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Schroder, Johann Heinrich

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Lutheran minister of Germany, was born in 1666 at Hallerspringe, in the principality of Calenberg, in Hanover. He was a pupil of the celebrated philanthropist A. H. Francke, and studied under him at Leipsic. In 1696 he became pastor at Merseburg, near Magdeburg. He wrote a few hymns which are still in use in the German Church, and died June 30, 1699. Of his hymns we mention, Eins ist Noth, ach Herr dies Eine (transl. by E. Cox, "One thing needful, then, Lord Jesus," in Hymns from the German, p. 216): Jesu, hilf siegen, du Fü rst des Lebens (transl. by Mills, "Jesus, help conquer! thou Prince everliving," in Horoe Germanicoe, p. 126). See Harnisch, in Evangel. Kirchenzeitung, 1857, No. 89; Koch, Gesch. d. deutsch. Kirchenliedes, 4, 381 sq.; 8, 426 sq.; Knapp, Evangel. Liederschatz, p. 1344. (B.P.)

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Schroder, Johann Heinrich'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/schroder-johann-heinrich.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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