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Martin Rinkart – died
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Martin Rinkart – death, Dec. 8, 1649
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“Now Thank We All Our God” (stanza 2)
O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed;
And free us from all ills, in this world and the next!
Martin Rinckart died 12/8/1649, Germany (born 1586). He was a Lutheran who began pastoring at 31 in Eilenburg, Saxony, his home community. Between the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) and the Plague of 1637 Rinckart buried some 5,000 victims – holding as high as 50 funerals a day.