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Denk, Mensch, wie dich

Denk, Mensch, wie dich dein Heiland liebet

Author: Petrus Herbert
Tune: IAM MOESTA
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Petrus Herbert

Herbert, Petrus, seems to have been a native of or resident at Fulnek in Moravia. He was ordained priest of the Brethren's Unity in 1562, became a member of the Select Council in 1567, and was latterly Consenior of the Unity. By the Unity he was entrusted with many important missions. He was sent as a deputy to confer with Calvin: and again in 1562 to arrange with Duke Christoph of Württemberg for the education at Tübingen of young men from the Bohemian Brethren. He was also one of the deputies sent to Vienna to present the revised form of the Brethren's Confession of Faith to the Emperor Maximilian II. in 1564, and in 1566 to present their new German Hymn Book. He died at Eibenschütz in 1571 (Koch, ii. 414, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographi… Go to person page >

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First Line: Denk, Mensch, wie dich dein Heiland liebet
Title: Denk, Mensch, wie dich
Author: Petrus Herbert
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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Neu-Eingerichtetes Gesang-Buch in Sich Haltend eine Sammlung (mehrentheils alter) Schöner lehr-reicher underbailicher Lieder... #152

Neu-Eingerichtetes Gesang-Buch in Sich Haltend eine Sammlung (mehrentheils alter) Schöner lehr-reicher underbailicher Lieder... #152
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Neueingerichtetes Gesang-Buch, enthaltend eine Sammlung (mehrentheils alter) erbaulicher Lieder, nach den Hauptstücken der christlichen Lehre und Glaubens eingetheilet #105

Neueingerichtetes Gesang-Buch, enthaltend eine Sammlung (mehrentheils alter) erbaulicher Lieder, nach den Hauptstücken der christlichen Lehre und Glaubens eingetheilet #105
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Sonntagschulbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #86

Sonntagschulbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #86
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Sonntagschulbuch #104

Sonntagschulbuch #104
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