Zihn, Johann Friedrich--1650-1719--Archdeacon at Suhla, in the province

in that city. The hymn "O Ewigkeit, O Ewigkeit," is a serious and pious consideration of, and apostrophe to, Eternity, which in the last verse replies to man. The first seven verses, as far as the words "O lange Freud, O langes Leid," Wülffer found in an old hymn-book, perhaps that of Cologne; he improved them, and added the spirited conclusion.

of Henneberg, of which place he was a native. He was the author of six hymns, of which "Gott lebet noch" is the best known.