| Short Name: | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe |
| Full Name: | LaTrobe, Christian Ignatius, 1758-1836 |
| Birth Year: | 1758 |
| Death Year: | 1836 |
Born: February 12, 1758, Fulneck (near Leeds), Yorkshire, England.
Died: May 6, 1836, Liverpool, England.
La Trobe, Christian Ignatius, eldest son of Benjamin La Trobe, was born at the Moravian Settlement, Fulneck, Leeds, Yorkshire, Feb. 12, 1758, and educated in England and at the Brethren's College, Niesky, Silesia. Taking orders in the Moravian Church, he became in 1784 Secretary to their Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, and in 1795 Secretary to the Unity of the Brethren in England. He died at Fairfield, near Liverpool, May 6, 1836. He is best known through his Selection of Sacred Music, in six volumes, which appeared in 1806-25. His hymnological contributions consist of a few translations from the German. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (19) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| As long as Jesus Lord remains | Rev. C. I. LaTrobe, 1758-1790 (Alterer) | English | 2 |
| For our transgressions thou wast wounded | Rev. Christian Ignatius LaTrobe, 1758-1836 (Author) | 6 | |
| How great the bliss to be a sheep of Jesus | Christian Ignatius Latrobe (Translator) | English | 7 |
| In this sepulchral Eden | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Translator) | 6 | |
| Let not your heart be faint | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Author) | 8 | |
| Lord of life, now sweetly slumber | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Author) | English | 6 |
| Man of sorrows and acquainted | C. I. LaTrobe (Author) | 1 | |
| Met around the sacred tomb | Christian Ignatius La Trobe, 1758-1836 (Author) | 7 | |
| Resting in the silent grave | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Author) | 4 | |
| Savior of Thy chosen race | C. I. LaTrobe (Author) | English | 2 |
| See Jesus seated midst his own | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Author) | 4 | |
| Sing praises unto God on high | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Author) | 5 | |
| Sing with awe in strains harmonious | Christian Ignatius La Trobe (Author) | 6 | |
| 'Tis finished now, Redemption's finished now | Christian Ignatius LaTrobe (Author) | 4 | |
| To avert from men God's wrath | Christian Ignatius La Trobe (Translator) | 9 | |
| Truly that eventful day | C. I. LaTrobe (Author) | 4 | |
| Weep, Zion, weep, in death's deep sleep | Chr. I. LaTrobe (Author) | English | 3 |
| What happiness, What joy and happiness | C. I. La Trobe (Author) | 1 | |
| What shall I feel, when I | C. I. LaTrobe (Author) | 1 |
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