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Luise Hensel

1798 - 1876 Hymnal Number: d140 Author of "Immer muss ich wieder lesen" in Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten Text of "Müde bin ich geh zur Ruh" is printed in Lutheran Service Book, 2006 #887 ============= Hensel, Luise, daughter of J. J. L. Hensel, Lutheran pastor at Linum, near Fehrbellin, Brandenburg, was born at Linum, March 30, 1798, Though confirmed as a Lutheran in her fifteenth year, she gradually approximated to Roman Catholicism, and was formally received into that Communion, Dec. 7, 1818. During the remaining years of her life, she devoted herself mainly to the education of the young and the care of the sick. In 1874 she entered the Union of Daughters of Christian Love at Paderborn, and died at Paderborn, Dec. 18, 1876. (O. Kraus, 1879, pp. 204-211; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 1-3, &c.) Her best hymns were written before she was 23, and in proportion as she became an Ultramontane the poetical value of her productions declined. Her finest productions are distinguished by childlike simplicity, humility, resignation, and deep Christian love. They have won wide acceptance in Germany. The first two of those noted may be regarded as nursery classics. A number of her hymns came into Clemens Brentano's hands as early as 1819, and were by mistake included as his in his posthumous works. A few were printed in F. Förster's Sängerfahrt, 1818, and a good many more in M. Diepenbrock's Geistlicher Blumenstrauss, Sulzbach, 1829. A complete edition of her hymns was published by Professor C. Schlüter of Münster as her Lieder at Paderborn, 1870 (4th ed., 1879). i. Hymns in English common use: i. Immer muss ich wieder lesen. [Holy Scripture.] This beautiful children's hymn on the Life of Christ as narrated in the Gospels, appeared in Diepenbrock, 1829, p. 265, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines (entitled "On the reading of Holy Scripture "); and in her Lieder, 1870, is dated Berlin, 1815. It is repeated in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schlatz, &, 1837, the Württemberg Gesang-Buch, 1842, &c. Translated as:— Ever would I fain be reading. A good and full translation by Miss Winkworth in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 24. It has been included in full in Psalms & Hymns, Bedford, 1859; Kennedy, 1863; Book of Praise for Children, 1881; and in America in Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, and others. In some collections it is abridged; and in the Unitarian South Place Collection, 1873, it begins, "Ever find I joy in reading." Other translations are:— (1) “O how sweet the wondrous story," by Mrs. Bevan, 1859, p. 142. (2) "In that book so old and holy," in Dr. H. W. Dulcken's Golden Harp, 1864, p. 25. (3) "Still I read, and weary never," by “A. M. A," in the British Herald, Feb. 1868, p. 211. ii. Müde bin ich, geh' zur Ruh. [Evening.] This beautiful child's evening prayer, the most popular of all her hymns, appeared in Diepenbrock, 1829, p. 270, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. In her Lieder, 1870, p. 54, dated Berlin, Autumn, 1816. Included in the Unverfälscher Liedersegen, 1851, No. 528. Translated as:— 1. Now that o'er each weary head. A free translation of stanzas i.-iii. as No. 22 in C. H. Bateman's Children's Hymns, 1872. 2. Weary now I go to rest. A good translation of stanzas i.-iii. by E. Cronenwett as No. 324 in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal 1880. Other translations are:— (1) "Now I close my tired eyes," by Mrs. Bevan, 1859, p. 147. (2) "I am tir'd, and so I seek," by Miss Manington, 1863, p. 126. (3) "Weary now I go to bed," in Dr. H. W. Dulcken's Golden Harp, 1864, p. 40. (4) “Now with weariness opprest," a second translation by Dr. Dulcken, p. 72. (5) “Wearied now I seek repose," by J. Kelly, 1885, p. 111. ii. Hymns not in English common use: iii. Ich liebe einen Königs Sohn. [Love to Christ.] In Diepenbrock, 1829, p. 304, in 9 stanzas, and in her Lieder, 1870, p. 67, dated Berlin, 1817. Translated as "I love a royal only Son," by E. Massie, 1867, p. 174. jv. 0 Sonne, wenn von deinem Licht. [Love to Christ.] In