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Mimi ni mwana kondoo

Mimi ni mwana kondoo

Author: Henriette Louise von Hayn (1778)
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: Henriette Louise von Hayn

Hayn, Henrietta Luise von, daughter of Georg Heinrich von Hayn, master of the hounds to the Duke of Nassau, was born at Idstein, Nassau, May 22, 1724. In 1746 she was formally received into the Moravian community at Herrnhaag. There, and, after the dissolution of this community, at Grosshennersdorf, and, after 1751 at Herrnhut, she was engaged as teacher in the Girls' School; and after 1766 in caring for the invalid sisters of the community. She died at Herrnhut, Aug. 27, 1782. (Koch, vi. 443-447; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xi. 1.58, &c.) She was a gifted hymnwriter. A fervent love to Christ pervades her produc¬tions; and they are remarkably free from the unpleasant sentimentalism and that dwelling on the physical details of our Lord'… Go to person page >

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First Line: Mimi ni mwana kondoo
Original Language: German
Author: Henriette Louise von Hayn (1778)
Meter: Weil ich Jesu Schäflein bin
Language: Swahili
Notes: Sauti: Weil ich Jesu Schäflein bin, Asili: Herrnhut 1794, Augustana Hymnal #650, Posaunen Buch III #198 B, Nyimbo za Kikristo #232

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Mwimbieni Bwana #299

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