Schubart, Christian Friedrich Daniel a Lutheran divine of Germany, was born at Obersontheim, in the county of Limburg, March 26, 1736, and died as court and theater poet at Stuttgart, Oct. 10, 1791. He is the author of the beautiful hymn Alles ist euer! O Worte des ewigen Lebens (transl. into English in Hymns from the Land of Luther, p. 61, "All things are yours, O sweet message of mercy divine"), and of Kommt heut' an eurem Stab (based on Lu 2:22-32, which Mills translated in his Horoe Germanicoe, p. 275, "Ye who with years are sinking"). See Schubart, Gesammelte Schriften (Stuttgart, 1839-40), vol. 1-8; Strauss, Schubarts Leben in seinen Briefen (Berlin, 1849, 2 vols.); Koch, Gesch. d. deutsch. Kirchenliedes, 6, 376 sq.; Knapp, Evangel. Liederschatz, p. 1344. (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