Introduction

Biography

Ludolph was the son of hymn writ­er and Bran­den­burg Gym­na­sium teach­er Lev­in Jo­hann Schlicht.

A gift­ed stu­dent, Lu­dolph en­tered the Uni­vers­ity of Je­na at a young age.

After com­plet­ing his stu­dies, in 1737 he en­tered the serv­ice of Count Chris­tian Re­na­tus von Zin­zen­dorf as a teach­er. He al­so held a teach­ing post in Herrn­hut.

In 1739, he joined the Mo­ra­vi­an Church. During this time he turned down of­fers to teach in his home­land.

In 1741, Schlicht went to London with bi­shop Au­gust Spang­en­berg.

Returning from Lon­don in 1742, Schlicht was called to Herrn­haag and be­came the main preach­er of the church there. Be­fore 1747 he re­turned to London as a Mo­ra­vi­an preach­er, be­fore work­ing in Ful­da (1747–50).

Then he spent time in Bed­ford and Bris­tol.

Around 1755, Schlicht moved to Dub­lin, Ire­land. How­ev­er, ad­verse con­di­tions there se­vere­ly af­fect­ed his health, forc­ing him to re­turn to Herrn­hut in 1760.

Schlicht wrote sev­er­al hymns, worked as an ar­chiv­ist in the Herrn­hut parish arch­ives, and gave pub­lic lec­tures. However, he nev­er re­cov­ered from his phys­ic­al ail­ments.