Kirche Christi, breite, breite

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Kirche Christi, breite, breite

Author: Christian G. Barth
Published in 17 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Christ the Life of All the Living

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1 Kirche Christi, breite, breite
deine Grenzen weit hinaus!
Söhne, Töchter dir zu Seite
wallen still zu deinem Haus.
Pries sei ewig deinen Toren!
Kinder werden dir geboren
wie der Morgenröte Tau,
träufelnd auf die Frühlingsau'.

2 Sieh, schon eilt die Schar der Boten,
die du ausgesendet hast,
von den Sündern, von den Toten
abzunehmen Schuld und Last.
Selig, die du schon erledigt!
Kirche Christi, ja man predigt
Großes, Herrliches in dir!
Wachse wachse für und für!

3 O von allen Völkern, Zungen
werde dir, Herr Zebaoth,
Halleluja stets gesungen,
Lob dem freuen Bundesgott!
Sammle dir aus allem Volke
eine lichte Zeugenwolke.
Ach, das alle, nah und fern,
lebten dir, Gott, unserm Herrn!

Source: Missionsfestlieder #8

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Author: Christian G. 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 >

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First Line:	Kirche Christi, breite, breite
Author:	Christian G. Barth
Language:	German
Copyright:	Public Domain

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[Kirche Christi, breite, breite]

[Jesu, meines Lebens Leben] (11756)

The composer of the tune is unknown; it was first published in Das grosse Cantional: oder Kirchen-Gesangbuch (Darmstadt, 1687) to the text "Alle Menschen mussen sterben" by J. G. Albinus; some Baroque organ works are associated with that text. The tune became associated with Homburg's text since the…

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[Freu' dich, Seele, rühm' und preise]

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