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Avis B. Christiansen

Avis B. Christiansen
Avis Burgeson Christiansen
Short Name: Avis B. Christiansen
Full Name: Christiansen, Avis B., 1895-1985
Birth Year: 1895
Death Year: 1985

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985.

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Texts by Avis B. Christiansen (127)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A glorious Lord and KingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
All I need to know of heaven is that Jesus will be thereAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
Are you discouraged and burdened with careAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
As far as the east is removed from the westAvis M. Burgeson (Author)5
At the place of prayer we wait todayAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Beholding Thee, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
Caminando estoy con rumbo a SionAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish2
充滿我心境,榮耀異象 (Chōngmǎn wǒ xīnjìng, róngyào yì xiàng)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese2
Christ the Lord was born in BethlehemAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Come and let us lift our hearts in songs of praiseAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fearAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English10
Dark grows the night of sinAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Day by day by your words and actionsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Fill all my vision, Savior, I prayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
From heaven's glory Jesus cameAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
From the matchless splendor of the Father's throneAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English1
في مسيري مع يسوعيAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Arabic1
Give me thine heart, That glad and glorious dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Glory and power and dominion be unto TheeAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
God, the Father, once plantedA. M. Christianson (Author)2
God's word shall standAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
Grant me the consciousness, Lord, of thy presenceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Hacia el Calvario, mi SalvadorAvis B. Christiansen, 1895-1985 (Author)Spanish4
Harvest time is ready, see, the fields are whiteAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
He careth for me! My heart on this promise can restAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
何等榮耀!因主血救贖Avis M. B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese2
He made me for himself aloneAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
This God is the God we adoreAvis B. Christiansen (Author (st 2-3))English1
How my soul with holy rapture thrillsAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English8
How sweet is the love of my Savior to me (Christiansen)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
I am traveling toward the land of dayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)6
I cannot tell the path that lies aheadAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
I cannot understand the matchless graceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
I find the Lord is blessingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
I look at the cross upon CalvaryChristian B. Anson (Author)English15
I prayed to be a channel Of blessing day by dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
I was a sinner, lost in the darknessAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English6
I was a sinner, no hope could I seeAvis M. Christianson (Author)English4
I was straying when Christ found meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English39
I would be a loyal soldierAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
I'm abiding today in Canaan landAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English3
I'm traveling to a fair countryAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
I'm under the blood of CalvaryAvis B. Christensen (Author)English3
I'm walking with my Savior, In His presence everAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
In a lowly manger laidAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
In the light of thy love on Calvary shownAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
In the midst of turmoil I have peace withinAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
In the paths of sin and darknessAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
In the shadow of the cross I have found a safe retreatAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English10
It is glory just to walk with Him whose blood has ransomed meAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Author)English16
I've a blest companion ever at my sideAvis B. Christiansen (Author)6
I've found a refuge from life's care in JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English17
I've pitched my tent t'wards the promised landMrs. Avis Christiansen (Author)English2
Jesus calls for volunteersAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)7
Jesus I come now confessingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Let me see thee, blessed JesusAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
Lift your eyes unto the heavens, ye who wait the Lord's returnAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
Lift your heads and see the fields of goldAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Lord, keep me trusting Thee day after dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English5
Lost in the love of Jesus, How sweet in that love to abideAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
My heavenly Father cares for even meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
My hope blessed Jesus is anchored in TheeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English14
My Savior leads, in tender love he leadethAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Nearer to Jesus I now abideAvis B. Christiansen (Author)7
O come with me into that garden stillAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
O holy night the stars are brightly shiningAvis B. Christiansen (Editor)English2
O precious is the promise God has givenAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
O Savior, as my eyes beholdAvis B. Christiansen, 1895-1985 (Author)English5
O'er the world a gloom had fallenAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Oh Salvador, al contemplarAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish2
O the love that gave my Lord to die on CalvaryAvis Marguerite Christiansen (Author)English11
O wonderful name, how my heart thrills to hear itAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English6
Old days have all goneAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Only a few more shadows, only a few more sighsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Only glory by and byAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Only Jesus, only Jesus, Only He can satisfyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Only one life to offer Jesus my Lord and KingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
Out of the depths to the glory aboveAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English22
Praise his name, Christ the Lord of hostsA. M. Christiansen (Author)2
Praise the name of Christ, the Lamb of CalvaryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
“¿Qué debo hacer?”, temblando preguntóAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish4
Rejoice, my soul, rejoice and singAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)4
Sad and weary and worn with weepingAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
See Him, Jesus, the Savior who came to earthAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Shadows of evening are fallingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Sing His praise, the King of GloryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Sing of the mighty love divineAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Sing the praise of God the FatherAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English8
Sólo Cristo satisfaceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish1
Somewhere the sun is shiningAvis B. Christiansen (Author (v. 2, 3, and refrain))English1
Sweet is the hope that is thrilling my soulAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English23
Sweet is the walk with Jesus belowAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
Take this life of mine, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
The one who once walked on the watersAvis Burgeson (Author)2
There is a place of contentment and peaceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
There may be tears to shed as we travel homeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
There's a melody that's so sweet to meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English8
There's a song in my heart from heaven aboveAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
There's a song my soul keeps singingAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English2
There's a song within me springing night and dayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English2
'Tis a great salvation that hath reached my soulAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English7
To the youth of the world comes a challengeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
'Twas at Calvary that Jesus bled and diedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful mornAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Author)English75
Walking with Jesus, O fellowship so sweet (Christiansen)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
We shall gather in the morning when our race on earth is runAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English5
What a wonderful friend is JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
What joy divine it is to knowAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
What makes me feel like singing when the world is dark without?Avis M. Christiansen (Author)English2
What must I do, the trembling jailor criedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English28
When days are weary and life seems in vainAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
When discouraged with fearAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)6
When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creationAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English11
When I opened my heart's door to JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
When Jesus calls I will answerAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
When tempted and tried and discouragedAvis M. Burgeson (Author)4
When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steepAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English4
Where can I go when I'm lonelyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Whether sowing seedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
While the world is rushing blindlyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
While you are heedlessly going your wayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Whisper a prayer in the morning, Just at the break of dayAvis Christiansen (Author)English1
Who have I on earth, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
我已尋獲主耶穌作避難所 (Wǒ yǐ xún huò zhǔ yēsū zuò bìnàn suǒ)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese2
Wonderful love that rescued meAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Author)English22
Wonderful, wonderful Savior, all glory to TheeAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English4
Would you dwell today in a sunlit wayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1

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