Richter grad­u­at­ed from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Halle, and be­came iden­ti­fied with the cel­e­brat­ed or­phan­age there. He was a stu­dent of me­di­cine, as well as of the­ol­o­gy. A Christ­ian phy­si­cian and sci­en­tist, he took his re­li­gion in­to ev­er­y­thing that he did. He per­formed ma­ny chem­i­cal ex­per­i­ments, for which he pre­pared him­self by spe­cial pray­er, and in­vent­ed ma­ny com­pounds which came into ex­ten­sive use un­der the name of the Halle me­di­cines. Among the ho­ly men and gift­ed writ­ers of hymns and other forms of de­vo­tion­al lit­er­a­ture who made fa­mous the ear­li­er school of Ge­rman Pi­e­tists at Halle, Rich­ter was one of the most not­ed.

• Julian, pp. 354, 416, 521, 959
• Telford, pp. 292-3

1. Die sanfte Be­weg­ung, die lieb­liche Kraft
2. Es glänzet der Christ­en in­wen­dig­em Le­ben
3. Gott den ichals Lie­be ken­ne
   • God! Whom I as Love Have Known
   • O God, Whose At­tri­butes Shine Forth in Turn
4. Hier legt mom Sinn sich vor dir nied­er
   • My Soul Be­fore Thee Pros­trate Lies
5. Hüter! wird die Nacht der Sünd­en
6. Jesu, gib mir deine Fülle
7. Jesus ist das schöns­te Licht
8. Mein Salomo dein freund­lich­es Re­gier­en
9. Meine Ar­muth macht mich schrei­en
   • Unto Him My Spir­it Crieth
10. O Liebe die den Him­mel hat ze­ris­sen
11. O wie selig sind die Seel­en
12. Stilles Lamm und Fried­e­fürst
    • Ho­ly Lamb and Prince of Peace
    • Thou Lamb of God, Thou Prince of Peace