Geist des Lebens! heil'ge Gabe, Du, der Seelen Licht und Trost

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Geist des Lebens! heil'ge Gabe, Du, der Seelen Licht und Trost

Author: Albert Knapp
Published in 30 hymnals

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	Christ the Life of All the Living

Author: Albert Knapp

Knapp, Albert, was born July 25, 1798, at Tübingen, where his father (1800, Oberanitmann at Alpirsbach in the Black Forest, and 1809, Oberamtmann at Rottweil) was then advocate at the Court of Appeal. In the autumn of 1814 he entered the Theological Seminary at Maulbronn, and in 1816 the Theological College at Tübingen, where he also graduated M.A. at the University. In November, 1820, he became assistant clergyman at Feuerbach, near Stuttgart; and in July, 1821, at Gaisburg, near Stuttgart. He was appointed, in Feb., 1825, diaconus (Heifer) at Sulz on the Neckar, and also pastor of the neighbouring village of Holzhausen; in June, 1831, archidiaconus at Kirchheim-unter-Teck, along with Bahnmaier (q.v.); in May, 1836, diaconus of the Hospi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Geist des Lebens! heil'ge Gabe, Du, der Seelen Licht und Trost
Author:	Albert Knapp
Language:	German
Copyright:	Public Domain

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[Geist des Lebens! heilge Gabe]

GOTHA (Knecht)

[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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