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Hvordan takke vi vor Herre
Author: Brorson Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftengudstjeneste - Til Tredje Tekstrækkes Epistel; Anden Juledag Til Høimesse -Til Tredje Teksxtækkes Evangelium; Anden Juledag Til Høimesse Lyrics: 1 Hvordan takke vi vor Herre,
For han gav sin Søn herned?
Mange skjønne lidt, desværre,
Paa saa stor en Kjærlighed;
Deres onde Syndelyst
Dække de med Naadens Trøst,
Vil af Jesus intet lære,
Og dog sande Kristne være.
2 Vistnok ingen Sjæl fordømmes,
Naar man paa sin Jesus tror,
Naadens Kilde aldrig tømmes,
Naaden er og bliver stor;
Men det er en afsagt Dom,
Siden Jesus til os kom,
Skal man sig fra SYnden vende,
Eller ogsaa evig brænde.
3 At du vil i dine Lyster
Fare fort, som du er van,
Og dig dog ved Jesus trøster,
Gaar i Evighed ei an.
Kjære Hjerte, Et af To:
Enten udi Bøn og Tro
Syndens Vei at fly og hade,
Eller lide Sjæleskade.
4 Lyset er i Verden kommet;
Veed du ogsaa om du tror?
Har du nogen Tid fornummet,
At din Jesus i dig bor?
Har hans Naade-Straalers Kraft
I din Sjæl sin Virkning havt?
Kan du i dit Hjerte finde,
At der er et Lys derinde?
5 Hvordan gaar man dog og drømmer
Udi saadan vigtig Sag,
Og i Sikkerhed forsømmer
Naadens dyrbare Dag!
Sagen burde vides vist,
Mens der end er Bedrings Frist.
Evig, Evighedens Tanke
Bør jo vore Sanser sanke.
6 Bort, du Syndens fæle Taage,
Satans helvedsorte Magt!
Det er Tid engang at vaage
Og at passe paa sin Vagt;
Det er Tid at sanse Vel
Og at sørge for sin Sjæl;
Det er Tid at forekomme
Herrens grumme Vredes Domme.
7 Gud, som Lyset lod opklare
Udi Naadens blide Aar,
Vil og ingenlunde spare
Den, som dette Lys forsmaar.
Vil du vende Ryggen til,
Gud dig fra sig støde vil;
Den, som ei vil Lyset kjende,
Han skal sig paa Lyset brænde.
8 Lad din Naades glans oprinde,
Søde Jesus, at jeg maa
Derved altid Veien finde,
Som jeg bør at vandre paa!
Vær min Formand, at jeg ei
Kommer paa den brede Vei,
Eller fra dit Fodspor viger,
Til jeg ind i Himlen stiger.
Hvordan takke vi vor Herre
Alle Ting er underlige
Author: Kingo Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Anden Juledag Til Høimesse; Anden Juledag Til Hoimesse Lyrics: 1 Alle Ting er underlige,
Ingen kan det granske ud,
At Gud vil til Jorden stige
For at feste sig en Brud.
Han har brudt sin Himmelsal,
Ligger ned i Jordens Dal,
Til sit eget Folk han tragter,
Dog de ham kun lidet agter.
2 Himlens Ære, Liv og Naade
Fører dette Barn til Jord,
Salighed og evig Baade
I hans Barm og Hjerte bor.
O, lyksaligt er det Sted,
Hvor han setter sine Fjed!
O, det Hjerte saligt bliver,
Som sig til hans Bolig giver!
3 Fædrene var snart forgræmmed',
Førend du, min Jesu, kom;
Der du kom, da blev du fremmed,
Saadan vendtes Bladet om,
Dig dit eget Folk forskjød,
Og slet ingen Ære bød,
Neppe fik du Lov at ligge
Som et Barn, der gaar at tigge.
4 Naadesolen af dit Øie
Snarer' ei paa Jorden stak,
Førend Misgunst, Had og Møie
Blev din allerførste Tak.
Satan, som om Lande løb,
Vilde i dit Barnesvøb
Dræbe dig, alt om han kunde,
Før der kom dig Ord af Munde.
5 Blandt din' Egne var der ikke
En af Ti, som kjendte dig,
Men de Fleste vilde stikke
Efter dig forræderlig.
Dine Tjenere de slog,
Myrded, hudstrøg og forjog,
Stødte, stened og bespotted,
Og mod dig sig sammenrotted.
6 Du til deres Barm dig lagde,
Fattig af en Jomfru fød;
Dermed du dog dem mishag'de,
Haan og Spot til Tak de bød.
Satan, Sygdom, Sorg og Synd
Drev og lægte du med Fynd,
Men din Løn blev Had og Avind,
Tornekrone, Kors og Glavind.
7 Ræven i sin Lure-Hule
Haver mere Sikkerhed,
Ja paa Kvisten vilde Fugle,
End som du paa Jorden veed.
Blandt din egen Folkefærd
Er saa Faa, der har dig kjær;
Hedninger de dig annamme,
Og gjør Jøderne tilskamme.
8 Hjerte Jesu, er din Lykke
Blandt dit eget Folk saa slet,
Kom du da, min Sjæles Smykke,
Jeg vil afstaa al min Ret
Til mig selv, og give mig,
Kjære, søde Jesu, dig!
Mig vil jeg dig ganske give,
At du min igjen vil blive!
9 Sjælen den er dog din egen,
Kroppen dannede din Haand;
Derfor er din Ret saa megen
Baade til min Krop og Aand.
Tag mig da, besid mig heel,
Du min Sjæles ganske Deel,
I dit Kors og i din Ære
Lad mig din Livegen være!
Alle Ting er underlige
Den yndigste Rose er funden
Author: Brorson Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Anden Juledag Til Høimesse Lyrics: 1 Den yndigste Rose er funden
Blandt stiveste Torner oprunden,
Vor Jesus, den deiligste Pode,
Blandt syndige Mennesker grode.
