Dessler, Wolfgang Christoph a German hymn writer, was born at Nuremberg, February 11, 1660, and died while head-master of the grammar-school of his native place, March 11, 1722. Of his many hymns we mention those which have been translated into English, as, Wie wohl ist nir, O Freund der Seele ("O Friend of souls, how well with me," in Lyra Germanica, 1:147): — Mein Jesu, den die Seraphinen ("My Jesus, if the Seraphim," ibid. 2:78): — Ich, lass dich nicht, Du musst mein Jesus bleiben ("I leave thee not, thou art my Jesus ever," in The Breanking Crucible, by J.W. Alexander): — Frisch, frisch
hundurch mein Geist ("Courage, my heart, press cheerly on," in Christian Siingers of Germany, page 277): — Oeffne mir die Perlenpforten ("How the pearly gates unfold," in Lyra Germanica, 2:234). See Koch, Geschichte des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 3:531 sq. (B.P.)
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More