Wer nur mit seinem Gott verreiset

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1 Wer nur mit seinem Gott verreiset,
der findet immer Bahn gemacht,
weil Er ihn lauter Wege weiset,
auf welchen stets Sein Auge wacht.
Hier gilt die Losung früh und spat:
Wohl dem, der Ihn zum Führer hat!

2 Wir reisen, Herr, in Deinem Namen.
Sei Du Gefährte, Weg und Stab!
Die Engel, die zu Jakob kamen,
send´auch zu unserm Schutz herab!
So ziehen wir im Frieden fort;
Gott ist mit uns, Gott unser Hort.

Source: Glaubenslieder #482

Author: Benjamin Schmolck

Schmolck, Benjamin, son of Martin Schmolck, or Schmolcke, Lutheran pastor at Brauchitschdorf (now Chrόstnik) near Liegnitz in Silesia (now Poland) was born at Brauchitschdorf, Dec. 21, 1672. He entered the Gymnasium at Lauban in 1688, and spent five years there. After his return home he preached for his father a sermon which so struck the patron of the living that he made Benjamin an allowance for three years to enable him to study theology. He matriculated, at Michaelmas, 1693, at the University of Leipzig, where he came under the influence of J. Olearius, J. B. Carpzov, and others, and throughout his life retained the character of their teaching, viz. a warm and living practical Christianity, but Churchly in tone and not Pietistic. In th… Go to person page >

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GOTTLOB, ES GEHT NUNMEHR ZU ENDE

Various forms of GOTTLOB are found in a number of collections of old German melodies. One form of the tune appeared in Johann G. Wagner's Sammlung alter und neuer (1742) with the burial hymn "Gottlob, es geht nunmehr zum Ende" ("Thanks Be to God; My End Is Near Me"). Although only the first line of…

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