424. My God, Where Shall I Wend My Flight
Text Information |
First Line: |
My God, where shall I wend my flight? (Mijn God waer sal ic henen gaen) |
Title: |
My God, Where Shall I Wend My Flight |
Dutch Title: |
Mijn God waer sal ic henen gaen |
Author: |
Menno Simons (1496-1561) (c. 1540) |
Translator: |
Leonard Verduin (1955) |
Alterer (stanzas 8 & 11): |
Compiler (1971) |
Meter: |
8.8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Language: |
Dutch; English |
Publication Date: |
1972 |
Scripture: |
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Topic: |
Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Church: Hymns of Martyrs |
Source: |
THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF MENNO SIMONS, edited by John Christian Wenger, Text of hymn from |
Copyright: |
Copyright 1956 by Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa. Used by permission. Sts. 8, 11, altered by permission.; Stanzas 8, 11 Text Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers |
Notes: |
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Ps. 57:4. |
Tune Information |
Name: |
EIN TREUER ZEUGE |
Arranger: |
John J. Overholt (1971) |
Meter: |
8.8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Incipit: |
13451 71215 67 |
Key: |
D♭ Major |
Copyright: |
Arrangement Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers |
Notes: |
M.M. 63 |
Text Information:Menno Simons (1496-1561) [was a] Dutch Anabaptist church leader.