1677 - 1754 Person Name: F. C. Heyder, 1677-1754 Author of "I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Born: 1677, Merseburg, Germany.
Heyder was a deacon in Merseburg, and in 1706 became pastor in Zörbig (near Halle), where he served 35 years.
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Friedrich Christian Heyder