16th Century Martin Luther, 1483-1546, “A mighty fortress is our God” (549) “From heaven above to earth I come” (527) “Out of the depths I cry to Thee” (531-2) Nicolaus Selnecker, 1532-92, “Now cheer our hearts” (557) Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608, “Wake, awake, for night is flying” (522) “How brightly shines the Morning Star” (529) 17th Century (_1_)—_Period of The Thirty Years War—1618-48_ Johann Heerman, 1585-1647, “Ah, dearest Jesus” (534) Josua Stegman, 1588-1632, “Abide with us, our Savior” (559) Matthaus von Löwenstern, 1594-1648, “Lord of our life” (278) Georg Weissel, 1590-1635, “Lift up your heads” (523) Heinrich Albert, 1604-51, “God who madest earth” (573) Ernst Homburg, 1605-81, “Christ, the life of all the living” (535) Michael Schirmer, 1606-73, “O Holy Spirit, enter in” (546) Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76, “O sacred Head, now wounded” (539) and others Gerhard Tersteegen, 1697-1769, “God reveals His presence” (506) “O power of love, all else transcending” (517) (_2_)—_Later 17th Century_ Johann Franck, 1618-77, “Deck thyself, my soul,” (552) Tobias Clausnitzer, 1619-84, “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier” (553a) Georg Neumark, 1621-81, “He who would be in God” (571) Johann Scheffler, 1624-77, “I am the Lord, O hear my voice” (565) Joachim Neander, 1650-80, “Heaven and earth, the sea” (510) _18th Century_ Johann Mentzer, 1658-1734, “O that I had a thousand voices” (509) Erdmann Neumeister, 1671-1756, “Sinners Jesus will receive” (466) Benjamin Schmolck, 1672-1737, “My Jesus, as Thou wilt” (250) Philipp F. Hiller, 1699-1769, “O Son of God, we wait for” (524) “What mercy and divine compassion” (562) Christian F. Gellert, 1715-69, “How great, almighty is Thy” (516) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750. The life of the great musician marks the close of the German Chorale period and for that reason his name is placed here. None of Bach’s original chorale melodies are found in the _Hymnary_ but use is made of a number of his harmonizations. See 539, 545, 556, 557, 564, 566. 7. Hymns of the Reformation: The Metrical Psalms.