Gott Vater, dir sei Dank gesagt

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Gott Vater, dir sei Dank gesagt und Ehre

Author: David Denicke (1652)
Tune: DIEU TOUTPOUISSANT
Published in 2 hymnals

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Gott Vater, dir sei Dank gesagt und Ehre;
Herr Jesu Christ, den Glauben in uns mehre;
o Heilger Geis, erneu uns Herz und Mund,
daß wir dein Lob ausbreiten alle Stund.

Source: Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten: evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #160

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Author: David Denicke

Denicke, David, son of B. D. Denicke, Town Judge of Zittau, Saxony, was born at Zittau, January 31, 1603. After studying philosophy and law at the Universities of Wittenberg and Jena, he was for a time tutor of law at Königsberg, and, 1624-1628, travelled in Holland, England and France. In 1629 he became tutor to the sons of Duke Georg of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and under father and sons held various important offices, such as, 1639, the direction of the foundation of Bursfeld, and in 1642 a member of the Consistory at Hannover. He died at Hannover, April 1, 1680 (Koch, iii. 237; Bode, p. 58). His hymns, which for that time were in good taste, and are simple, useful, warm, and flowing, appeared in the various Hannoverian hymnbooks, 1646-1659,… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Gott Vater, dir sei Dank gesagt und Ehre
Title:	Gott Vater, dir sei Dank gesagt
Author:	David Denicke (1652)
Language:	German
Copyright:	Public Domain