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Invocation

Author: J. Y. Heckler

J.Y. Heckler was among the Schwenkfelders who settled in Hereford Township, Pennsylvania. The community was started in 1734; Heckler reported on their numbers in 1887 (American Journal of Philology, vol. 9, pp. 64-83). Go to person page >

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First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, come, with grace
Title: Invocation
Author: J. Y. Heckler (1879)
Source: The Signs of the Times, 5(32), p. 251.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1879
Copyright: Public Domain

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