Ju­ly 27, 1658, Jah­men (near Ro­then­burg), Si­le­sia.

Feb­ru­a­ry 24, 1734, Kem­nitz (near Bern­stadt), Sax­o­ny.

Having studied theology at Wittenberg, Mentzer was in 1691 appointed pastor at Merzdorf; in 1693 at Hauswalde, near Bischofswerda; and in 1696 at Kemnitz.

He was a great friend of J. C. Schwed­ler, of Hen­ri­et­ta Cath­er­ine von Gers­dorf, and of N. L. von Zin­zen­dorf, all hymn-writ­ers, and all his near neigh­bors. He him­self was great­ly tried in the fur­nace of af­flict­ion. He wrote a large number of hymns, over 30 of which ap­peared in the var­i­ous hymn-books of his time. Ma­ny of them, es­pe­cial­ly those of Praise and Thanks­giv­ing, and those of Cross and Con­so­la­tion, are of high mer­it, though some­times ex­ag­ger­at­ed and not ve­ry refined in their im­age­ry, and are full of ar­dent love to Christ, Script­ur­al, po­et­ic­al, and also pop­u­lar in style.

Quoted in Julian, p. 724

• Julian, p. 724

1. Du ge­hest den Gar­ten be­ten
   • Into the Gar­den Shade to Pray
2. O dass ich tau­send Zung­en hätte
   • I Praise Thee, O My God and Fa­ther
   • O That a Thou­sand Tongues Were Grant­ed
   • O That a Thou­sand Tongues Were Mine
   • O Would, My God, That I Could Praise Thee
   • Oh That I Had a Thou­sand Voic­es
   • Oh Be Un­ceas­ing Praise As­cend­ing
   • Oh Would I Had a Thou­sand Tongues
3. Wer das Klein­od will er­lang­en
   • Who Would Make the Prize His Own