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Ich weiß dass mein Erlöser lebt, Mein Herze drob in Wonne schwebt

Translator: J. T. Mueller

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Author: Samuel Medley

Medley, Samuel, born June 23, 1738, at Cheshunt, Herts, where his father kept a school. He received a good education; but not liking the business to which he was apprenticed, he entered the Royal Navy. Having been severely wounded in a battle with the French fleet off Port Lagos, in 1759, he was obliged to retire from active service. A sermon by Dr. Watts, read to him about this time, led to his conversion. He joined the Baptist Church in Eagle Street, London, then under the care of Dr. Gifford, and shortly afterwards opened a school, which for several years he conducted with great success. Having begun to preach, he received, in 1767, a call to become pastor of the Baptist church at Watford. Thence, in 1772, he removed to Byrom Street, Liv… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ich weiß dass mein Erlöser lebt, Mein Herze drob in Wonne schwebt
English Title: I know that my Redeemer lives!
Author: Samuel Medley
Translator: J. T. Mueller
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) #d325

The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) #d325
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The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) (2nd ed) #485b

The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) (2nd ed) #485b
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