Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ

Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ. Jakob Ebert* (1549-1614). This hymn is found in EG in three stanzas in the ‘Schöpfung, Frieden, Gerechtigkeit’ section (EG 422). As the first line, ‘Thou Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ’ suggests, it belongs in the ‘Frieden’ (‘peace’) part of this section. It is found in Wackernagel, Das Deutsche Kirchenlied III. 413, with the title ‘Um Frieden zu bitten’ (‘To plead for peace’), one of only two hymns by Ebert in DDK. It was printed in Geistliche deutsche Lieder mit 4 und 5 Stimmen by Bartholomäus Gesius* (Frankfurt/Oder, 1601) with the name ‘D. Jacobus Ebertus’ (‘D’ for Doktor). It was translated into English by Catherine Winkworth* for The Chorale Book...