Matthias Jorissen

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Matthias Jorissen as pastor of the German Reformed community in The Hague; Portrait by Charles Howard Hodges 1796
Title page of Jorissen's major work New Rhyming of the Psalms 1798

Matthias Jorissen (born October 26, 1739 in Wesel , † January 13, 1823 in The Hague , Netherlands ) was a Reformed pastor and hymn poet .

Life

Matthias Jorissen, son of a businessman, was related to Gerhard Tersteegen and was encouraged by him to study Protestant theology . He began his studies in 1759 at the Old University of Duisburg , where he came into the circle around Samuel Collenbusch , and in 1762 moved to the University of Utrecht . In 1765 he returned to Wesel and initially worked as a tutor. When in 1768, after a sermon critical of the Enlightenment, he got into conflict with the Wesel magistrate and was excluded from parish service by the royal Prussian government in Kleve , he applied for parish positions in the Netherlands . From 1769 to 1779 he worked as a pastor in Avezathen ( Gelderland ), then in Hasselt, Overijssel . In 1782 he became pastor of the German community in The Hague. After retiring due to illness in 1818, he also spent the last years of his life there.

Jorissen corresponded with representatives of the awakening movement such as Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling , Johann Kaspar Lavater , Johann Georg Hamann , Gottfried Menken , Johann Michael Sailer and Matthias Claudius . He was also involved in the German Christianity Society and initiated associations to promote Bible dissemination and mission. He wrote some pastoral theological writings, u. a. In 1823 one for the liturgical organization of the divine service on Good Friday , which had a great influence on the Protestant churches in the Netherlands and in the entire German-speaking area. His most important work is the New Rhyming of the Psalms , created around 1793 and published in 1798, a new linguistically more modern psalms rhyming with careful translation of the biblical text, based on the classic melodies of the Geneva Psalter . It was published in an expanded version in 1806 (The Psalms of David re-translated and put into rhyme) and was adopted by the Reformed congregations in place of the Lobwasser Psalter, which had been in use until then . A number of his songs are still contained in the current Evangelical Hymnal in Germany and in the Reformed Hymnal in Switzerland.

Songs (selection)

Jorissen's hymns in the Evangelical Hymnal (EG):

  • Rejoice, all the earth, in honor of God (Psalm (Ps.) 66 / EG 279)
  • He arises, our God (Ps. 68 / EG 281)
  • How lovely, Mr. Zebaoth (Ps. 84 / EG 282)
  • Sing, sing new songs to the Lord (Ps. 98 / EG 286)
  • Stanzas 2,5,7 of Now thank God, lift up and praise (Ps. 105 / EG 290)
  • Praise God, the Lord of glory (Ps. 134 / EG 300; see Geneva melody for Psalm 134 )
  • My soul rises on earth (Ps. 25 / EG Rheinland / Westfalen / Lippe (EG RWL) 615)
  • Everyone exult, God is exalted high (Ps. 33 / EG RWL 616)
  • Like the deer after a fresh spring (Ps 42, verses 2 to 7 / EG RWL 617)
  • Bow to me, Lord, your ears (Ps. 86 / EG RWL 621)
  • I sing of the merciful grace for eternity (Ps. 89, verses 1 to 3 / EG RWL 622)
  • The Lord is King, exalted high (Ps. 93 / EG RWL 623)
  • God the Lord rules (Ps. 99 / EG RWL 625)
  • Shout alleluia, praise the Lord! (Ps. 111 / EG RWL 628)
  • I love God, he heard my prayer (Ps. 116 / EG RWL 629)
  • Thanks, thank the Lord, cheer full choirs (Ps. 118 / EG RWL 630)
  • I like to look at those mountains. (Ps.121 / EG RWL 631)
  • Hallelujah, to praise God (Ps. 146 / EG RWL 635)

Fonts (selection)

  • The Christenen goede vrijdag, of kort oberzigt van het geheelde lijden en sterven van our army Jezus Christ. 1820.
    • Good Friday. Brief overview and contemplation of the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. Schönian, Elberfeld 1821 ( digitized version )
  • New rhyming of the Psalms . Becker, Wesel 1798 ( digitized version )
    • The Psalms of David . Lucas, Elberfeld 1841 ( digitized )

literature

Web links

Commons : Matthias Jorissen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ So Friedrich Wilhelm Cuno:  Jorissen, Matthias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 533 f. and Klaus Martin Sauer:  Jorissen, Matthias. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 656-659.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive ) ; according to Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg:  Jorissen, Matthias. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 609 f. ( Digitized version ). April 3, 1821.
personal data
SURNAME Jorissen, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformed clergyman and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Wesel , Kingdom of Prussia , Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1823
Place of death The Hague , Netherlands