2 Alt siden vi tabte den Ære,
Guds Billedes Frugter at bære,
Var Verden forvildet og øde,
Vi alle i Synden bortdøde.
3 Som Tidsler ei mere kan due
End kastes i brændende Lue,
Saa tjente ei Verden til andet,
End vorde til Ilden forbandet.
4 Da lod gud en Rose opskyde,
Og Sæden omsider frembryde,
At rense og ganske forsøde
Vor Vekstes fordærvede Grøde.
5 Saa blomstrer Guds Kirke med Ære,
Og yndige Frugter kan bære,
Thi Jesus dens Grøde opliver,
Og Vædske i Veksterne giver.
6 Al Verden nu burde sig fryde,
Med Salmer mangfoldig udbryde,
Men Mangen har aldrig fornummet,
At Rosen i Verden er kommet.
7 Forhærdede Sjæle, som blive
Som torner og Tidsler saa stive,
Hvi holde I eder saa ranke
I Stoltheds frodærvede Tanke?
8 Ak, søger de nederste Steder,
I Støvet for Frelseren græder!
Saa faa I vor Jesus i Tale,
Thi Roserne vokse i Dale.
9 Nu, Jesus, du stedse skal være
Mit Smykke, min Rose og Ære,
Du ganske mig Hjerte indtager,
Din Sødhed jeg finder og smager.
10 Min Rose mig smykker og pryder,
Min Rose mig glæder og fryder,
De giftige Lyster den døder,
Og Korset saa liflig forføder.
11 Lad Verden mig al Ting fratage,
Lad Tornene rive og nage,
Lad Hjertet kun daane og briste,
Min Rose jeg aldrig vil miste.
Den yndigste Rose er funden
[Gud Faders Søn enbaarne]
Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Anden Juledag Til Hoimesse Tune Sources: Erfurter Enchiridion, 1524 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11321 76342 32111 Used With Text: Gud Faders Søn enbaarne
[Gud Faders Søn enbaarne]
[Kom du Folke-Frelser sand]
Appears in 119 hymnals Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftensang Tune Sources: Græsk Mel. fra 4 Aarh Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 11732 12113 43453 Used With Text: Kom du Folke-Frelser sand
[Kom du Folke-Frelser sand]
[Af Høiheden oprunden er]
Appears in 351 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. Nicolai Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftensang Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 15315 66556 71766 Used With Text: Af Høiheden oprunden er
[Af Høiheden oprunden er]
Hvordan takke vi vor Herre
Author: Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #151 (1919) Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftengudstjeneste - Til Tredje Tekstrækkes Epistel; Anden Juledag Til Høimesse -Til Tredje Teksxtækkes Evangelium; Anden Juledag Til Høimesse Lyrics: 1 Hvordan takke vi vor Herre,
For han gav sin Søn herned?
Mange skjønne lidt, desværre,
Paa saa stor en Kjærlighed;
Deres onde Syndelyst
Dække de med Naadens Trøst,
Vil af Jesus intet lære,
Og dog sande Kristne være.
2 Vistnok ingen Sjæl fordømmes,
Naar man paa sin Jesus tror,
Naadens Kilde aldrig tømmes,
Naaden er og bliver stor;
Men det er en afsagt Dom,
Siden Jesus til os kom,
Skal man sig fra SYnden vende,
Eller ogsaa evig brænde.
3 At du vil i dine Lyster
Fare fort, som du er van,
Og dig dog ved Jesus trøster,
Gaar i Evighed ei an.
Kjære Hjerte, Et af To:
Enten udi Bøn og Tro
Syndens Vei at fly og hade,
Eller lide Sjæleskade.
4 Lyset er i Verden kommet;
Veed du ogsaa om du tror?
Har du nogen Tid fornummet,
At din Jesus i dig bor?
Har hans Naade-Straalers Kraft
I din Sjæl sin Virkning havt?
Kan du i dit Hjerte finde,
At der er et Lys derinde?
5 Hvordan gaar man dog og drømmer
Udi saadan vigtig Sag,
Og i Sikkerhed forsømmer
Naadens dyrbare Dag!
Sagen burde vides vist,
Mens der end er Bedrings Frist.
Evig, Evighedens Tanke
Bør jo vore Sanser sanke.
6 Bort, du Syndens fæle Taage,
Satans helvedsorte Magt!
Det er Tid engang at vaage
Og at passe paa sin Vagt;
Det er Tid at sanse Vel
Og at sørge for sin Sjæl;
Det er Tid at forekomme
Herrens grumme Vredes Domme.
7 Gud, som Lyset lod opklare
Udi Naadens blide Aar,
Vil og ingenlunde spare
Den, som dette Lys forsmaar.
Vil du vende Ryggen til,
Gud dig fra sig støde vil;
Den, som ei vil Lyset kjende,
Han skal sig paa Lyset brænde.
8 Lad din Naades glans oprinde,
Søde Jesus, at jeg maa
Derved altid Veien finde,
Som jeg bør at vandre paa!
Vær min Formand, at jeg ei
Kommer paa den brede Vei,
Eller fra dit Fodspor viger,
Til jeg ind i Himlen stiger.
Languages: Norwegian
Hvordan takke vi vor Herre
Vorder Lys, I Hedninglande!
Author: Johan Rist; Landstad Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #195 (1919) Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftengudstjeneste - Til Anden Tekstrækkes Lektie; Anden Juledag Til Høimesse -Til Tredje Teksxtækkes Evangelium Lyrics: 1 Vorder Lys, I Hedninglande!
Og Jerusalem, bliv klar!
Se nu op og lær at sande,
Hvilken Naades Dag du har!
Vaagner alle, værer glade,
Som i Dødens Mørke sade!
