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My Redeemer knoweth me

Author: Frederick William Foster Appears in 5 hymnals

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My Redeemer knoweth me

Author: Frederick William Foster Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d455 (1813) Languages: English

My Redeemer knoweth me

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #542 (1819) Languages: English

My Redeemer knoweth me

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Offices of Worship and Hymns #584 (1891)

Person Name: Anon. Author of "My Redeemer knoweth me" in Offices of Worship and Hymns In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Frederick W. Foster

1760 - 1835 Author of "My Redeemer knoweth me" Foster, Frederick William, second son. of William Foster, was born at Bradford, Aug. 1, 1760, and educated at Fulneck, near Leeds, and at Barby in Prussian Saxony. Entering the Moravian Ministry he held several appointments until 1818, when he was consecrated a Bishop of the Moravian Church. He died at Ockbrook, near Derby, April 12, 1835. He compiled the Moravian Hymn Book of 1801, the Supplement of 1808, and the revised edition of 1826. His translations from the German, and his original hymns appeared in that collection. Two of his original hymns are in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1873; (1) "Lord, Who didst sanctify" 1808 (Holiness desired); and (2) "With thanks before the Lord appear," 1826 (Praise of the Saviour). [George Arthur Crawford, M. A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)