Diepenbrock, 1829, p. 257, in 6 stanzas, and in her Lieder, 1870, p. 128, dated Söndermühlen, 1823. Translated as "O Sun, if from thy light a ray," in J. D. Burns's Memoir and Remains, 1869, p. 270. v. 0 Sorge, die mien niederdrückt. [Encouragement.] In Diepenbrock, 1829, p. 271, in 6 stanzas, and in her Lieder, 1870, p. 13, dated Berlin, 1815. The translations are:—(1l) "O anxious care that weighs me down," by Miss Burlingham, in the British Herald, Sept. 1865, p. 144. (2) "Begone, O load of care, begone," by J. Kelly, 1885, p. 80. vi. Was verlangst du, warumbangst du. [Cross and Consolation.] In Diepenbrock, 1829, p. 261, in 6 stanzas entitled "Suraum corda." In her Lieder, 1870, p. 43, it is dated Berlin, 1816. Translated as "What seekest thou! Why fearest thou," by C. T. Astley, 1860, p. 28. vii. Zu dir, zu dir, hinweg von mir. [Consecration to Christ.] In Diepenbrock, 1829, p. 267, in 5 stanzas In her Lieder, 1870, p. 31, dated Berlin, 1816. Translated as "To Thee, to Thee, away from self," by J. Kelly, 1885, p. 72. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology ===================== Hensel, Luise, p. 510, ii., No. v. "O Sorge," &c, appeared in Förster's Sängerfahrt, 1818, p. 266. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis

1762 - 1834 Person Name: J. G. von Salis-Seewis Hymnal Number: d22 Author of "Bunt sind schon die W'lder" in Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten Salis-Seewis, Johann Gaudenz, Baron von, was born Dec. 26, 1762, at the castle of Bodmer (Bothmar), near Malans, Grisons, Switzerland. From 1779 to 1792 he was an officer in the French army; and after 1798 he held various offices connected with the Swiss Militia, and with his native canton. He died at Bodmer, Jan. 29, 1834, and was buried at Seewis, near Malans (Allg. Deutsche Biog., xxx., 245, &c). His Poems appeared as his Gedichte at Zurich, 1793; 2nd ed., 1794; 3rd, 1797; 4th, 1800; 4th enlarged ed., 1803; new ed., 1808 [all in Berlin Library], and many later eds. The most famous of his poems is "Das Grab ist tief und stille" (in his Gedichte, 1793, p. 35, entitled "The Grave, 1783"), of which there are at least 7 translations into English. The only one in English common use as a hymn is:— Ins stille Land! Wer leitet uns hinüber. For the Dying. 1st published in his Gedichte, Neue Auflage, Zürich, 1808, p. 146, in 3 stanzas of 7 lines, each ending "Ins stille Land." In his Gedichte, Cologne, 1815, p. 134. The translation in common use is:— Into the Silent Land! Ah! who shall lead us thither. In full by H. W. Longfellow in his Voices of the Night, Cambridge, U. S., 1840, p. 141, repeated in the later eds. of his Poetical Works. Included in Hedge and Huntington's Hymnsfor the Church of Christ, 1853, and many later American collections. It has been retranslated into Greek verse by Dr. B. H. Kennedy, in his Between Whiles, 1877. There are at least three other versions in English. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Johann Samuel Patzke

1727 - 1787 Person Name: J. S. Patzke Hymnal Number: d185 Author of "Lobt den herrn die morgensonne" in Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten Patzke, Johann Samuel, was born Oct. 24, 1727, at Frankfurt a. Oder, in the house of his grandfather, his father being an excise officer at Seelow, near Frankfurt. He entered the University of Frankfurt in 1748, and in 1751 went to Halle. After completing his studies he returned to Frankfurt as a candidate of Theology. In 1755, by the recommendation of the chief court preacher, F. S. G. Sack, of Berlin, he was appointed by the Margrave Heinrich von Schwedt, as pastor at Wormsfelde and Stolzenburg, near Landsberg on the Warthe. In 1758 he had to flee before the invasion of the Russian troops under General Fermor, and on his return found everything in desolation. In the beginning of 1759 he became pastor at Lietzen, near Frankfurt. Finally, by the recommendation of the Margrave, he was appointed, in 1762, preacher at the Church of the Holy Spirit, in Magdeburg, where he became, in 1769, pastor and senior of the Altstadt clergy. He died at Magdeburg, Dec. 14, 1787 (Koch, vi. 293; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie xxv. 238, &c). Patzke was a man of considerable talents and of a lovable nature. He was also very popular as a preacher. His poetical work began very early, his first volume of Gediche appearing at Halle in 1750. His hymns appeared mostly in his weekly paper (the first of the kind in Magdeburg) entitled Der Greis, published from 1763 to 1769, and in his Musihalische Gedichte, Magdeburg and Leipzig, 1780. The latter contains a series of cantatas which had been set to music by Johann Heinrich Rolle, music director at Magdeburg, and performed during various seasons of winter concerts there. The only one of his hymns (over 20 in all) which has passed into English is:— Lobt den Herrn I die Morgensonne. Morning. Published in 1780, as above, p. 73, in 3 st. of 4 1., as the opening hymn of his cantata, entitled Abel's Tod. Included, as No. 1075, in the Stollberg bei Aachen Gesang-Buch, 1802. This cantata is in 1780 dated 1769. It appeared, set to music by Rolle, as Der Tod Abels, ein musikalisches Drama, at Leipzig, 1771; the hymn above being at p. 1, entitled, "Hymn of Praise of the children of Adam (1780 ed. of Abel) in their bower." The cantata is itself founded on Der Tod Abels, by Salomon Gessner [born at Zürich, April 1, 1730; died at Zürich, March 2, 1787], which first appeared at Zürich in 1758, became exceedingly popular, and was translated into various languages, one of the English versions passing through more than 20 editions. The passage used by Patzke for his hymn is a portion of Book i., viz. a part of Abel's Song of Praise, sung when he was in his bower with his wife Thirza, and which begins, "Weiche du Schlaf von jedem Aug." The translations in common use from Patzke are:— 1. Praise the Lord, when blushing morning. This appears, without name of author, in the American Unitarian Cheshire Assoc. Collection, 1844, as No. 692; and the Book of Hymns, 1846 ; and in England in E. Courtauld's Collection, 1860. It is in 4 st., st. i., ii., being fairly close translations of st. i., ii., of the German, while st. iii., iv., are practically original English stanzas. 2. Praise the Lord! the sun of morning. This is a full but free version by Dr. J. A. Seiss, as No. 48 in the Sunday School Hymn Book, Philadelphia, 1873, of the Gen. Council of the Lutheran Church in America. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher

1796 - 1868 Hymnal Number: d47 Author of "Du Stern in allen N'chten" in Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten

Christoph Tietze

1641 - 1703 Person Name: Christoph Titius Hymnal Number: d251 Author of "Sollt es gleich bisweilen Scheinen" in Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten Titius, Christoph, son of Christoph Titius or Tietze, pastor at Wilkau, near Kamslau, in Silesia, was born at Wilkau, May 24, 1641. He entered the St. Mary Magdalene Gymnasium, at Breslau, in 1654, and the Aegidien (St. Giles) Gymnasium at Nürnberg, in 1660. He matriculated as a student of Theology at the University of Altdorf, in 1662. After completing his studies at the University of Jena, in 1664, he acted for two years as a family tutor. On Aug. 24, 1666, he was ordained as pastor of Laubenzedel, near Gunzenhausen, in Franconia; and then became, in 1671, pastor at Henfenfeld, near Nürnberg. In 1685 he was appointed diaconus at Hersbruck, near Nürnberg, became archidiaconus in June, 1701, and in Nov., 1701, was appointed chief pastor and inspector of schools. He died at Hersbruck, Feb. 21, 1703 . Titius had begun to write hymns while at the Nürnberg Gymnasium, and his best known hymns originated either then or during his University course. They appeared in his Sünden-Schmertzen, Trost im Hertzen, Todten-Kertzen, erwecket, entdecket, angestecket von Christophoro Titio Silesio, Theol. St., at Nürnberg, 1663 [Library of the Prediger-Serninar at Hannover], with 15 hymns; in the 2nd enlarged edition, published as Himmel-Heise, Seelen-Speise, Engel-Weise, &c. , Nürnberg, 1670 [Berlin Library], with 45 hymns; and in the 3rd further enlarged ed. published as Vorige und neue Morgen- und Abend-Catechismus . . . Lieder, &c., Nürnberg, 1701 [Gottingen Library] with 55 hymns. The most popular were those of the first