2 Stor var Hedenskabets Vaade,
Ingensteds var Rednings-Borg,
Ingen kjendte Herrens Naade,
Smaa og Store sad i Sorg;
Alle maatte dø og daane,
Ingen havde Lys at laane.
3 Nu, opgangen af det Høie
Løfter over os sit Skin,
Vil vi os til Lyset bøie,
Suge hver en Straale ind,
Saa det lysner i vort Hjerte,
Fødes Fred af Angers Smerte.
4 Gid du vilde her forblive,
Søde Jesus, Dag og Nat,
Alt det Mørke bort at drive,
Som vor Sjæl i Skræk har sat!
Lad ei mørkne vore Veie,
Helved intet hos os eie!
5 Løft, o Jesus, naar det nattes,
Over os dit Aasyn mild,
Lad os ikke Trøsten fattes,
Naar os brænder Korsets Ild!
Lad os kjærlig med hverandre
I dit Lys som Brødre vandre!
6 Giv os sang Troes-Styrke,
Gjør os ved din Aand bered
Dig at elske, i din Kirke
Her at bo med Trøst og Fred,
Og, hvor du os sidst vil hyse,
Klarere end Stjerne lyse!
Languages: Norwegian
Vorder Lys, I Hedninglande!
Af Høiheden oprunder er
Author: Fillip Nicolai; Hans Sthen; Landstad Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #140 (1919) Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftengudstjeneste - Til Anden Tekstrækkes Lektie Lyrics: 1 Af Høiheden oprunden er
En Morgenstjerne klar og skjær
Af Sandhed og af Naade;
Du Jesse Rod og Davids Kvist,
Min Hjertens Brudgom, Jesus Krist,
Mig fryder overmaade!
Liflig, Venlig,
Mild og kjærlig,
Stor og herlig,
Rig paa Gaver,
Lys og Liv i dig jeg haver.
2 Eia, min Skat og Krone skjøn,
Guds og Jomfru Marias Søn,
O du høibaarne Konning!
Du Lilje i mit Hjerte-Skrin,
Dit hellig' Ord og Hilsen din
Er sød kom Melk og Honning.
Guds Blomst
Din Komst,
Hosianna!
Himlens Manna
Vi fornemme,
Aldrig kan jeg dig forglemme.
3 Du klare Ædelstenen min,
Lad skinne i mit Hjerte ind
Din Ild og Elskovs Flamme,
Gud glæde mig og give vist,
Jeg være maa en Livsens Kvist
Alt paa dit Legems Stamme!
Til dig
Saart mig
Længes komme,
Himlens Blomme!
Suk jeg sender,
Rækker til dig Hu og Hænder!
4 Min Sjæl i Gud da fryder sig,
Naar du til mig ser mildelig
Med dig Miskundheds Øie.
O Herre Krist, hvor du er god,
Dit Ord, din Aand, dit Legem, Blod
Mig Salighed tilføie!
Drag mig,
Tag mig,
Giv mig Arme
Naadens Varme!
Jeg er Bruden,
Paa dit Ord jeg kommer buden.
5 Gud Fader min i Himmerig,
Før Verden var, du elskte mig
Udi din Søn den kjære,
Og han har selv jo valgt mig ud,
Og han er Brudgom, jeg er Brud,
O Herre Gud, for Ære!
Eia, Eia!
Himlens Glæder
Jeg tiltræder,
Snart han fører
Bruden hjem, som ham tilhører!
6 Stem op, og syng en Brudesang!
Lad Strengeleg og Harpeklang
Af Hjertens Lyst nu lyde,
Thi med min Jesus skal jeg gaa,
Og ham til Brudgom skal jeg faa,
Det skal mig evig fryde!
Synger, Leger,
Jubilerer,
Triumferer,
Naaber Kjære:
Stor er Herren til Guds Ære!
7 Hvor hjerteglad er jeg da nu!
Mig Et og Alt er Jesus, du,
Mit Ophav og min Ende;
Mig vil du dag jo til din Pris
Optage i dit Paradis,
Thi klapper jeg i Hænde!
Amen, Amen!
Kom min glæde!
Jeg er rede,
Dryg ei længe,
Al min Hu ved dig mon hænge.
Languages: Norwegian
Af Høiheden oprunder er
Johann Rist
1607 - 1667 Person Name: Johan Rist Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftengudstjeneste - Til Anden Tekstrækkes Lektie; Anden Juledag Til Høimesse -Til Tredje Teksxtækkes Evangelium Author of "Vorder Lys, I Hedninglande!" in Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika Rist, Johann, son of Kaspar Rist, pastor at Ottensen, near Hamburg, was born at Ottensen, March 8, 1607, and from his birth was dedicated to the ministry. After passing through the Johanneum at Hamburg and the Gymnasium Illustre at Bremen, he matriculated, in his 21st year, at the University of Rinteln, and there, under Josua Stegmann (q. v.), he received an impulse to hymn-writing. On leaving Rinteln he acted as tutor to the sons of a Hamburg merchant, accompanying them to the University of Rostock, where he himself studied Hebrew, Mathematics and also Medicine.
During his residence at Rostock the terrors, of the Thirty Years War almost emptied the University, and Rist himself also lay there for weeks ill of the pestilence. After his recovery he seems to have spent some time at Hamburg, and then, about Michaelmas, 1633, became tutor in the house of the lawyer (Landschreiber) Heinrich Sager, at Heide, in Holstein. There he betrothed himself to Elizabeth, sister of the Judge Franz Stapfel, whose influence seems to have had a good deal to do with Rist's appointment as pastor at Wedel. In the spring of 1635 he married and settled at Wedel (on the Elbe, a few miles below Hamburg), where, spite of various offers of preferment, he remained till his death, on Aug. 31, 1667. (Johann Rist und seine Zeit, by Dr. T. Hansen, Halle, 1872; K. Goedeke's Grundriss, vol. iii., 1887, p. 79; Koch, iii., 212; Bode, p. 135, &c. The statements of the various authorities regarding the period 1624-1635 vary greatly and irreconcilably.)
