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The topic is a yearning for death. It is inspired by the sentiment the prophet Elijah expresses in the First Book of Kings: "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers" (1 Kings 19:4). [5] All seven stanzas begin and end with the line "Es ist genug ". [1]
Walter de la Mare wrote that "a childhood without the busy bee and the sluggard would resemble a hymnal without ‘O God, our help in ages past’." [ 5 ] Charles Dickens 's novels occasionally quote "Against Idleness and Mischief"; [ 6 ] for instance, in his 1850 novel David Copperfield , the school master Dr. Strong quotes lines 11-12: "Satan ...
Schütz set the text of the biblical words in their context, framed by two stanzas from Johann Böschenstein's hymn "Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund", as an oratorio or Passion cantata. He scored it for five voices , five instrumental parts and continuo. The original title reads: Die Sieben Worte unsers lieben Erlösers u. Seeligmachers Jesu ...
A related theory, the "moral example theory", was developed by Faustus Socinus (1539–1604) in his work De Jesu Christo servatore (1578). He rejected the idea of "vicarious satisfaction". [note 2] According to Socinus, Jesus' death offers mankind "a perfect example of self-sacrificial dedication to God". [3]
The text begins with a call of the individual singer to self, to contemplate the birth of the Saviour. [2]: 10 The ninth stanza refers to the light that the shepherds see, saying "Brich an, du schönes Morgenlicht" (Break, you beautiful morning light), tells the shepherds not to be afraid, and announces that the weak little boy will ultimately bring peace.
Each of the seven translated stanzas narrates a situation of the Passion, beginning with Jesus being arrested "like a thief" ("als ein Dieb") in the early morning hours; the final stanza is a prayer, "O hilf, Christ, Gottes Sohn" (O help, Christ, God's Son), requesting help to commemorate the Passion fruitfully ("fruchtbarlich"), to remain ...
Gloria, Laus et Honor is a Christian hymn composed and written by Theodulf of Orléans between 810 and 817, and sung as a processional for Palm Sunday, based on the story of Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem before his passion and death. It was most likely composed by Theodulph of Orléans in the early ninth century. [1]
Paul Gerhardt's "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld" was first published in 1647, in a lost edition of Johann Crüger's Praxis Pietatis Melica. [2] The earliest extant print of the hymn, in the Praxis Pietatis Melica of 1648, indicates Wolfgang Dachstein's 16th-century "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" melody as its singing tune: [3]