THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 379
Hymn 721. O crucified, triumphant Lord !
W. M. BUNTING (249). Baptismal Hymn. Eph. iv. 5 ; Acts xvi. 33.
Hymn 722. Lord of all, with pure intent.
CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns on the Four Gospels (left in MS.); Works^ xi. 119. They brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him, &c. Luke ii. 22. The original is written in the singular
Ver. I. From his tendcrest infancy. Ver. 2. Jesus, in my infant dwell.
Hymn 723. Blessed Jesus, here we stand.
Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737) ; translated by Miss Winkworth (19).
1 Liebster Jesu wir sind hicr Deinem Worte nachzulebcn appeared in his Hfilige Flammen, 1709, entitled Seasonable Reflections of the Sponsors on their way with the Child to Baptism.
Miss Winkworth s translation, which omits two stanzas of the original, is in her Lyra Gcrrnanica, and Series, 1858.
Schmolck was the son of a Lutheran pastor in Silesia. After his return from the Gymnasium at Lauban in 1688, he preached a sermon which so impressed the patron of his father s living, that he made him an allowance to become a theological student at Leipzig. He became his father s assistant, and in 1702 Lutheran pastor at Schwcidnitz, where he spent the rest of his life. His exhausting labours brought on a stroke of paralysis seven years before his death. By the peace of West phalia (1648), Schweidnitz was allowed only one Lutheran church outside the walls, built of timber and clay, with no tower or bells. Its three clergy had to care for thirty-six villages, and could not give the Sacrament to a sick person without permission from the Roman Catholic priest.
Schmolck was a popular preacher, a zealous pastor, and a man of great tact and discretion. His devotional books spread his fame over Germany. He became the most popular hymn- writer of his day. Besides cantatas and occasional pieces, he
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