He was the author of lyrics to popular hymns, two of which are part of the present-day
Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Protestant hymn book): • 1823 Christmas carol, "Herbei, o ihr Gläubigen" (from the Latin "
Adeste Fideles"; in English "
O Come, All Ye Faithful"; music by
John Francis Wade). In 1832 he published a German edition of work by
John Bunyan with the title of
Des Christen Wallfahrt nach der himmlischen Stadt (introduction written by
Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert). He was also the author of a two volume study of the
Pentateuch, titled
Untersuchungen über den Pentateuch, aus dem Gebiete der hoeheren Kritik (volume 1, 1834; volume 2, 1840). == References ==