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Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared

Author: Samuel Kinner, 1603-68; Henry L. Lettermann, b. 1932 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Lord's Supper Used With Tune: DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST

DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Peter Sohren, c. 1630-1692 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 51236 22756 71321 Used With Text: Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared

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Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared

Author: Samuel Kinner, 1603-1668 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #208 (1978) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Topics: Holy Communion; Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST

Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared

Author: Samuel Kinner, 1603-68; Henry L. Lettermann, b. 1932 Hymnal: Lutheran Worship #246 (1982) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Topics: The Lord's Supper Languages: English Tune Title: DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST

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Peter Sohren

1630 - 1693 Person Name: Peter Sohren, c. 1630-1692 Composer of "DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST" in Lutheran Book of Worship

Henry L. Lettermann

1932 - 1996 Person Name: Henry L. Lettermann, b. 1932 Translator of "Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared" in Lutheran Worship The youngest of four children, Henry L. Lettermann was born February 28, 1932, to Henry Christopher Lettermann and Anna (née Gerstacker) Lettermann, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His primary level education took place at First Evangelical Lutheran School in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, where his father served as principal. It was in this setting where the riches of the church’s song would be imprinted on the young heart and mind of Henry Lettermann. After his education at First Lutheran, he attended Concordia High School, matriculating to Concordia Teachers College (now Concordia University) in River Forest, Illinois, where he received the bachelor of science degree in 1954. It was at Concordia where Lettermann’s love for literature and poetry, especially the poetry of Americans Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost, began to be formed.In 1959 Lettermann received his master of arts degree from the University of Chicago, subsequently receiving his doctor of philosophy degree from Loyola University, Chicago, in 1974. Eventually Dr. Lettermann achieved the rank of full professor at Concordia. Lettermann’s talent for poetry and his genuine interest in education resulted in a number of fruitful unions. A number of his texts appeared in the Concordia Music Education Series, published in the 1960s by Concordia Publishing House, while numerous hymns and carols appeared in Lutheran Education—the official journal of the Lutheran Education Association. From 1979 to 1987 Lettermann served as a member and secretary of the Hymn Text and Music Committee of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s Commission on Worship which prepared Lutheran Worship (1982). As a member of this committee he contributed both original texts and translations from the German. As a servant of the church at large, Lettermann wrote texts on commission from various congregations as well. Excerpted from "The Precious Gift: The Hymns and Carols and Translations of Henry L. Lettermann" by Scott M. Hyslop, used with permission

Samuel Kinner

1603 - 1668 Person Name: Samuel Kinner, 1603-1668 Author of "Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared" in Lutheran Book of Worship Kinner, Samuel, was a native of Breslau, and after he had graduated M.D. was for some time a physician there. He then entered the service of the Duke of Liegnitz-Brieg as Rath and Court Physician, and died at Brieg, Aug. 10, 1668, at the age of 65 (J. H. Cunradus's Silesia Togata, Liegnitz, 1706, p. 150). One hymn ascribed to him has been translated, viz.:— Herr Jesu Christ, du hast bereit. Holy Communion. In Jeremias Weber's Gesang-Buch, Leipzig, 1638, p. 394, in 8 st. of 7 l, entitled " A beautiful hymn on the Supper of the Lord. Samuel Kinner." In Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, No. 1665, entitled "For worthy reception, before Holy Communion." Translated as:— Lord Jesus, Thou art truly good. A full and good translation by E. Cronenwett, as No. 265 in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)