During the Thirty Years War Rist had much to endure from famine, plundering, and pestilence. Otherwise he led a patriarchal and happy life at Wedel, close to the congenial society of Hamburg, and as years went on more and more esteemed and honoured by his contemporaries. The Emperor Ferdinand III. crowned him as a poet in 1644, and in 1653 raised him to the nobility, while nearer home Duke Christian of Mecklenburg appointed him Kirchenrath and Consistorialrath. Among other literary honours he was received in 1645 as a member of the Pegnitz Order, and in 1647 as a member of the Fruitbearing Society, the great German literary union of the 17th century; while in 1660 he himself became the founder and head of the Elbe Swan Order, which however did not survive his death.
Rist was an earnest pastor and a true patriot. He of course took the side, and that with all his might, of the Protestants, but he longed as few did for the union of the scattered elements of the body politic in Germany. He was a voluminous and many-sided writer (see the full bibliographies in Hansen and Goedeke as above). His secular works are of great interest to the student of the history of the times, and his occasional poems on marriages, &c, to the genealogist and local historian. Perhaps the most interesting to the general reader are the Friede wünschende Teutschland, 1647, and the Friedejauchzende Teutschland, 1653, two plays in which there are vivid pictures of the times, especially of the condition of the lower classes during the Thirty Years War. These plays, with selections from his other secular poems and from his hymns, are included in his Dichtungen, Leipzig, 1885, edited by Goedeke and E. Goetze. Hansen gives analyses of the secular works, with a few extracts from them; and in his second part gives a full selection from the hymns, often however greatly abridged.
As a hymn-writer Rist takes high rank. He wrote some 680 hymns, intended to cover the whole ground of Theology, and to be used by all ranks and classes, and on all the occasions of life. Naturally enough they are not of equal merit, and many are poor and bombastic. Rist meant them rather for private use than for public worship, and during his lifetime they were never used in the church at Wedel. But they were eagerly caught up, set to melodies by the best musicians of the day, and speedily passed into congregational use all over Germany, while even the Roman Catholics read them with delight. Over 200 may be said to have been in common use in Germany, and a large number still hold their place. Unfortunately many are very long. But speaking of Rist's better productions, we may say that their noble and classical style, their objective Christian faith, their scriptualness, their power to console, to encourage, and to strengthen in trust upon God's Fatherly love, and their fervent love to the Saviour (especially seen in the best of his hymns for Advent, and for the Holy Communion), sufficiently justify the esteem in which they were, and are, held in Germany. The best known of Rist's hymns appeared in the following collections:—
(1) Himlischs Lieder. This contains 50 hymns. The Erste Zehen is dated Lüneburg, 1641, the 2-6 Zehen are dated 1642 [Royal Library, Berlin]. In the later editions Rist made various alterations, and also expanded the titles of the hymns, these changes being almost all for the worse. (2) Neüer himlischer Lieder sonderbahres Buch, Lüneburg, 1651 [Wernigerode Library]. 50 hymns. (3) Sabbahtische Seelenlust, Lüneburg, 1651 [British Museum and Göttingen]. With 58 hymns on the Gospels for Sundays, &c. (4) Frommer und gottseliger Christen alltägliche Haussmusik, Lüneburg, 1654 [Brit. Mus. and Göttingen], with 70 hymns. (5) Neüe musikalische Fest-Andachten, Lüneburg, 1655 [Wernigerode]. With 52 hymns on the Sunday Gospels. (6) Neüe musikalische Katechismus Andachten, Lüneburg, 1656 [British Museum and Wernigerode]. With 50 hymns.
Seven of Rist's hymns are separately noted under their German first lines.
The others which have passed into English are:--
i. Du Lebensbrod, Herr Jesu Christ. Holy Communion. In his Haussmusik, 1654, No. 7, p. 32, in 8 stanzas of 8 lines, entitled "A devotional hymn, which may be sung when the people are about to take their place at the Holy Communion of the Lord." Founded on Ps. xxiii. Included as No. 473 in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863. Translated as:—
Lord Jesu Christ, the living bread. A good translaton of stanzas i., ii., iii., v., by A. T. Russell, as No. 159 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851.
ii. Ehr und Dank sei dir gesungen. On the Angels. In his Fest-Andachten, 1655, No. 46, p. 304, in 9 stanzas of 10 lines, entitled "Another hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving on the same Gospel [S. Matt, xviii.] for St. Michael's Day. In which the great God who created the Angels, and appointed them for our service, is from the heart adored and praised." Included in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 1746, No. 219, and in Bunsen's Versuch, 1833, No. 233. The translations in common use are:—
1. Praise and thanks to Thee be sung. By Miss Winkworth, omitting st. iii.—vi., in her Lyra Germanica, 1st Ser., 1855, p. 205, repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 85.
2. Glory, praise, to Thee be sung. A translation of st. i. as No. 1224, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1886.
iii. Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist. Christmas. Founded on Isaiah ix. 2-7. First published in the Erstes Zehen of his Himlische Lieder, 1641, No. 1, p. 1, in 12 stanzas of 8 lines, entitled "A hymn of praise on the joyful Birth and Incarnation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." Included in Crüger's Praxis, 1656, No. 87, and recently, omitting st. viii., as No. 32 in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen 1851.
The translations in common use are:—
1. Be cheerful, thou my spirit faint. A translation of st. i. by J. Gambold, as No. 138 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754; repeated as st. i. of No. 437, altered to "Arise my spirit, leap with joy," and with his trs. of st. ii., iv., ix. added. In the edition of 1789, No. 46 (1886, No. 41), it begins, "Arise, my spirit, bless the day.”
