Glaubensleben

Was kann es Schön'res geben?

Author: Karl Johann Philipp Spitta
Published in 25 hymnals

Author: Karl Johann Philipp Spitta

Spitta, Carl Johann Philipp, D.D., was born Aug. 1, 1801, at Hannover, where his father, Lebrecht Wilhelm Gottfried Spitta, was then living, as bookkeeper and teacher of the French language. In his eleventh year Spitta fell into a severe illness, which lasted for four years, and so threw him back that his mother (the father died in 1805) abandoned the idea of a professional career, and apprenticed him to a watchmaker. This occupation did not prove at all congenial to him, but he would not confess his dislike, and his family were ignorant of it till an old friend, who was trying to comfort him after the death of a younger brother, discovered his true feelings. The younger brother had been preparing for ordination, and so Carl was now invited… Go to person page >

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Der Neue Kleine Psalter #28

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Die Glaubensharfe (With Melodies) #484

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Die Glaubensharfe #484

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Die Pilgerharfe #183

English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal #d267

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch mit vierstimmigen Melodien #437[482]

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch #389

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) #344

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 #344

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Frohe Lieder und Brüder-Harfe #259

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Gemeinschafts-Lieder. 7th ed. #194

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d626

Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft für öffentlichen und häuslichen Gottesdienst #d809

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Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft #448

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Gesangbuch mit Noten #217

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Gesangbuch mit Noten #217

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Gesangbuch #525

Glaubens-Lieder #d521

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Heilstöne #27

Liederperlen #d130

Neue Zionsharfe #139

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Psalter und Harfe #34

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Die Weckstimme #242

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