The beautiful Advent hymn, "Rejoice, all ye believers," as well as the Epiphany hymn, "O Saviour of our race," also date from the Pietistic period. Both hymns apparently were written in 1700 by Laurentius Laurentii, cantor and director of music in the Lutheran cathedral at Bremen. Laurentii was not only a splendid musician, but also a hymn-writer of high order, and no less than thirty-four of his hymns were included in the Freylinghausen collections. Other hymnists of the Pietistic school include Christian Scriver, writer of the famous devotional book, "Seelenschatz;" Gottfried Arnold, a noted church historian; Ernst Gottlieb Woltersdorf, founder of an orphanage at Bunzlau, and Christian Richter, a pious physician and an associate of Francke. Few of their hymns, however, are in common use today. A Hymn of Longing for Christ O Son of God, we wait for Thee, We long for Thine appearing; We know Thou sittest on the throne, And we Thy Name are bearing. Who trusts in Thee may joyful be, And see Thee, Lord, descending To bring us bliss unending. We wait for Thee, 'mid toil and pain, In weariness and sighing; But glad that Thou our guilt hast borne, And cancelled it by dying. Hence, cheerfully may we with Thee Take up our cross and bear it, Till we the crown inherit. We wait for Thee; here Thou hast won Our hearts to hope and duty; But while our spirits feel Thee near, Our eyes would see Thy beauty; We fain would be at rest with Thee In peace and joy supernal, In glorious life eternal. We wait for Thee; soon Thou wilt come, The time is swiftly nearing; In this we also do rejoice, And long for Thine appearing. O bliss 'twill be when Thee we see, Homeward Thy people bringing, With ecstasy and singing! Philipp Friedrich Hiller, 1767. THE WUERTTEMBERG HYMN-WRITERS The Pietistic movement quickly made its influence felt in all parts of Germany. In some quarters, especially in the latter stages of the movement, it assumed more radical forms. Sometimes it developed into emotionalism and mysticism. The hymns were often of a subjective type, which led the worshiper to think more about his own inner processes and feelings than to direct his thoughts to Him alone who can redeem and sanctify. Some of the Pietistic hymnists, notably Woltersdorf, were given to the use of inordinate language and even sensuous descriptions for the purpose of arousing intense emotion. In one of Woltersdorf's passion hymns, he dwells morbidly on every detail of the physical sufferings of Christ, and in another hymn he borrows Scheffler's figure which likens the soul to a bee deriving sustenance from the crimson wounds of Christ.