O Jesu, wär' ich armes Kind

Author: Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von Zinzendorf

Zinzendorf, Count Nicolaus Ludwig, the founder of the religious community of Herrnhut and the apostle of the United Brethren, was born at Dresden May 26, 1700. It is not often that noble blood and worldly wealth are allied with true piety and missionary zeal. Such, however, was the case with Count Zinzendorf. In 1731 Zinzendorf resigned all public duties and devoted himself to missionary work. He traveled extensively on the Continent, in Great Britain, and in America, preaching "Christ, and him crucified," and organizing societies of Moravian brethren. John Wesley is said to have been under obligation to Zinzendorf for some ideas on singing, organization of classes, and Church government. Zinzendorf was the author of some two thousand hymn… Go to person page >

Tune

[Herr, segne uns die Gaben Dein]


ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

Edward Miller (b. Norwich, England, 1735; d. Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1807) adapted ROCKINGHAM from an earlier tune, TUNEBRIDGE, which had been published in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature (c. 1780). ROCKINGHAM has long associations in Great Britain and North Amer…

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[Fear not the pathless wilderness]


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349 Lieder #155

Das Christliche Gesang-Buch #d226

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Frohe Lieder und Brüder-Harfe #323

Gesangbuch zum Gebrauch der Evangelischen Bruedergemeinen #d440

Glaubens-Lieder #d411

Liederbuch für die Jugend #d104

Neue Zionsharfe #164

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Perlen und Blüthen #20

The Philharmonia #d325

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