Karl Gerok
Karl Gerok was a German preacher and religious poet.Biography
He studied at Tübingen, and became chief court preacher and chief consistorial councillor in Stuttgart in 1868.Works
His sermons, and particularly his religious poetry, were much admired. The chief collection of the latter is entitled Palmblätter. It was translated into English by Brown. This and Pfingstrosen made him famous. He also published Blumen und Sternen and, during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, patriotic effusions under the title of Deutsche Ostern.
