Commit your ways
Deutsch English 1. Insights into the life of Paul Gerhardt He was born on March 12, 1607 in Gräfenhainichen in Saxony. Misery came into his life early. In 1619 his father died, in 1621 the death of his mother. Paul was 14 years old. 1622 he lost his homeland. He went to the princely school in Grimma. 1628 he studied theology at the University of Wittenberg. 1649 he was a private tutor in Berlin. 1651 First ordination, he became a pastor in Mittenwalde. 1655 Marriage to Maria Berthold. He was 48 years old - Maria 32 years old. 2. A story tells of difficult days Not a speck of flour, not a crust of bread was available. His wife asks her husband: Give me a penny so that I can buy the very necessities! The faithful husband comforted her. In the garden house, he wrote the song: Commit your way. Commit your ways and what grieves your heart to the most faithful care of the One who direc...