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Great God, in thee I put my trust

Author: Adam Reissner; Johann Christian Jacobi Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project

[Great God! in Thee I put my Trust]

Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Psalmodia Germanica Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 11523 43211 56765 Used With Text: Great God! in Thee I put my Trust

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Great God, in thee I put my trust

Author: Adam Reissner Hymnal: A Hymn and Prayer-Book #90 (1795) Hymnal Title: A Hymn and Prayer-Book Languages: English

Great God! in Thee I put my Trust

Hymnal: Psalmodia Germanica #116 (1732) Hymnal Title: Psalmodia Germanica Lyrics: I. Great God! in Thee I put my Trust, Preserve my soul from being lost In Shame and Desolation; Thy Grace, O Lord I, will record To ev'ry Generation. II. Vouchsafe to lend a gracious Ear, When I to Thee direct my Pray'r; Relieve thy helpless Creature; From outward Woes and secret Foes Redeem my fallen Nature. III. Thy saving Name is my Defence; I seek and draw Salvation thence; Thy Grace is my Pavillion; thou art the God, whose very Nod Can crush an hostile Million. IV. My Rock, my Refuge, and my Tow'r! I rest upon thy mighty Pow'r, And trust thy Revelation: In thy Relief I drown my Grief 'Gainst Satan's Machination. V. Whate'er my Fears and foes suggest, Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Rest, My Boast and sure protection. Within thy Care I boldly dare Th' whole World and Hell's Infection. VI. My Spirit I commit to Thee. My Saviour, ne'er depart from me, But grant me thy Salvation. In th' Hour of Death retake my Breath Into thy Habitation. VII. All Honour Might and Majesty To Father, Son and Spirit be, The Three for ever glorious; In whose rich Grace we'll run our Race, Till we come off victorious. Topics: Spiritual Combat Languages: English Tune Title: [Great God! in Thee I put my Trust]

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Adam Reissner

1496 - 1575 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Great God, in thee I put my trust" Reissner, Adam, was born in 1496 at Mündelsheim (now Mündelheim) in Swabian Bavaria. He first studied at Wittenberg, and then, about 1521, he learned Hebrew and Greek under Johann Keuchlin. He then became private secretary to Georg von Freundsberg (who died Aug. 20, 1528), and accompanied him during the campaign in Italy, 1530-27. After the capture of Rome in 1527 he went back to Germany, and spent some time at Strassburg, where he became a friend and adherent of Caspar Schwenkfeldt. He seems to have been living at Frankfurt-am-Main in 1563, but thereafter returned to Mündelheim, where he was still living in 1572. He appears to have died there about 1575. (Koch, ii. 156; Preface to his Historia Herrn Georgen unnd Herrn Casparn von Fründsberg’s [died Aug. 31, 1536] Vatters und Sons .... Kriegesthaten, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1568. The British Museum copy is unmistakably dated on title 1568, but the preface is dated Jan. 31, 1572.) Three of Reissner's earlier hymns are in Zwick's Gesang-Buch, 1536-40. His later hymns, including a translation of the hymns of Prudentius, are collected in two manuscripts, both dated 1596 (see Teglichs Gesangbuch . . . durch Adam Reusner, and contains over 40 hymns which may be regarded as by Reissner, the rest being by other writers of the school of Schwenckfeldt. Wackernagel, vol. iii., gives Nos. 170-194 under his name. The only hymn by Reissner translated into English is:— In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr. Ps. xxxi. First published in the Form und ordnung Gaystlicher Gesang und Psalmen, Augsburg, 1533, and thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 133, in 7 stanzas of 6 lines. It was included in V. Babst's Gesang-Buch , 1545, and repeated in almost all the German hymnbooks up to the period of Rationalism. It is one of the best Psalm-versions of the Reformation period. Included in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 629. The translation in common use is:-- In Thee, Lord, have I put my trust. A good translation, omitting st. vii., by Miss Winkworth, in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 120. Other translations are:— (1) "Lord, let me never be confoundit." In the Gude and Godly Ballates, ed. 1568, f. 82; ed. 1868, p. 141. (2) "Great God! in Thee I put my Trust." By J. C. Jacobi, 1725, p. 33 (1732, p. 116). Repeated in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754, pt. i., No. 118. (3) "Lord, I have trusted in Thy name." By Dr. H. Mills, 1856, p. 171. (4) "On Thee, O Lord, my hopes I lean." By N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 263. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Johann Christian Jacobi

1670 - 1750 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Translator of "Great God, in thee I put my trust" Jacobi, John Christian, a native of Germany, was born in 1670, and appointed Keeper of the Royal German Chapel, St. James's Palace, London, about 1708. He held that post for 42 years, and died Dec. 14, 1750. He was buried in the Church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden. His publications included :— (1) A Collection of Divine Hymns, Translated from the High Dutch. Together with their Proper Tunes and Thorough Bass. London: Printed and Sold by J. Young, in St. Paul’s Churchyard; . . . 1720. This edition contains 15 hymns. Two years later this collection, with a few changes in the text and much enlarged, was republished as (2) Psalmodia Germanica; or a Specimen of Divine Hymns. Translated from the High Dutch. Together with their Proper Tunes and Thorough Bass. London: J. Young . 1722. This edition contained 62 hymns, of which 3 ("He reigns, the Lord our Saviour reigns"; "Is God withdrawing"? "Shepherds rejoice") and the first stanza of another ("Raise your devotion, mortal tongues," from "Hosannah to the Prince of Life") were taken from I. Watts. A second part was added in 1725, and was incorporated with the former part in 1732. London, G. Smith. After Jacobi's death the Psalmodia Germanica was republished, in 1765, by John Haberkorn, with a Supplement of 32 pieces. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)