Näher, mein Gott, zu Dir, näher zu Dir, und solls ein Kreuz auch sein

Näher, mein Gott, zu Dir, näher zu Dir, und solls ein Kreuz auch sein

Author: Sarah Flower Adams; Translator: Adolph Spaeth (1884)
Tune: BETHANY (Mason)
Published in 5 hymnals

Author: Sarah Flower Adams

Adams, Sarah, nee Flower. born at Harlow, Essex, Feb. 22nd, 1805; died in London, Aug. 14, 1848, and was buried at Harlow, Aug. 21,1848. She was the younger daughter of Mr. Benjamin Flower, editor and proprietor, of The Cambridge Intelligencer; and was married, in 1834, to William B. Adams, a civil engineer. In 1841 she published Vivia Perpetua, a dramatic poem dealing with the conflict of heathenism and Christianity, in which Vivia Perpetua suffered martyrdom; and in 1845, The Flock at the Fountain; a catechism and hymns for children. As a member of the congregation of the Rev. W. J. Fox, an Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published by C. Fox, Lond., in 1841, for use in his chapel. Of thes… Go to person page >

Translator: Adolph Spaeth

Adolph Späth Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Näher, mein Gott, zu Dir, näher zu Dir, und solls ein Kreuz auch sein
English Title: Nearer, my God, to Thee
Translator: Adolph Spaeth (1884)
Author: Sarah Flower Adams
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)
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Deutsches Gesangbuch #510

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #41

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Evangelischer Liederschatz #30

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Liederlust #116

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Muntere Lieder #184a

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