Born: De­cem­ber 23, 1670, Lucka, Sachse-Alt­en­burg, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Au­gust 11, 1722, Mag­de­burg, Ger­ma­ny.

Johann was the son of Gott­fried Winck­ler, town clerk of Lucka. He be­came a stu­dent of The­ol­o­gy at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig, when A. H. Francke and J. C. Schade were hold­ing their Bi­ble read­ings, and his sym­pa­thies there­af­ter were with the Pi­e­tist move­ment. In 1692, he was ap­point­ed preach­er to St. George’s Hos­pi­tal at Mag­de­burg, and af­ter­noon preach­er at St. Pe­ter’s Church there. He be­came chap­lain to the Prince Christ­ian Lud­wig Re­gi­ment in 1695, and went with it to Holl­and and It­a­ly. Af­ter the Peace of Ryswijk in 1697, he toured Holl­and and Eng­land. Re­turn­ing to Mag­de­burg, he was ap­point­ed in 1698 di­a­co­nus of the ca­thed­ral there, and in 1703 in­spect­or of the Holz­kreis. In 1714, he be­came chief preach­er at the ca­thed­ral, and in 1716, Con­sis­tor­i­al­rath.

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Hymns

1. Meine Seele senket sich
2. O süsser Stand, o se­lig Le­ben
3. Ringe recht wenn Gott­es Gnade
   • Strive Aright When God Doth Call
4. Sollt ich aus Furcht vor Mensch­en­kind­ern
   • Awed by a Mortal’s Frown, Shall I
   • Our Lives, Our Blood, We Here Pre­sent
   • Savior of Men, Thy Search­ing Eye
   • Shall I, for Fear of Fee­ble Man