Beyschlag Johann Balthasar

Beyschlag Johann Balthasar a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born Nov. 4, 1669, at Halle. He studied at Wittenberg, and was in 1692 appointed adjunct to the philosophical faculty. In 1694; he was called to the pastorate of his native place, where he died Sept. 14, 1717. He is the author of many hymns, which were published at Nuremberg (1709), under the title of Centifolia Melica. See Wezel, Hymnos, 4:3443; Pregizer, Gottgeheiligte Poesie (Tubingen, 1723), p. 370-373; Koch, Gesch. — der deutschen Kirchenliedes, 5, 402 sq. (B. P.)