2. O Jesu! welcome, gracious Name! This is a translation of st. ii., vi., xii., by A. T. Russell, as No. 55 in his Psalms & Hymns., 1851.
Another translation is "My languid spirit, upward spring." By N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 179.
iv. Gott sei gelobet, der allein. Joy in God. In his Neüer Himlischer Lieder 1651, p. 126, No. 9, in 13 stanzas of 7 lines, entitled “A joyful hymn of Thanksgiving to God, that He permits us to enjoy our daily bread in health, peace and prosperity, with a humble prayer that He would graciously preserve us in the same." Included in Olearius's Singe-Kunst, 1671, No. 322, and recently in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz 1850, No. 1696 (1865, No. 1766). The tr. in common use is:—
Now God be praised, and God alone . By Miss Winkworth, omitting st. iii., vi., viii., ix., in her Christian Singers, 1869, p. 192. Repeated, abridged, in Statham's Collection, Edinburgh, 1869, No. 63 (1870, No. 110).
v. Jesu, der du meine Seele. Lent. In the Erstes Zehen of his Himlische Lieder, 1641, p. 35, No. 7, in 12 stanzas of 8 lines, entitled "A heartfelt hymn of penitence to his most beloved Lord Jesus, for the forgiveness of his many and manifold sins." Founded on prayer viii. in Class in. of J. Arndt's Paradiesgärtlein, 1612. In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 382.
The translations in common use are:—-
1. Thou hast cancell'd my transgression. A translation of st. vi., viii., as No. 1022, in the Supplement of 1808 to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801 (1886, No. 107).
2. Jesu! Who in sorrow dying. A free translation of st. i., iii. lines 1-4, v. 11. 5-8, xii., by A. T. Russell, as No. 78 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851.
vi. 0 Jesu, meine Wonne. Holy Communion. This beautiful hymn appears in Rist's Hauss-musik, 1654, No. 9, p. 42, in 14 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "The heartfelt Thanksgiving of a pious Christian when he has partaken of the Holy Communion." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 285.
The translation in common use is:—
0 Sun of my salvation. A good tr. of st. i., iii., v., vi., by A. T. Russell, as No, 160 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851.
Another translation is:—
“0 Christ, my joy, my soul's delight." By Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 65.
vii. Werde licht, du Stadt der Heiden. Epiphany. In his Fest-Andachten , 1655, p. 82, No. 13, in 15 stanzas of 6 lines, entitled "Another festival hymn of the day of the Manifestation of Christ, in which the glorious, godlike, and eternal Light, which has graciously arisen on us poor heathen in thick darkness, is devotedly contemplated." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 82. Translated as:—
1. All ye Gentile lands awake. A good tr. of st. i.-iv., vi., vii., xiv. xv., by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 1st Ser., 1855, p. 30. Repeated, abridged, in Schaffs Christ in Song, 1869 aud 1870, and in Flett's Collection, Paisley, 1871.
2. Rise, O Salem, rise and shine. A good translation of stanzas i., iii., vii., xiv., xv., based on her Lyra Germanica version but altered in metre, by Miss Winkworth, in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 38. Repeated in J. L. Porter's Collection, 1876, and the Pennsylvania Lutheran Ch. Book, 1868.
viii. Wie wohl hast du gelabet. Holy Communion. In his Neüer Himlischer Lieder, 1651, p. 78, in 9 stanzas of 12 lines, entitled "A hymn of heartfelt Praise and Thanksgiving after the reception of the Holy Communion." In the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 291. The translation in common use is:—
O Living Bread from Heaven. A good tr., omitting st. iv., by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 103; repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 94, omitting the trsanslations of iii., v., vi. Her translations of st. i.-iii., ix. were included, slightly altered, in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Ch. Book, 1868. The following have also been tr. into English:—
ix. Heut ist das rechte Jubelfest. Whitsuntide. In his Fest-Andachten, 1655, p. 216, No. 33, in 12 stanzas, founded on the Gospel for Whitsunday (St. John xiv.). In Olearius's Singe-Kunst, 1671, No. 704, and Porst's Gesang-Buch, ed. 1855, No. 173. The text translation is that in Bunsen's Allgemeine Gesang-Buch, 1846, No. 114, where it begins with st. v., "Heut hat der grosse Himmeleherr." Translated as "This day sent forth His heralds bold." By Miss Cox, in the Churchman's Shilling Magazine, June 1867.
x. Ich will den Herren loben. Praise and Thanksgiving. Founded on Ps. xxxiv. In his Neüer Himlischer Lieder, 1651, p. 132 (No. 10 in pt. ii.), in 12 st. of 8 1. This form is in Burg's Gesang-Buch, Breslau, 174G, No. 1201. In his Haussmusik, 1654, p. 348, No. 64, Rist rewrote it to 6 stanzas of 12 lines, and of this form st. iv.-vi., beginning "Man lobt dich in der Stille, ed. 1863, No. 1018. The translation from this last text is "To Thee all praise ascendeth." In the British Herald, May 1866, p. 265, repeated in Reid's Praise Book, 1872. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Johann Rist
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Person Name: Ukj. Topics: Anden Juledag Til Hoimesse Translator of "Gud Faders Søn enbaarne" in M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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Philipp Nicolai
1556 - 1608 Person Name: F. Nicolai Topics: Anden Juledag Til Aftensang Author of "Af Høiheden oprunden er" in M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg Philipp Nicolai (b. Mengeringhausen, Waldeck, Germany, 1556; d. Hamburg, Germany, 1608) lived an eventful life–he fled from the Spanish army, sparred with Roman Catholic and Calvinist opponents, and ministered to plague-stricken congregations. Educated at Wittenberg University, he was ordained a Lutheran pastor in 1583 in the city of Herdecke. However, he was soon at odds with the Roman Catholic town council, and when Spanish troops arrived to reestablish Roman dominance, Nicolai fled. In 1588 he became chief pastor at Altwildungen and court preacher to Countess Argaretha of Waldeck. During that time Nicolai battled with Calvinists, who disagreed with him about the theology of the real presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper. These doctrinal controversies were renewed when he served the church in Unna, Westphalia. During his time as a pastor there, the plague struck twice, and Nicolai wrote both "How Bright Appears the Morning Star" and "Wake, Awake." Nicolai's last years were spent as Pastor of St. Katherine's Church in Hamburg.
