Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 2, 1619, Thum (near Anna­berg), Sax­o­ny.

Died: May 7, 1684, Wei­den, Up­per Pal­a­tine.

After stu­dy­ing at var­i­ous un­i­ver­si­ties, and fin­al­ly at Leip­zig (MA 1643), Claus­nitz­er was ap­point­ed chap­lain to a Swed­ish reg­i­ment in 1644. In that po­si­tion, he preached the thanks­giv­ing ser­mon in St. Thomas’ Church, Leip­zig, on Rem­in­is­cere Sun­day (se­cond Sun­day in Lent), 1645, on the ac­ces­sion of Christ­ina as Queen of Swe­den. And a­lso the thanks­giv­ing ser­mon at the field serv­ice held by com­mand of Gen­er­al Wrang­el, at Wei­den, in the Up­per Pa­la­tine, Jan­u­ary 1, 1649, af­ter the con­clu­sion of the Peace of West­phal­ia. In 1649, Claus­nitz­er was ap­point­ed first pas­tor at Wei­den, and re­mained there un­til his death (he was al­so ap­point­ed lat­er a mem­ber of the Con­sis­to­ry, and in­spect­or of the dis­trict).

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Lyrics

1. Jesu dein betrübtes Lei­den
   • Lord Je­su! May Thy Grief and Pain
2. Liebster Je­su wir sind hier
   • Bless­ed Je­sus, at Thy Word
   • Dear Lord, to Hear Thee and Thy Word
   • Dear Re­deem­er, We Are Here
   • Dearest Je­su, We Are Here
   • Gracious Je­su! in Thy Name
   • Gracious Je­su! We Are Here
   • Here in Thy Pre­sence We Ap­pear
   • Look upon Us, Blessèd Lord
   • Precious Je­sus! Here Are We
   • Savior, in Thy House of Pray­er
3. Wir glauben all an ein­en Gott
   • We Be­lieve in One True God