Der dort die Palme reicht.
Froh wird gekämpft, um Sieg gerungen
Voll Mut der Widerstand bezwungen.
Gott ist mein Lohn!
The hymn was written by Johann Heinrich Karl Hengstenberg, a Lutheran pastor in the town of Wetter in Westphalia. His literary work is Psalterion published in Essen, 1825, a collection of his hymns, several of which passed into general use in the Lutheran churches of Germany.
The translator has not been identified.
MUSIC. GOTT IST GETREU is a melody contributed by J. R. Ahle, in his Geistliche Arien, 1662, where it is set to the hymn, “Es ist genug,” by Franz Burmeister.
For comments on Ahle see [Hymn 553].
561. Take Thou my hand, O Father
Julie von Haussmann, 1825-1901