O Lord, devoutly love I Thee (Schalling)

O Lord, devoutly love I Thee (Schalling)

Author: Martin Schalling
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Author: Martin Schalling

Schalling, Martin, son of Martin Schalling, sometime pastor at Strassburg (after 1543, pastor at Weitersweiler, near Saarbrücken), was born at Strassburg, April 21, 1532. He matriculated, in 1550, at the University of Wittenberg, where he became a favourite pupil of Melanchthon, and a great friend of Nicolaus Selnecker. After taking his M.A., he continued, for a short time, at Wittenberg as lecturer; and then became, in 1554, diaconus at Regensburg. The Superintendent at Regensburg, at that time, was Nicolaus Gallus, a strong partisan of Matthias Flach; and as Schalling thought it his duty to preach against Flacianism he had to give up his post in 1558; but soon after was appointed diaconus at Amberg, in Bavaria (Oberpfalz). When, in 1568,… Go to person page >

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First Line: O Lord, devoutly love I Thee (Schalling)
Author: Martin Schalling
Language: English
Publication Date: 1923
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d420

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