Gott Lob, dass seine Gnadenhand

Gott Lob, dass seine Gnadenhand

Author: Anna Nitschmann
Tune: SCEPTER
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Author: Anna Nitschmann

Nitschmann, Anna, daughter of David Nitschmann, cartwright, at Kunewald, near Fulnek, Moravia, was born at Kunewald, Nov. 24, 1715. Her cousin, David Nitschmann (the first Bishop, 1735, of the renewed Brethren's Unity) while on a visit to Kunewald in the beginning of 1725, persuaded her father to remove to Herrnhut, where the family arrived on Feb. 25, 1725. On March 17, 1730, Anna was appointed Unity-Elder, with the care of the unmarried sisters; on May 4, 1730, joined with Anna Dober in founding the Jungfrauenbund (see p. 304, ii.); and in 1733 entered the unmarried sisters' house at Herrnhut. In 1735 she became companion to Zinzendorf s daughter, the Countess Benigna, and accompanied her, in 1737, to England. During the summer of 1740 sh… Go to person page >

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First Line: Gott Lob, dass seine Gnadenhand
Author: Anna Nitschmann
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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