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 (124)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Would you like to travel up the highwayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
Would you dwell today in a sunlit wayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
Wonderful, wonderful Savior, all glory to TheeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Wonderful love that rescued meConstance B. Reid (Author)English23
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
Who have I on earth, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
Whisper a prayer in the morning, Just at the break of dayAvis Christiansen (Author)English1
While you are heedlessly going your wayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)5
While the world is rushing blindlyAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
Whether sowing seedAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)5
Where can I go when I'm lonelyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steepAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English4
When tempted and tried and discouragedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
When Jesus calls I will answerAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
When I opened my heart's door to JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)15
When I, O Lord, behold thy vast creationAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English10
When discouraged with fearAvis B. Christiansen (Author)6
When days are weary and life seems in vainAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
What must I do, the trembling jailor criedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English28
What makes me feel like singing when the world is dark without?Avis M. Christiansen (Author)English2
What joy divine it is to knowAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
What a wonderful friend is JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
We shall gather in the morning when our race on earth is runAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English4
Walking with Jesus, O fellowship so sweetAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)2
Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful mornAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Author)English72
'Twas at Calvary that Jesus bled and diedAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
To the youth of the world comes a challengeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
'Tis a great salvation that hath reached my soulAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English7
There's a song within me springing night and dayAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English2
There's a song my soul keeps singingAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English2
There's a song in my heart from heaven aboveAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
There's a melody that's so sweet to meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)7
There may be tears to shed as we travel homeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
There is a place of contentment and peaceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
The one who once walked on the watersAvis Burgeson (Author)2
Sweet is the walk with Jesus belowAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
Sweet is the hope that is thrilling my soulAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English23
Somewhere the sun is shiningAvis B. Christiansen (Author (v. 2, 3, and refrain))English1
Sólo Cristo satisfaceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish1
Sing the praise of God the FatherAvis B. Christiansen (Author)8
Sing of the mighty love divineAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
Sing His praise, the King of GloryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
Shadows of evening are fallingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
See Him, Jesus, the Savior who came to earthAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Sad and weary and worn with weepingAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
Rejoice, my soul, rejoice and singAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
“¿Qué debo hacer?”, temblando preguntóAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish4
Praise the name of Christ, the Lamb of CalvaryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Praise his name, Christ the Lord of hostsA. M. Christiansen (Author)2
Out of the depths to the glory aboveAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)English22
Only one life to offer Jesus my Lord and KingAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)15
Only Jesus, only Jesus, Only He can satisfyAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Only glory by and byAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Engish2
Only a few more shadows, only a few more sighsAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)5
Old days have all goneAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
O wonderful name, how my heart thrills to hear itAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English6
O the love that gave my Lord to die on CalvaryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English11
Oh Salvador, al contemplarAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish2
O'er the world a gloom had fallenAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
O Savior, as my eyes beholdAvis B. Christiansen, 1896-1985 (Author)English5
O precious is the promise God has givenAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
O holy night the stars are brightly shiningAvis B. Christiansen, 1895- (Alterer)English2
O come with me into that garden stillAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Nearer to Jesus I now abideAvis B. Christiansen (Author)7
My Savior leads, in tender love he leadethAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
My hope blessed Jesus is anchored in TheeAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English11
My heavenly Father cares for even meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Lost in the love of Jesus, How sweet in that love to abideAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English3
Lord, keep me trusting Thee day after dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English5
Lift your heads and see the fields of goldAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Lift your eyes unto the heavens, ye who wait the Lord's returnAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
Let me see thee, blessed JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
Jesus I come now confessingAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)5
Jesus calls for volunteersAvis B. Christiansen (Author)7
I've pitched my tent t'wards the promised landMrs. Avis Christiansen (Author)English2
I've found a refuge from life's care in JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)c, Chinese18
I've a blest companion ever at my sideAvis Marguerite Christiansen (Author)6
It is glory just to walk with Him whose blood has ransomed meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
In the shadow of the cross I have found a safe retreatAvis B. Christiansen (Author)9
In the paths of sin and darknessAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
In the midst of turmoil I have peace withinAvis B. Christiansen (Author)2
In the light of thy love on Calvary shownAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
In a lowly manger laidAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
I'm walking with my Savior, In His presence everAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
I'm under the blood of CalvaryAvis B. Christensen (Author)English3
I'm traveling to a fair countryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
I'm abiding today in Canaan landAvis M. Christiansen (Author)English3
I would be a loyal soldierAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)3
I was straying when Christ found meAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English37
I was a sinner, no hope could I seeAvis M. Christianson (Author)English4
I was a sinner, lost in the darknessAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English6
I look at the cross upon CalvaryAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English16
I find the Lord is blessingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
I cannot understand the matchless graceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English1
I cannot tell the path that lies aheadAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
I am traveling toward the land of dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)6
How sweet is the love of my Savior to me (Christiansen)Avis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
How my soul with holy rapture thrillsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English7
He made me for himself aloneAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
何等榮耀!因主血救贖Avis M. B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese2
He careth for me! My heart on this promise can restAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Harvest time is ready, see, the fields are whiteAvis B. Christiansen (Author)1
Hacia el Calvario, mi SalvadorAvis Burgeson Christiansen (Author)Spanish4
Grant me the consciousness, Lord, of thy presenceAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
God's word shall standAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
God, the Father, once plantedA. M. Christianson (Author)2
Glory and power and dominion be unto TheeAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Give me thine heart, That glad and glorious dayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
في مسيري مع يسوعيAvis B. Christiansen (Author)Arabic1
From the matchless splendor of the Father's throneAvis M. Burgeson (Author)English1
From heaven's glory Jesus cameAvis M. Burgeson (Author)2
Fill all my vision, Savior, I prayAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English15
Day by day by your words and actionsAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English2
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fearAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English10
Come and let us lift our hearts in songs of praiseAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
Christ the Lord was born in BethlehemAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3
充滿我心境,榮耀異象 (Chōngmǎn wǒ xīnjìng, róngyào yì xiàng)Avis M. B. Christiansen (Author)Chinese2
Caminando estoy con rumbo a SionA. B. Christiansen (Author)Spanish2
Beholding Thee, Lord JesusAvis B. Christiansen (Author)4
At the place of prayer we wait todayAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
As far as the east is removed from the westAvis B. Christiansen (Author)5
Are you discouraged and burdened with careAvis M. Christiansen (Author)1
All I need to know of heaven is that Jesus will be thereAvis B. Christiansen (Author)English3
A glorious Lord and KingAvis B. Christiansen (Author)3

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