Bert Polman
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Nicolai, Philipp, D.D., son of Dieterich Nicolai, sometime Lutheran pastor at Herdecke, in Westphalia, and after 1552, at Mengeringhausen in Waldeck, was born at Mengeringhausen, August 10, 1556. (The father was son of Nicolaus Rafflenbol, of Rafflenbol, near Hagen, in Westphalia, and in later life had adopted the Latinised form Nicolai of his father's Christian name as his own surname.) In 1575 Nicolai entered the University of Erfurt, and in 1576 he went to Wittenberg. After completing his University course in 1579 (D.D. at Wittenberg July 4, 1594), he lived for some time at Volkliardinghausen, near Mengeringhausen, and frequently preached for his father. In August, 1583, he was appointed Lutheran preacher at Herdecke, but found many difficulties there, the members of the Town Council being Roman Catholics. After the invasion by the Spanish troops in April, 1586, his colleague re-introduced the Mass, and Nicolai resigned his post. In the end of 15S6 he was appointed diaconus at Niederwildungen, near Waldeck, and in 1587 he became pastor there. He then became, in Nov. 1588, chief pastor at Altwildungen, and also court preacher to the widowed Countess Margafetha of Waldeck, and tutor to her son, Count Wilhelm Ernst. Here he took an active part on the Lutheran side in the Sacramentarian controversy, and was, in Sept. 1592, inhibited from preaching by Count Franz of Waldeck, but the prohibition was soon removed, and in the Synod of 1593 held at Mengeringhausen, he found all the clergy of the principality of Waldeck willing to agree to the Formula of Concord.
In October, 1596, he became pastor at Unna, in Westphalia, where he again became engaged in heated controversy with the Calvinists; passed through a frightful pestilence (see below); and then on Dec. 27, 1598, had to flee before the invasion of the Spaniards, and did not return till the end of April, 1599. Finally, in April 1601, he was elected chief pastor of St. Katherine's Church, at Hamburg, where he entered on his duties Aug. 6, 1601. On Oct. 22, 1608, he took part in the ordination of a colleague in the St. Katherine's Church, the diaconus Penshora, and returned home feeling unwell. A violent fever developed itself, under which he sank, and died Oct. 26, 1608 (D. Philipp Nicolai’s Leben und Lieder, by L. Curtze, 1859; Koch, ii. 324; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie xxiii. 607, &c).
In Hamburg Nicolai was universally esteemed, was a most popular and influential preacher, and was regarded as a "pillar" of the Lutheran church. In his private life he seems to have been most lovable and estimable. Besides his fame as a preacher, his reputation rests mainly on his hymns. His printed works are mostly polemical, often very violent and acrid in tone, and such as the undoubted sincerity of his zeal to preserve pure and unadulterated Lutheranism may explain, but cannot be said to justify. Of his hymns only four seem to have been printed.
Three of Nicolai's hymns were first published in his devotional work entitled Frewden-Spiegel dess ewigen Lebens, published at Frankfurt-am-Main, 1599 (see further below). The two noted here ("Wachet auf” and “Wie schon") rank as classical and epoch-making. The former is the last of the long series of Watchmen's Songs. The latter marks the transition from the objective churchly period to the more subjective and experimental period of German hymn writing; and begins the long series of Hymns of Love to Christ as the Bridegroom of the Soul, to which Franck and Scheffler contributed such beautiful examples. Both are also worthy of note for their unusual and perfect rhythms, and for their splendid melodies.
They are:—
i. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Eternal Life. This beautiful hymn, one of the first rank, is founded on St. Matt. xxv. 1-13; Rev. xix. 6-9, and xxi. 21; 1 Cor. ii. 9; Ezek. iii. 17; and Is. lii. 8. It first appeared in the Appendix to his Frewden-Spiegel, 1599, in 3 st. of 10 1., entitled "Of the Voice at Midnight, and the Wise Virgins who meet their Heavenly Bridegroom. Matt. 25." Thence in Wackernagel v. p. 259, the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 690, and most German collections.
It is a reversed acrostic, W. Z. G. for the Graf zu Waldeck, viz. his former pupil Count Wilhelm Ernst, who died at Tübingen Sept. 16, 1598, in his fifteenth year. It seems to have been written in 1597 at Unna, in Wesphalia, where Nicolai was then pastor; and during the terrible pestilence which raged there from July, 1597, to January, 1598, to which in July 300, in one week in August 170, and in all over 1300 fell victims. Nicolai's parsonage overlooked the churchyard, and there daily interments took place, often to the number of thirty. In these days of distress, when every household was in mourning, Nicolai's thoughts turned to Death, and thence to God in Heaven, and to the Eternal Fatherland. Jn the preface (dated Aug. 10, 1598) to his Frewden-Spiegel he says: "There seemed to me nothing more sweet, delightful and agreeable, than the contemplation of the noble, sublime doctrine of Eternal Life obtained through the Blood of Christ. This I allowed to dwell in my heart day and night, and searched the Scriptures as to what they revealed on this matter, read also the sweet treatise of the ancient doctor Saint Augustine [De Civitate Dei].
..... Then day by day I wrote out my meditations, found myself, thank God! wonderfully well, comforted in heart, joyful in spirit, and truly content; gave to my manuscript the name and title of a Mirror of Joy, and took this so composed Frewden-Spiegel to leave behind me (if God should call me from this world) as the token of my peaceful, joyful, Christian departure, or (if God should spare me in health) to comfort other sufferers whom He should also visit with the pestilence .... Now has the gracious, holy God most mercifully preserved me amid the dying from the dreadful pestilence, and wonderfully spared me beyond all my thoughts and hopes, so that with the Prophet David I can say to Him "0 how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee," &c.
