Gerechtigkeit bringt Heil und Leben

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Gerechtigkeit bringt Heil und Leben

Author: William W. Orwig
Published in 5 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Easy Organ Library, Vol. 52

Author: William W. Orwig

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 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Gerechtigkeit bringt Heil und Leben
Author:	William W. Orwig
Language:	German
Copyright:	Public Domain

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O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (König)

Johann Balthaser König (b. Waltershausen, near Gotha, Germany, 1691; d. Frankfurt, Germany, 1758) composed this tune, which later became associated with Johann Mentzer's hymn "O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte" (Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices). The harmonization is from the Wurttembergische Choral…

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WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT (Neumark 51131)

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