Hilf, Helfer, hilf in Angst und Not, Erbarm dich mein, o treuer Gott

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Hilf, Helfer, hilf in Angst und Not, Erbarm dich mein, o treuer Gott

Author: Martin Moller
Published in 21 hymnals

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1 Hilf, Helfer, hilf in Angst und Noth,
erbarm dich mein, o treuer Gott,
ich bin ja doch dein liebes Kind
trotz Teufel, Welt und aller Sünd.

2 Ich trau auf dich, mein Gott und Herr!
Wenn ich dich hab, was will ich mehr?
Ich hab ja dich, Herr Jesu Christ,
du mein Gott und Erlöser bist.

3 Deß freu ich mich von Herzen sein,
bin gutes Muths und harre dein,
verlaß mich gänzlich auf dein Nam'n;
hilf, Helfer, hilf! drauf sprech ich: Am'n.

Source: Evang.-Lutherisches Gesangbuch #534

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Author: Martin Moller

Moller, Martin, son of Dionysius Moller, mason at Liessnitz (now Kroptädt), near Wittenberg, was born at Liessnitz, Nov. 11, 1547. He attended the town school at Wittenberg and the gymnasium at Görlitz, but was too poor to go to any university. In 1568 he was appointed cantor at Löwenberg in Silesia, but in April, 1572, was ordained as pastor of Kesselsdorf, near Löwenberg. In the autumn of 1572 he was appointed diaconus at Löwenberg, in 1575 pastor at Sprottau, and in July, 1600, became chief pastor at Görlitz. He preached his last sermon, Oct. 30, 1605, and died at Görlitz, March 2, 1606 (Koch, ii. 211, iv. 552, &c). Moller's hymns appeared in his two very popular devotional books, (I) Meditationes sanctorumpatrum, Görlitz, 1584;… Go to person page >

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