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Sleep well, my dear, sleep safe and free

Author: J. C. Jacobi; Johann Christoph Rube Appears in 3 hymnals

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Sleep well, my Dear, sleep safe and free

Hymnal: Psalmodia Germanica #190 (1732) Lyrics: I. Sleep well, my Dear; sleep safe and free The holy Angels are with Thee, Who always see thy Father's Face, And never slumber, Nights nor Days. II. Thou ly'st in Down, soft ev'ry Way; Thy Saviour lay in Straw and Hay; Thy Cradle is far better drest, Than the hard Crib where he did rest. III. None dare disturb thy present Ease; He had a Thousand Enemies: Thou liv'st in great Security; But he was punish'd, and for Thee. IV. God make thy Mother's Health increase, To see thee grow in Strength and Grace, In Wisdom and Humility, As Infant-JESUS did for Thee. V. God fill thee with his heav'nly Light, To steer thy Christian Course aright; Make thee a Tree, of blessed Root, That ever bends with godly Fruit. Part the Second: VI. Those Children are to God most dear, That learn the Lesson of his Fear. Thus Infants are by JESUS CHRIST Most kindly blest, embrac'd and kiss'd. VII. Are not the Joys of God above, Giv'n to the Children of his Love? Who'd see above his holy Face, Must here become a Child of Grace. VIII. Be thou like CHRIST, that blessed child, Most pious, innocent and mild; Who soon did ev'ry Grace display; And, tho' a God, he learnt t'obey. IX. God glorify his Child in thee; His Spirit guide thy Infancy. To follow and to learn of CHRIST, Of all Attainments is the high'st. X. From what he suffer'd, did, and said, Thou hast more Profit than he had; 'Twas thine entailed Misery Made him become a Child like thee. XI. If thou conform'st thy Mind to HIs, Thou art entitled to that Bliss, Which this incarnate God regain'd For All whom ADAM'S Sin had stain'd. XII. Sleep now, my Dear, and take thy Rest; And if with riper Years thou'rt blest, Encrease in Wisdom Day and Night, Till thou attain'st th'eternal Light. Topics: Cradle Hymn Languages: English

Sleep well, my dear, sleep safe and free

Author: J. C. Jacobi; Johann Christoph Rube Hymnal: Lullaby! Heart songs for Baby and Mama #d33 (1870) Languages: English

Sleep well, my dear, sleep safe and free

Author: J. C. Jacobi; Johann Christoph Rube Hymnal: The Book of Praise #d314 (1865)

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Johann Christian Jacobi

1670 - 1750 Translator of "Sleep well, my dear, sleep safe and free" Jacobi, John Christian, a native of Germany, was born in 1670, and appointed Keeper of the Royal German Chapel, St. James's Palace, London, about 1708. He held that post for 42 years, and died Dec. 14, 1750. He was buried in the Church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. His publications included :— (1) A Collection of Divine Hymns, Translated from the High Dutch. Together with their Proper Tunes and Thorough Bass. London: Printed and Sold by J. Young, in St. Paul’s Churchyard; . . . 1720. This edition contains 15 hymns. Two years later this collection, with a few changes in the text and much enlarged, was republished as (2) Psalmodia Germanica; or a Specimen of Divine Hymns. Translated from the High Dutch. Together with their Proper Tunes and Thorough Bass. London: J. Young . 1722. This edition contained 62 hymns, of which 3 ("He reigns, the Lord our Saviour reigns"; "Is God withdrawing"? "Shepherds rejoice") and the first stanza of another ("Raise your devotion, mortal tongues," from "Hosannah to the Prince of Life") were taken from I. Watts. A second part was added in 1725, and was incorporated with the former part in 1732. London, G. Smith. After Jacobi's death the Psalmodia Germanica was republished, in 1765, by John Haberkorn, with a Supplement of 32 pieces. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johann Christoph Rube

1665 - 1746 Author of "Sleep well, my dear, sleep safe and free" Rube, Johann Christoph, was born Nov. 20, 1665, his father being then pastor at Hohen-und Thal-Ebra, near Sondershausen. After completing his studies in law, and becoming a licentiate, he was appointed judge (Amtmann) at Burggemünden near Alsfeld, and then, about 1704, at Battenberg (both in Hesse-Darmstadt). He died at Battenberg, May 30, 1746. Rube was a most prolific writer of hymns. In the Universal Gesang-Buch published at Homburg in 5 vols., 1738-44, there are, according to the markings by Count Christian Ernst of Weraigerode in his private copy, no less than 536 by Rube. The earliest appeared in Luppius's Andächtig Singender Christen-Mund, Wesel, 1692, and the Geistreiches Gesang-Buch, Darmstadt, 1698…. Many of his hymns are excellent, thoughtful, good in style, and warm in feeling. Of Rube's hymns those which have passed into English are:— i. Der am Kreuz ist was ich meine, Und sonst nichts in aller Welt. Passiontide. The older hymn beginning "Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe, Meine Lieb ist Jesus Christ" is first found in Ahasuerus Fritsch's Jesus-Lieder, 1668, No. 21, and is probably by Fritsch. It is quite different from Rube's hymn and has not been tr. into English. The translations from Rube are (1) "Him on yonder cross I love," by Miss Winkworth, 1858, p. 33, repeated in Schaff's Christ in Song, 1869, p. 189. (2) "More than all the world beside," by R. Massie in his Lyra Domestica, 1864, p. 122, and thence in Reid's Praise Book, 1872. ii. Der Herr bricht ein zu Mitternacht. Second Advent. Sometimes erroneously ascribed to N. L. von Zinzendorf. Translated as:— The Lord shall come in dead of night. iii. Schlaf sanft und wohl! schlaf liebes Kind. Cradle Hymn…It is worthy of attention as being one of the finest hymns of its class. Tr. as:— Sleep well, my Dear! sleep safe and free! [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --exerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)