Zum Kreuze

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Herr, ich komm' zum Kreuze hin

Author: William McDonald; Translator: J. A. Reitz
Tune: [I am coming to the cross] (Fischer)
Published in 10 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	The Organist's Library, Vol. 47

Author: William McDonald

McDonald, Rev. William. (Belmont, Maine, March 1, 1820--September 11, 1901, Monrovia, California). Becoming a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839 he was admitted to the Maine Conference in 1843, being transferred to that of Wisconsin in 1855 and of New England in 1859. For a number of years he was editor of the Advocate of Christian Holiness. In addition to being a writer of biographies and religious books, he compiled, or assisted in compiling, a number of song books of the gospel song type, among them being the Western Minstrel (1840), Wesleyan Minstrel (1853), Beulah Songs (1870), Tribute of Praise (1874). This last book was that which had been compiled by McDonald and L.F. Snow, and re-edited by Eben Tourjée, appea… Go to person page >

Translator: J. A. Reitz

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First Line:	Herr, ich komm' zum Kreuze hin
Title:	Zum Kreuze
English Title:	I Am Coming to the Cross
Translator:	J. A. Reitz
Author:	William McDonald
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Herr, ich trau' allein auf dich
Copyright:	Public Domain