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Oft zagt das Herz im bitterem Leid

Translator: E. C. Magaret; Author: John S. Norris
Tune: [Sometimes our hearts are burdened with grief]
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Translator: E. C. Magaret

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Author: John S. Norris

Rv John Samuel Norris United Kingdom/USA 1844-1907. Born at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, he emigrated to the US when young and attended school in Canada. He was ordained a Methodist minister in Oshawa, ON, in 1868. Over the next decade he pastored at churches in Canada, NY, and WI. He switched to the Congregationalist denomination in 1878, serving churches in Mondovi, Shullsburg, and Hixton, WI, and Grand Rapids, MI. From 1882 -1901 he held pastorates at Ames, Webster City, Parkersburg, Peterson, and Tripoli, IA.. He died in Chicago, IL. John Perry Go to person page >

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First Line:	Oft zagt das Herz im bitterem Leid
Title:	Blicke auf zum Herrn
English Title:	Sometimes our hearts are burdened with grief
Translator:	E. C. Magaret
Author:	John S. Norris
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Blicke auf zum Herrn! Helfen will er gern!
Publication Date:	1896
Copyright:	Public Domain