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Thanks to the Man of sorrows be

Author: Johannes von Watteville, 1718-88 Appears in 5 hymnals

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Thanks to the Man of sorrows be

Author: Johannes von Watteville, 1718-88 Hymnal: Offices of Worship and Hymns #684 (1891)

Thanks to the Man of sorrows be

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #363 (1819) Languages: English

Thanks to the Man of sorrows be

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #417 (1832) Languages: English

1718 - 1788 Author of "Thanks to the Man of sorrows be" Johannes de Watteville, was the son-in-law of Nicholas Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf, married to Zinzendorf's daughter Benigna. He was a Moravian bishop in Germany. He originated the Christingle tradition in 1747 when he gave each child in his church a lighted candle wrapped in a red ribbon with a prayer that said "Lord Jesus, kindle a flame in these dear children's hearts." ================ Watteville, Johannes von, originally Johann Michael Langguth, but adopted by F. von Watteville, b. Oct. 18, 1718, at Walschleben near Erfurt. Member of the Unity's Direction, 1764. d. Oct. li, 1788, at Gnadenfrei, Silesia. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)