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 (118)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
充滿我心境,榮耀異象 (Chōngmǎn wǒ xīnjìng, róngyào yì xiàng)Avis M. B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese2
في مسيري مع يسوعيAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Arabic1
何等榮耀!因主血救贖Avis B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese2
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)Chinese2
A glorious Lord and KingAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
All I need to know of heaven is that Jesus will be thereAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
Are you discouraged and burdened with careAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
As far as the east is removed from the westAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
At the place of prayer we wait todayAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Beholding Thee, Lord JesusAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)4
Caminando estoy con rumbo a SionAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish2
Christ the Lord was born in BethlehemAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Come and let us lift our hearts in songs of praiseAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fearAvis B. Christiansen (Alterer)English10
Day by day by your words and actionsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Fill all my vision, Savior, I prayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)14
From heaven's glory Jesus cameAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
Give me thine heart, That glad and glorious dayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
Glory and power and dominion be unto TheeAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
God, the Father, once plantedA. M. Christianson (Author)2
God's word shall standAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Grant me the consciousness, Lord, of thy presenceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Hacia el Calvario, mi SalvadorAvis B. Christiansen, 1895-1985 (Author)Spanish4
Harvest time is ready, see, the fields are whiteAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
He careth for me! My heart on this promise can restAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
He made me for himself aloneAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
How my soul with holy rapture thrillsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)7
How sweet is the love of my Savior to me (Christiansen)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
I am traveling toward the land of dayAvis Burgeson (Author)6
I cannot tell the path that lies aheadAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
I find the Lord is blessingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
I look at the cross upon CalvaryChristian B. Anson (Author)English17
I was a sinner, lost in the darknessAvis B. Christiansen (Author)6
I was a sinner, no hope could I seeAvis M. Christianson (Author)English4
I was straying when Christ found meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English38
I would be a loyal soldierAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
I'm abiding today in Canaan landAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English3
I'm traveling to a fair countryAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
I'm under the blood of CalvaryAvis B. Christensen (Author)3
I'm walking with my SaviorAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
In a lowly manger laidAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
In the light of thy love on Calvary shownAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
In the midst of turmoil I have peace withinAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
In the paths of sin and darknessAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
In the shadow of the cross I have found a safe retreatAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)9
It is glory just to walk with Him whose blood has ransomed meAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English14
I've a blest companion ever at my sideAvis M. Christiansen (Author)6
I've found a refuge from life's care in JesusAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)c, Chinese18
I've pitched my tent t'wards the promised landMrs. Avis Christiansen (Author)English2
Jesus calls for volunteersAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)7
Jesus I come now confessingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Let me see thee, blessed JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Lift your eyes unto the heavens, ye who wait the Lord's returnAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
Lift your heads and see the fields of goldAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Lord, keep me trusting thee day after dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Lost in the love of JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
My heavenly Father cares for even meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
My hope blessed Jesus is anchored in theeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)13
My Savior leads, in tender love he leadethAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Nearer to Jesus I now abideAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)7
O come with me into that garden stillAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
O holy night the stars are brightly shining Avis B. Christiansen (Editor)English2
O precious is the promise God has givenAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
O Savior, as my eyes beholdAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Author)English5
O the love that gave my Lord to die on CalvaryAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English11
O wonderful name, how my heart thrills to hear itAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English6
O'er the world a gloom had fallenAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Oh Salvador, al contemplarAvis B. Christiansen, 1896-1985 (Author)Spanish2
Old days have all goneAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
Only a few more shadows, only a few more sighsAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)5
Only glory by and byAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Engish2
Only Jesus, only JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Only one life to offer Jesus my Lord and KingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)15
Out of the depths to the glory aboveAvis B. Christiansen (Author)22
Praise his name, Christ the Lord of hostsA. M. Christiansen (Author)2
Praise the name of Christ, the Lamb of CalvaryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
“¿Qué debo hacer?”, temblando preguntóAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish4
Rejoice, my soul, rejoice and singAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
Sad and weary and worn with weepingAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
See Him, Jesus, the Savior who came to earthAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Shadows of evening are fallingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Sing His praise, the King of GloryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
Sing of the mighty love divineAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Sing the praise of God the FatherAvis B. Christiansen (Author)8
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)English24
Sweet is the walk with Jesus belowAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)4
The one who once walked on the watersAvis Burgeson (Author)2
There may be tears to shed as we travel homeAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)15
There's a melody that's so sweet to meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)7
There's a song in my heart from heaven aboveAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
There's a song my soul keeps singingAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English2
'Tis a great salvation that hath reached my soulAvis B. Christiansen (Author)11
To the youth of the world comes a challengeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
'Twas at Calvary that Jesus bled and diedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful mornAvis Burgeson Christiansen, 1895- (Author)English69
Walking with Jesus, O fellowship so sweetAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)2
We shall gather in the morning when our race on earth is runAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
What a wonderful friend is JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
What joy divine it is to knowAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
What makes me feel like singing when the world is dark without?Avis M. Christiansen (Author)English2
What must I do, the trembling jailor criedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English31
When discouraged with fearAvis B. Christiansen (Author)6
When I, O Lord, behold thy vast creationAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English10
When I opened my heart's door to JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)15
When Jesus calls I will answerAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
When tempted and tried and discouragedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steepAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English4
Where can I go when I'm lonelyAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
Whether sowing seedAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)5
While the world is rushing blindlyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
While you are heedlessly going your wayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)5
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)2
Wonderful love that rescued meConstance B. Reid (Author)English25
Wonderful, wonderful Savior, all glory to TheeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Would you dwell today in a sunlit wayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Would you like to travel up the highwayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1

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