Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt

Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt. Heinrich Held* (1620-1659). First published in Neu-erfundene Geistliche Wasserquelle (Frankfurt/Oder, 1658) edited by Johannes Niedling (1602-1668), with the title ‘Von der Zukunfft Christi’. According to JJ, p. 507, it also appeared in an edition of Johann Crüger*’s Praxis Pietatis Melica dated 1659. It was translated into English by Catherine Winkworth* for The Chorale Book for England (1863). It had nine 4-line stanzas, shortened to four (1-4) in the ‘Advent’ section of EG. The remaining stanzas (5-9) were as follows: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941Catherine Winkworth (ex. v. 7) Zeuch, du Ehrenkönig, ein, Es gehöret dir allein; Mach es, wie du gerne...