Avis B. Christiansen

Avis B. Christiansen
Avis Burgeson Christiansen
Short Name: Avis B. Christiansen
Full Name: Christiansen, Avis B., 1895-1985
Birth Year: 1895
Death Year: 1985

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985.

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Texts by Avis B. Christiansen (128)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A glorious Lord and KingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
All I need to know of heaven is that Jesus will be thereAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Are you discouraged and burdened with careAvis M. Christiansen (Author)0
As far as the east is removed from the westAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
At the place of prayer we wait todayAvis M. Christiansen (Author)0
Beholding Thee, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Caminando estoy con rumbo a SionA. B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish1
充滿我心境,榮耀異象 (Chōngmǎn wǒ xīnjìng, róngyào yì xiàng)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese1
Christ the Lord was born in BethlehemAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Come and let us lift our hearts in songs of praiseAvis M. Christiansen (Author)0
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fearAvis B. Christiansen (Adapter)English10
Dark grows the night of sinAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Day by day by your words and actionsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Fill all my vision, Savior, I prayAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Author)English14
From heaven's glory Jesus cameAvis M. Burgeson (Author)1
From the matchless splendor of the Father's throneAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English0
في مسيري مع يسوعيAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Arabic0
Give me, O Lord, a burning heartAvis B. Christianson (Author)English1
Give me thine heart, That glad and glorious dayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)2
Glory and power and dominion be unto TheeAvis M. Christiansen (Author)0
God, the Father, once plantedA. M. Christianson (Author)1
God's word shall standAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Grant me the consciousness, Lord, of thy presenceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Hacia el Calvario, mi SalvadorAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)Spanish3
Harvest time is ready, see, the fields are whiteAvis B. Christiansen (Author)0
He careth for me! My heart on this promise can restAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
何等榮耀!因主血救贖Avis B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese1
He made me for himself aloneAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
This God is the God we adoreAvis B. Christiansen (Author (vs. 3, 4))English2
How my soul with holy rapture thrillsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English7
How sweet is the love of my Savior to me (Christiansen)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
I am traveling toward the land of dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
I cannot tell the path that lies aheadAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
I cannot understand the matchless graceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English0
I find the Lord is blessingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
I look at the cross upon CalvaryAvis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English14
I prayed to be a channel Of blessing day by dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
I was a sinner, lost in the darknessAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English5
I was a sinner, no hope could I seeAvis M. Christianson (Author)English3
I was straying when Christ found meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English38
I would be a loyal soldierAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)2
I'm abiding today in Canaan landAvis Burgeson (Author)English2
I'm traveling to a fair countryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
I'm under the blood of CalvaryAvis B. Christensen (Author)English2
I'm walking with my Savior, In His presence everAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English1
In a lowly manger laidAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
In the light of thy love on Calvary shownAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
In the midst of turmoil I have peace withinAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
In the paths of sin and darknessAvis M. Burgeson (Author)1
In the shadow of the cross I have found a safe retreatAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English9
It is glory just to walk with Him whose blood has ransomed meAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English15
I've a blest companion ever at my sideAvis M. Christiansen (Author)5
I've found a refuge from life's care in JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
I've pitched my tent t'wards the promised landMrs. Avis Christiansen (Author)English1
Jesus calls for volunteersAvis B. Christiansen (Author)6
Jesus I come now confessingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
Let me see thee, blessed JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Lift your eyes unto the heavens, ye who wait the Lord's returnAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Lift your heads and see the fields of goldAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Lord, keep me trusting Thee day after dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English4
Lost in the love of Jesus, How sweet in that love to abideAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English3
My heavenly Father cares for even meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
My hope blessed Jesus is anchored in TheeAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English13
My Savior leads, in tender love he leadethAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
Nearer to Jesus I now abideAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)6
O come with me into that garden stillAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)2
O holy night the stars are brightly shiningAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Alterer)English2
O precious is the promise God has givenAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
O Savior, as my eyes beholdAvis B. Christiansen, 1896-1985 (Author)English5
O the love that gave my Lord to die on CalvaryAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English10
O wonderful name, how my heart thrills to hear itAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English5
O'er the world a gloom had fallenAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)2
Oh Salvador, al contemplarAvis B. Christiansen, 1896-1985 (Author)Spanish1
Old days have all goneAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Only a few more shadows, only a few more sighsAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)4
Only glory by and byAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Only Jesus, only Jesus, Only He can satisfyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Only one life to offer Jesus my Lord and KingAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English14
Out of the depths to the glory aboveAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English21
Praise his name, Christ the Lord of hostsA. M. Christiansen (Author)1
Praise the name of Christ, the Lamb of CalvaryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
“¿Qué debo hacer?”, temblando preguntóAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish3
Rejoice, my soul, rejoice and singAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Sad and weary and worn with weepingAvis M. Burgeson (Author)1
See Him, Jesus, the Savior who came to earthAvis M. Christiansen (Author)0
Shadows of evening are fallingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Sing His praise, the King of GloryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Sing of the mighty love divineAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)2
Sing the praise of God the FatherAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English7
Sólo Cristo satisfaceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish0
Somewhere the sun is shiningAvis B. Christiansen (Author (v. 2, 3, and refrain))English1
Sweet is the hope that is thrilling my soulAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English22
Sweet is the walk with Jesus belowAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
Take this life of mine, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
The one who once walked on the watersAvis Burgeson (Author)1
There is a place of contentment and peaceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
There may be tears to shed as we travel homeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English14
There's a melody that's so sweet to meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English7
There's a song in my heart from heaven aboveAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
There's a song my soul keeps singingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
There's a song within me springing night and dayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English1
'Tis a great salvation that hath reached my soulAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English6
To the youth of the world comes a challengeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
'Twas at Calvary that Jesus bled and diedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful mornAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English75
Walking with Jesus, O fellowship so sweet (Christiansen)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
We shall gather in the morning when our race on earth is runAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English4
What a wonderful friend is JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
What joy divine it is to knowAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
What makes me feel like singing when the world is dark without?Avis M. Christiansen (Author)English1
What must I do, the trembling jailor criedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English27
When days are weary and life seems in vainAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
When discouraged with fearAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creationAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English11
When I opened my heart's door to JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English14
When Jesus calls I will answerAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
When tempted and tried and discouragedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steepAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English3
Where can I go when I'm lonelyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English0
Whether sowing seedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
While the world is rushing blindlyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
While you are heedlessly going your wayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)4
Whisper a prayer in the morning, Just at the break of dayAvis Christiansen (Author)English1
Who have I on earth, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
我已尋獲主耶穌作避難所 (Wǒ yǐ xún huò zhǔ yēsū zuò bìnàn suǒ)Avis M. B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese1
Wonderful love that rescued meConstance B. Reid (Author)English21
Wonderful, wonderful Savior, all glory to TheeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
Would you dwell today in a sunlit wayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English0

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