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Herr Jesu, dich lieb' ich

Author: Carl Röhl Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß, du bist mein Used With Tune: [Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß, du bist mein]

[Mein Jesus, dich lieb ich]

Appears in 711 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Gordon Incipit: 13443 21327 71134 Used With Text: Herr Jesus, dich lieb ich

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Author: Carl Röhl Hymnal: Evangelisches Gesangbuch #31 (1895) First Line: Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß du bist mein Languages: German Tune Title: [Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß du bist mein]

Herr Jesu dich lieb' ich

Author: Carl Röhl Hymnal: Die Kleine Palme #31 (1895) First Line: Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß du bist mein Languages: German Tune Title: [Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß du bist mein]

Herr Jesu, dich lieb' ich

Author: Carl Röhl Hymnal: Die Kleine Palme No. 2 #176 (1900) First Line: Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß, du bist mein Languages: German Tune Title: [Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß, du bist mein]

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William R. Featherston

1846 - 1873 Person Name: William R. Featherstone Alterer of "Herr Jesu dich lieb' ich" William Ralph Featherston(e) Canada 1846-1873. Born at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church there. He became a Christian at age 16 while in Toronto, and is thought to have written his famous hymn about the same time. He sent the poem to his aunt, Ms. E. Featherston Wilson and she gave it to a publisher. Adoniram. J Gordon, an evangelist, founder of Gordon College & Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, found the hymn in a 1870 London hymnal and was impressed with the words, but did not like the tune, so he composed the melody that has been used with the hymn ever since. Featherstone is thought to have married Julie R MacAlister in 1869 and that they had a son, John, in 1870. Featherstone died in Montreal at age 26. John Perry

Adoniram J. Gordon

1836 - 1895 Person Name: A. J. Gordon Composer of "[Mein Jesus, dich lieb' ich, ich weiß du bist mein]" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895) was educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts. After being ordained in 1863, he served the Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston. A close friend of Dwight L. Moody, he promoted evangelism and edited The Service of Song for Baptist Churches (1871) as well as The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book (1872). Both Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are named after Gordon. Bert Polman ================== Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:— 1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890. 2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this school gave themselves to the work of foreign missions during their stay at Northfield. Four of their number were chosen to visit the colleges in different parts of the country, and endeavour to awaken a deeper interest in missions during the succeeding academic year. At their request Dr. Gordon” wrote this hymn. Baptist Hymns and Hymn Writers. 3. Where art thou, soul! I hear God say. [Divine Chiding.] Published in social meeting edition of The Service of Song, 1881. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)