edition many of which passed into the German hymn-books of the 17th century, and various of which are still found in recent collections. The best of them are hearty and popular in style, earnest and scriptural in tone, and sententious. Two of Titius's hymns have passed into English, viz.:— i. 0 du Schopfer aller Dinge. Holy Communion. This is a hymn of penitence before Holy Communion, and was first published in 1663, as above, as No. ii., in 9 stanzas of 8 lines. Translated as "Bow Thine ear, I now implore Thee." By Dr. H. Mills, 1845, p. 38. ii. Sollt es gleich bisweilen scheinen. Cross and Consolation. His most popular hymn, first published in 1663, as No. vi., in 10 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled ”Hymn of Consolation." Included in Crüger's Praxis, 1675, the Nürnberg Gesang-Buch, 1676, Freylinghausen's Gesang-Buch, 1704, the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, 1863, No. 856, and many others, sometimes printed as 5 stanzas of 8 lines. Lauxmann relates (Koch, viii. 488) that C. A. Dann, chief pastor of St. Leonard's Church, at Stuttgart, having spoken somewhat freely at the funeral of one of the courtplayers, had been relegated in 1812 to the village of Oieschingen in the Swabian Alb [in 1819 to the neighbouring village of Mössingen]. The king at last granted the earnest desire of the Stuttgart people for his return, and on Feb. 5, 1824, recalled him to Stuttgart. That night four friends walked over to Mössingen, and in the early morning conveyed the news to Dann by singing this hymn at the door of his room. The translation in common use is:— Seems it in my anguish lone. This is a good translation, omitting st. vi., by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Ger, 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 201; repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 146. Included in full in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880, and abridged in the St. Aidan's College Hymn Book, 1864. Other translations are:— (1) "Yea should it ev'n to man appear." This is a translation of st. i., as st. v. of No. 1062, in the Supplement of 1808 to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801 (1886, No. 505). (2) “Deem we sometimes, spirit-shaken." In L. Rehfuess's Church at Sea, 1868, p. 44, only st. i., vi. being from this hymn. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Christian Keimann

1607 - 1662 Hymnal Number: d195 Author of "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, weil er sich" in Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten Keimann, Christian, son of Zacharias Keimann, Lutheran pastor at Pankratz, in Bohemia, and after 1616 at Ober-Ullersdorf, was born at Pankratz, Feb. 27, 1607. In the autumn of 1627 he entered the University of Wittenberg, where he graduated M.A., March 19, 1634; and in the next month was appointed by the Town Council of Zittau as Conrector of their Gymnasium, of which he became Rector in 1638. He died at Zittau, Jan. 13, 1662 (Koch, iii. 369; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie xv. 535, &c). Keimann was a distinguished teacher. He was the author of a number of scholastic publications, of a few Scriptural plays, and of some 13 hymns. Almost all of his hymns came into church use. They take high rank among those of the 17th century, being of genuine poetic ring, fresh, strong, full of faith under manifold and heavy trials, and deeply spiritual. Two have passed into English:— i. Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle. Christmas. This beautiful hymn is included in 4 stanzas of 10 1. as No. 24 in pt. iv. of A. Hammerschmidt's Musikalische Andachten, published at Freiberg in Saxony, 1646; and is set to a tune by Hammerschmidt introduced by Hallelujah repeated twelve times. In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 34. According to Koch, viii. 25, it was composed as part of a piece written by Keimann for his scholars to perform at Christmastide, 1645, and published as Der neugeborne Jesus, at Görlitz, 1646. Stanza iv. may refer to the truce of 1645 between Saxony and Sweden. Translated as:— 0 rejoice, ye Christians, loudly. A good and full translation by Miss Winkworth, as No. 33 in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, where it is set to the original melody. ii. Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht; Weil er sich fur mien gegeben. Love to Christ. First appeared in A. Hammerschmidt's Fest- Bus- und Dancklieder, Zittau and Leipzig, 1658 (engraved title, 1659), pt. iii., No. 4, in 6 stanzas of 6 lines. It is an acrostic on the dying words uttered on Oct. 8, 1656, by the Elector Johann Georg I. of Saxony: Meinen (i.), Jesum (ii.), lass (iii.) ich (iv.) nicht (v.); st. vi. giving in the initial letters of lines 1-5 (J. G. C. Z. S.) the name, viz. Johann Georg Churfürst zu Sachsen, and then in line 6 the motto in full. Founded on the words of Jacob in Gen. xxxii. 26, it has comforted and strengthened many in life and at the hour of death; and has served as the model of many later hymns. Included as No. 131 in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. Translated as:— I will leave my Jesus never! A good translation, omitting st. iii., included as No. 448 in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Book, 1868, marked as Unknown translator, 1864. Other translations are:—(1) "Never will I part with Christ," by J. C. Jacobi, 1722, p. 80 (1732, p. 132), and thence in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754 (1886 as pt. of No. 452 altered, and beginning, "Jesus will I never leave"). (2) "I will not let Jesus go," by J. S. Stallybrass in the Tonic Solfa Reporter, Dec. 1860. (3) "Jesus will I ne'er forsake," by E. Massie, 1867, p. 117. (4) "My Redeemer quit I not," by N. L. Frothingham, 1870, P, 185. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Henriette Louise von Hayn

1724 - 1782 Person Name: Henriette Luise von Hayn Hymnal Number: d279 Author of "Weil ich Jesu Sch'flein bin" in Sonntagsschul-Gesangbuch der Reformirten Kirchen in den Vereinigten Staaten Hayn, Henrietta Luise von, daughter of Georg Heinrich von Hayn, master of the hounds to the Duke of Nassau, was born at Idstein, Nassau, May 22, 1724. In 1746 she was formally received into the Moravian community at Herrnhaag. There, and, after the dissolution of this community, at Grosshennersdorf, and, after 1751 at Herrnhut, she was engaged as teacher in the Girls' School; and after 1766 in caring for the invalid sisters of the community. She died at Herrnhut, Aug. 27, 1782. (Koch, vi. 443-447; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xi. 1.58, &c.) She was a gifted hymnwriter. A fervent love to Christ pervades her produc¬tions; and they are remarkably free from the unpleasant sentimentalism and that dwelling on the physical details of our Lord's Passion which mars so many of the Moravian hymns of that period. Over 40 hymns or portions of hymns by her are included in the Brüder Gesang-Buch of 1778. Only one has come into English use outside the Moravian hymnbooks, viz.:— Weil ich Jesu Schaflein bin. Children. This beautiful hymn for children, regarded as Lambs of the Good Shepherd, first appeared in the Brüder Gesang-Buch, 1778, No. 1179, in 3 st. of 6 1. It has been included in many recent German collections, as the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 120. Translated as: — 1. Jesus makes my heart rejoice, in full, by F. W. Foster and J. Miller, as No. 576 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789 (1886, No. 1006). Included, from the edition of 1826, in Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864, and others. 2. Seeing I am Jesus' lamb, a good and full translation by Miss Winkworth in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 90. Repeated in the People's Hymnal 1867, Book of Praise for Children, 1881, and in America in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Book, 1868, &c. 3. I am Jesus' little lamb, a good and full translation by Dr. W. F. Stevenson for his Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, c. 58, dated 1871. Repeated in Allon's Children's Worship, 1878, the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1883, and others. Another translation is : "Since I'm Jesus' sheep I am," by R. Massie, in the Day of Rest, 1880, p. 622. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)