Neu­meist­er stu­died at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig (MA 1695), and was then for some time a lec­tur­er at the un­i­ver­si­ty. In June 1697 he was ap­point­ed as­sist­ant pas­tor at Bib­ra, and in 1698 pas­tor there, and as­sist­ant su­per­in­ten­dent of the Eck­arts­berg dis­trict. in 1704, Duke Jo­hann Georg called him to Weis­sen­fels as tu­tor to his on­ly daugh­ter, and as­sist­ant court preach­er, and short­ly af­ter­ward court preach­er. Af­ter the death of this prin­cess, the Duke’s sis­ter in­vit­ed Neu­meis­ter to So­rau, where on New Year’s Day, 1706, he be­came sen­ior court preach­er, Con­sis­tor­i­al­rath, and sup­er­in­ten­dent. Fin­al­ly, in 1715, he ac­cept­ed the post of pas­tor at St. James’ Church in Ham­burg.

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1. Bleib, Je­su, bleib bei mir
2. Gott ver­lässt die Sein­en nicht
3. Herr Je­su Christ, mein höchst­es Gut
4. Herr Je­su, mein­es Leb­ens Heil
5. Ich bin bei al­lem Kum­mer still
6. Ich weiss, an wen ich gläube
   • I Know My Faith Is Founded
7. Ich weiss dass mein Er­lös­er leb­et
8. Jesu, gross­er Wun­der­stern
   • Jesus! Great and Won­drous Star
9. Jesus nimmt die Sünd­er an!
   • Christ Receiveth Sinful Men
   • Jesus Sinners Doth Receive
10. Ob Menschen klug und weise sein
11. So ist die Woche nun ge­schloss­en
12. Wie Gott will, al­so will ich sag­en