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Golden sun of evening

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Translator: Anna Barbara Urner

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Translator: J. H. Kuhlman

Johann Heinrich Kuhlmann (John Henry) studied at Capitol University and preached at the Lutheran Church in Loudinville, Ohio. Along with his brother Rev. Edward Kuhlman (Oil City, Pa.) he painted frescoes inside rural Ohio churches. J. H. Kuhlmann's great granddaughter Go to person page >

Author: Christian Gottlob Barth

Barth, Christian Gottlob, son of C. F. Barth, house painter in Stuttgart, was born at Stuttgart, July 31,1799. He studied at Tubingen, where he was the principal founder of the Missionary Society, and was only restrained by his mother's entreaties from offering himself as a missionary. He became, in 1821, assistant at Neckarweihingen and Dornham, and, in 1822, curate in charge of Effringen and Schönbrunn, near Nagold. In 1824 he was appointed pastor of Möttlingen, near Calw, but resigned his charge in 1838, and settled in Calw, receiving in the same year the degree of D.D. from the University.of Greifswald. He died at Calw of apoplexy, Nov. 12, 1862. At Calw he devoted himself as a writer and preacher to children, as a preacher and writer… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Golden sun of evening
German Title: Gold'ne Abendsonne, wie bist du so schön
Translator: Anna Barbara Urner
Translator: J. H. Kuhlman
Author: Christian Gottlob Barth
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Primary School Carols #54

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