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Easter Hymn

Lamb, the once crucified! Lion, by triumph surrounded

Translator: T. C. Porter; Author: Meta Heusser-Schweitzer
Published in 7 hymnals

Translator: T. C. Porter

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Author: Meta Heusser-Schweitzer

Heusser-Schweizer, Meta, daughter of Diethelm Schweizer, pastor of the Reformed Church at Hirzel near Zurich, was born at Hirzel, April 6, 1797, and was married in 1821, to Johann Jakob Heusser, a physician at Hirzel. Dr. Heusser died at Hirzel in 1859, and his widow continued to reside there till her death on January 2, 1876 (Koch, vii. 377-381; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 339, 340). She was of a true poetic genius, and may fairly be regarded as the most important of modern German female sacred poets. The Holy Scriptures and the mountain scenery of her lonely home were the chief sources of her poetic inspiration. She was trained in the school of affliction, and her poems breathe the spirit of deep and sincere piety and childlike… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Lamb, the once crucified! Lion, by triumph surrounded
Title: Easter Hymn
Original Language: German
Author: Meta Heusser-Schweitzer
Translator: T. C. Porter
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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Christ in Song #330

Christ in Song #330

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d381

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d381
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Hymns from the Land of Luther #293

Hymns from the Land of Luther #293
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Offices of Worship and Hymns #531

Offices of Worship and Hymns #531

Resurgit #d77

Resurgit #d77
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Songs of the Soul #114

Songs of the Soul #114
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The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #531

The Liturgy and the Offices of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #531
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