The hymn composed under these circumstances (it may be stated that Curtze thinks both hymns were written in 1596, while Nicolai was still at Alt-Wildungen) soon became popular, and still retains its place, though often altered in the 3rd stanza. Probably the opening lines;
"Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme Der Wachter sehr hoch auf der Zinne" are borrowed from one of the Wächter-Lieder, a form of lyric popular in the Middle Ages, introduced by Wolfram von Eschenbach. (See K. Goedeke's Deutsche Dichtung im Mittelalter, 1871, p. 918.) But while in the Songs the voice of the Watchman from his turret summons the workers of darkness to flee from discovery, with "Nicolai it is a summons to the children of light to awaken to their promised reward and full felicity.
The melody appeared first along with the hymn, and is also apparently by Nicolai, though portions of it (e.g. 1. 1 by the Gregorian Fifth Tone) may have been suggested by earlier tunes. It has been called the King of Chorales, and by its majestic simplicity and dignity it well deserves the title. Since its use by Mendelssohn in his St. Paul it has become well known in England, and, in its original form, is given in Miss Winkworth's Chorale Book for England, 1863 (see below).
Translations in common use:—
1. Sleepers wake, a voice is calling. This is an unrhymed translation of st. i. by W. Ball in his book of words to Mendelssohn's oratorio of St. Paul, 1836. This form is in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, and others. In the South Place [London] Collection, 1873, it is a recast by A. J. Ellis, but opens with the same first line. In the Parish Hymn Book, 1875, a translation of st. ii., also unrhymed, is added.
2. "Wake ye holy maidens, wake ye. A good translation contributed by Philip Pusey to A. R. Reinagle's Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Oxford, 1840, p. 134. It was considerably altered, beginning "Wake, ye holy maidens, fearing" in the Salisbury Hymn Book, 1857, and this is repeated, with further alterations, in Kennedy, 1863, and the Sarum Hymnal, 1868.
3. Wake, arise! the call obeying. A good translation by A. T. Russell, as No. 110 in the Dalston Hospital Hymn Book 1848.
4. Wake, oh wake; around are flying. This is a recast, by A. T. Russell, not for the better, from his 1848 translation, as No. 268 in his Psalms & Hymns. 1851, st. iii. being omitted. Thence, unaltered, in the New Zealand Hymnal, 1872.
5. Wake, awake, for night is flying. A very good translation by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Ser., 1858, p. 225, repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 200, with st. ii., 11. 7, 8, rewritten. Included in the English Presbyterian Psalms & Hymns, 1867; Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal, 1876, &c.; and in America, in Laudes Domini, 1884, and others. In the Cantate Domino, Boston, U. S., 1859, it begins "Awake, awake, for night is flying."
6. Wake! the startling watch-cry pealeth. By Miss Cox, in Lyra Messianica, 1864, p. 4, and her Hymns from the German, 1864, p. 27; repeated in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church and Home, 1873. The version in J. L. Porter's Collection, 1876, takes st. i., 11. 1-4 from Miss Cox. The rest is mainly from R. C. Singleton's translation in the Anglican Hymn Book, but borrows lines also from Miss Winkworth, and from the Hymnary text.
7. Wake! the watchman's voice is sounding. By R. C.Singleton. This is No. 259 in the Anglican Hymn Book, 1868, where it is marked as a "versification by R. C. Singleton, 1867."
8. Wake, awake, for night is flying. This is by Canon W. Cooke, in the Hymnary, 1871, and signed A. C. C. In the edition of 1872, 11. 7, 8 of st. ii. are recast, and the whole is marked as " based on E. A. Dayman." It is really a cento, four lines of the 1872 text (i., 1. 5; ii., 11. 7, 8; iii., 1. 9) being by Canon Cooke; and the rest being adapted from the versions of P. Pusey as altered in the Sarum Hymnal, of Miss Winkworth, of Miss Cox, and of R. C. Singleton. It may be regarded as a success, and as passed into the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871; the 1874 Appendix to the New Congregational Hymn Book; Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, and others.
9. Wake, arise! the voice is calling. This is an anonymous translation in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880.
10. Slumberers, wake, the Bridegroom cometh. A spirited version, based on Miss Winkworth (and with an original st. as iv.), by J. H. Hopkins in his Carols, Hymns & Songs, 3rd ed., 1882. p. 88, and dated 1866. Repeated in the Hymnal Companion (Reformed Episcopal) Philadelphia, U.S., 1885.
Other translations are:—
(1) “Awake, the voice is crying." In Lyra Davidica, 1108, p. 73. (2) "Awake! awake! the watchman calls." By Miss Fry, 1845, p. 33. (3) "Hark! the trump of God is sounding." By Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 269. This is from the altered form by F. G. Klopstock, in his Geistliche Lieder, 1758, p. 246, as further altered in Zollikofer's Gesang-Buch, 1766, No. 303, where it begins "Wachet auf! so ruft." (4) "Awake, arise, the voice gives warning." In the United Presbyterian Juvenile Missionary Magazine, 1857, p. 193; repeated in 1859, p. 171, beginning, “Awake, arise, it is the warning." (5) “Waken! From the tower it soundeth." By Mrs. Bevan, 1858, p. 1. (6) Up! awake! his summons hurried." By J. D.Burns, in the Family Treasury, 1860, p. 84, and his Memoir & Remains, 1869, p. 234.
11. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, Voll Gnad und Wahrheit von dem Herrn. Love to Christ. First published in theAppendix to his Frewden-Spiegel, 1599, in 7 stanzas of 10 lines entitled "A spiritual bridal song of the believing soul concerning Jesus Christ, her heavenly Bridegroom, founded on the 45th Psalm of the prophet David." Lauxmann, in Koch, viii. 271, thus gives an account of it as written during the Pestilence of 1597. He says Nicola was
"One morning in great distress and tribulation in his quiet study. He rose in spirit from the distress and death which surrounded him to his Redeemer and Saviour, and while he clasped Him in ardent love there welled forth from the inmost depths of his heart this precious hymn of the Saviour's love and of the joys of Heaven. He was so entirely absorbed in this holy exaltation that he forgot all around him, even his midday meal, and allowed nothing to disturb him in his poetical labours till the hymn was completed "—-three hours after midday.
As Nicolai was closely connected with Waldeck he formed with the initial letters of his stanzas the acrostic W. E. G. U. H. Z. W., viz. Wilhelm Ernst Graf Und Herr Zn Waldeck— his former pupil.
The hymn has reminiscences of Eph. v., of Canticles, and of the Mediaeval Hymns to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It became at once a favourite in Germany, was reckoned indispensable at weddings, was often sung around death beds, &c. The original form is in Wackernagel v. p. 258, and the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 437; but this (as will be seen by comparing Miss Winkworth's version of 1869) is hardly suited for present day congregational use. In Bunsen's Versuch, 1833, No. 554, it is slightly altered. The form in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz, 1837, No. 2074 (1865, No. 1810) is a recast by Knapp made on Jan. 14, 1832, and published in his Christoterpe, 1833, p. 285, preceded by a recast of "Wachet auf!"; both being marked as “rewritten according to the requirements of our times."
The popularity of the hymn was greatly aided by its beautiful chorale (named by Mr. Mercer, Frankfort), which has been called "The Queen of Chorales," and to which many city chimes in Germany were soon set. It was published with the hymn, and is probably an original tune by Nicolai, though portions may have been suggested by earlier melodies, especially by the "Resonet in laudibus," which is probably of the 14th cent. (Bäumker i., No. 48, cites it from the Obsequiale, Ingolstadt, 1570. In Alton's Congregational Psalmist named Arimathea).
Translations in common use:—
1. How bright appears the Morning Star! This is a full and fairly close version by J. C. Jacobi, in his Psalter Germanica, 1722, p. 90 (1732, p. 162); repeated, with alterations, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754, pt. i., No. 317 (1886, No. 360). The versions of st. v., vii. beginning, "The Father from eternity," are included in Aids to the Service of Song, Edinburgh N.D., but since 1860. In 1855 Mercer gave in his The Church Psalter & Hymn Book., as No. 15, a hymn in 4 stanzas of 10 lines, of which five lines are exactly from Jacobi. St. i., l1. 1-3; ii., .11. 8, 9 ; iii., 11. 2, 3, 6 ; iv., 1. 10, are exactly; and i., 1. 9; ii., 11. 2, 3, 6, 10; iii., II. 1, 4, 5; iv., 11. 7, 9 are nearly from the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801. The interjected lines are by Mercer, but bear very slight resemblance either to Nicolai's original text, or to any version of the German that we have seen. In his 1859 edition he further recast it, leaving only the first line unaltered from Jacobi; and this form is in his Oxford edition, 1864, No. 121, in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1869 and 1873, and in the Hymnal Companion 1870 and 1876. In Kennedy, 1863, the text of 1859 is given with alterations, and begins "How brightly dawns the Morning Star;" and this form is in the People's Hymnal, 1867; Dale's English Hymn Book 1874, &c.
2. How graciously doth shine afar. By A. T. Russell, as No. 8 in the Dalston Hospital Hymn Book, 1848, and repeated in the Cheltenham College Hymn Book, No. 37. It is a free translation of st. i., vi., v.
3. How lovely shines the Morning Star! A good and full translation by Dr. H. Harbaugh (from the text in Dr. Schaff’s Deutsches Gesang-Buch, 1860), in the German Reformed Guardian, May, 1860, p. 157. Repeated in full in Schaff's Christ in Song, 1869, and abridged in Adams's Church Pastorals, Boston, U.S.A., 1864.
4. 0 Morning Star! how fair and bright. A somewhat free translation of st. i., iii., iv., vii., by Miss Winkworth, as No.149 in her Chorale Book for England, 1863. Repeated in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Book, 1868; Ohio Lutheran Hymnal,1880, &c.
5. How brightly shines the Morning Star, In truth and mercy from afar. A translation of st. i., iii., iv., vii., by Miss Borthwick, as No. 239 in Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864.
6. How brightly glows the Morning Star. In full, from Knapp's German recast, by M. W. Stryker, in his Hymns & Verses, 1883, p. 52; repeated, omitting st. ii., iv., in his Christian Chorals, 1885, No. 145.
Other translations are:—
(1) "How fairly shines the Morning Star." In Lyra Davidica, 1708, p. 40. (2) "As bright the star of morning gleams" (st. i.) By W. Bartholomew, in his book of words to Mendelssohn's oratorio of Christus, 1852, p. 11. (3) "How lovely now the Morning Star." By Miss Cox, 1864, p. 229. (4) "How beauteous shines the Morning Star." By Miss Burlingham, in the British Herald, Oct. 1865, p. 152, and Reid's Praise Book, 1872. (5) "0 Morning Star, how fair and bright." By MissWinkworth, 1869, p. 160. (6) "How bright appears our Morning Star." By J. H. Hopkins, in his Carols, Hymns and Songs, 3rd ed., 1882, p. 168, and dated 1866.
There are also three hymns in common use, which have generally been regarded as translations from Nicolai. They are noted as follows:—i. "Behold how glorious is yon sky" (see p. 127, ii.). ii. "How beautiful the Morning Star". iii. "How brightly shines the Morning Star! What eye descries it from afar". [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Philipp Nicolai
