1698), and in the autumn of 1698 went to Halle. In the spring of 1702 he became assistant to his father, and in July, 1702, Heifer at the Town church. In 1712 he became superintendent, court preacher and consistorialrath at Idstein, and in the same year graduated D.D. at Halle. He was finally, in 1715, appointed Professor of Theology at Halle, and in 1716 also sub-director of the Orphanage and the Padagogium there. He died at Halle, Feb. 5, 1723 (Koch, iv. 349-354, 569, &c). He was one of the best hymnwriters of the older Pietistic school. His hymns are Scriptural, and mirror his inner life, but do not possess much poetic force. They were almost all written during his first residence at Halle, 1698-1702, and appeared mostly in Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesang Buch1704. Three have passed into English, viz.:— i. Gott wills machen, dass die Sachen. Trust in God. 1704, No. 417, in 17 stanzas of 6 lines, repeated as No. 706 in the Unvfälschter Liedersegen, 1851. It is founded on the Gospel for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany (St. Matt. viii. 23-27); and is full of clear cut, almost proverbial sayings. Translated as: (1) "God will make it, canst thou take it," in the Supplement to German Psalmody, ed. 1765, p. 63. (2) "Storms and winds may blow and batter," as No. 455 in the Moravian Hymn Book 1789. In the 1801 and later eds. (1886, No. 626), it begins, "Storms of trouble may assail us." (3) “God so guides us, what betides us," by N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 251. The two remaining hymns (ii., iii.) are annotated under Various. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johann Friedrich von Meyer

1772 - 1849 Person Name: Joh. Freidr. von Meyer Hymnal Number: 356 Author of "Ich senke mich in deine Wunden" in Deutsches Gesangbuch

Anna Schlatter

1773 - 1826 Hymnal Number: 368 Author of "In deinem Namen, Jesu Christ" in Deutsches Gesangbuch

E. W. von Wobeser

1727 - 1788 Person Name: Ernst W. v. Wobeser Hymnal Number: 111 Author of "Du meines Lebens Leben" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Wobeser, Ernst Wilhelm von, b. Nov. 29,1727, at Luckenwalde, Brandenburg. Co-editor of the Brüder Gesang-Buch, 1778. He wrote a German metrical version of the Psalter, d. Dec. 16, 1795, at Herrnhut. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)