Die Verheißung der Vergebung

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Wie hirtenlos, in Sturmesweh'n

Translator: Friedrich Munz; Author: John Henry Sammis
Tune: [We all like sheep have gone astray]
Published in 1 hymnal

Translator: Friedrich Munz

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Author: John Henry Sammis

John H. Sammis was born in Brooklyn. He moved to Logansport, Indiana when ye was 22, where he was converted to Christianity. He was active in the Y.M.C.A., serving as secretary for the Terre Haute Association and later becoming State Secretary. After this, he studied at Lane and McCormack seminaries and was ordained in the Presbyterian church at Glidden, Iowa. He also pastored churches in Indianapolis, Grand Haven, MI, Red Wing and St. Paul, Minn. In 1909 he became associated with the Los Angeles Bible Institute. He wrote more that 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Wie hirtenlos, in Sturmesweh'n
Title:	Die Verheißung der Vergebung
English Title:	The Promise of Pardon (We all like sheep have gone astray)
Translator:	Friedrich Munz
Author:	John Henry Sammis
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Sünder, verlasse deinen Weg
Copyright:	Public Domain