Bartholomew Ringwaldt was born at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, in 1530, and was a Lutheran pastor at Langfield, in Prussia, where he died, 1598. His hymns resemble Luther's in their simplicity and power. Several of them were written to comfort himself and others in the sufferings they endured from famine, pestilence, fire and floods. In 1581, he published "Hymns for the Sundays and Festivals of the whole Year."
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >
Display Title: Lord Jesus Christ, my Sovereign Good Thou fountain of salvationFirst Line: Lord Jesus Christ, my Sovereign Good Thou fountain of salvationAuthor: Bartholomaeus RingwaldDate: 1813