Der treueste Führer

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Heil'ger Geist, du treuer Hort

Author: M. M. Wells; Translator: Carl Roehl
Tune: GUIDE (Wells)
Published in 6 hymnals

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	Abide With Me

Author: M. M. Wells

Converted to Christianity as a youth at a mission in Buffalo, New York, Marcus Morris Wells (b. Cooperstown, NY, 1815; d. Hartwick, NY, 1895) spent most of his life near Hartwick as a farmer and maker of farm implements. He is remembered in hymnody for writing both the text and tune of "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide." "On a Saturday afternoon, October 1858, while at work in my cornfield, the sentiment of the hymn came to me," writes Wells. "The next day, Sunday, being a very stormy day, I finished the hymn and wrote the tune for it and sent it to Prof. I. B. Woodbury." Isaac Woodbury was the editor of the New York Musical Pioneer, and the original text and tune were first published in that periodical's November 1858 issue. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Translator: Carl Roehl

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Heil'ger Geist, du treuer Hort
Title:	Der treueste Führer
English Title:	Holy Spirit, faithful Guide
Author:	M. M. Wells
Translator:	Carl Roehl
Language:	German
Copyright:	Public Domain

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GUIDE (Wells)

Converted to Christianity as a youth at a mission in Buffalo, New York, Marcus Morris Wells (b. Cooperstown, NY, 1815; d. Hartwick, NY, 1895) spent most of his life near Hartwick as a farmer and maker of farm implements. He is remembered in hymnody for writing both the text and tune of "Holy Spirit,…

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