For the homeland peace and stillness

Author: R. F. H. von Magenau

Magenau, Rudolph Friedrich Heinrich. (Markgrueningen, Germany, December 5, 1767--April 23, 1846, Hermaringen on the Brenz). Attended Kloster schools in Denkdorf and Maulbronn, Germany. Interest in writing is increased after the death of his father. His style was influenced by Schubert. His father died in 1783. He continued writing and became friends with Hoelderlin and Neuffer. In 1794 he became a pastor and served Niederstotzingen by Ulm, Germany. He served there until 1819 when he accepted a parish in Hermaringen. He served there until his death. Magenau's stories, poems, and prose can be found in Pahl's Nationalchronik. He also authored Kurze Lebensbeschreibungen merkwuerdige Maenner aus der Periode der Kirchen-Reformation, nebst 280 Ane… Go to person page >

Translator: Anna Hoppe

Anna Hoppe was born on May 7, 1889 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She left school after the eighth grade and worked as a stenographer. She began writing patriotic verses when she was very young and by the age of 25 she was writing spiritual poetry. After some of her poems appeared in the Northwestern Lutheran, a periodical of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, they came to the attention of Dr. Adolf Hult of Augustana Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois. He influenced her to write her Songs for the Church Year (1928). Several hymnals include her work, which was usually set to traditional chorale melodies, although she also made a number of translations. She died on August 2, 1941 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NN, from Cyber Hymnal  Go to person page >