1810 - 1889 Person Name: W. W. Orwig Author of "Mein Hoherpriester du" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch mit vierstimmigen Melodien Orwig, William. (September 25, 1810--May 29, 1889). Evangelical. Historian, editor, bishop (1859), college president, book agent (1836), promoter of missions. Assisted in making new edition of Das Geistliche Viole, most important hymnbook in German America. Hymns, well-loved, included "Komm Geist vom Thron herab."
--Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives
William W. Orwig