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Das ist ein teuer, wertes Wort

Das ist ein teuer, wertes Wort

Author: Heinrich Georg Reuss
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Author: Heinrich Georg Reuss

Neuss, Heinrich Georg, son of Andreas Neuss, surgeon at Elbingerode in the Harz, was born at Elbingerode, March 11, 1654, and entered the University of Erfurt in 1677 as a student of theology. In 1680 he became a private tutor at Heimburg, near Blankenburg, and then in 1683 conrector, and in 1684 rector of the school at Blankenburg in the Harz. In 1690 he was appointed assistant preacher at Wolfenbüttel, and soon afterwards diaconus of the Heinrichstadt church there. For holding prayer meetings, &c, he was denounced as a Pietist, and chose to resign rather than desist. In the same year, 1692, he became preacher at Hedwigsburg, and travelling Chaplain to Duke Rudolph August of Brunswick, who, at Easter, 1695, appointed him superintendent at… Go to person page >

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First Line: Das ist ein teuer, wertes Wort
Author: Heinrich Georg Reuss
Language: German
Refrain First Line: Das ist ein teuer werthes Wort, dass Jesus ist der Sünder Hort
Copyright: Public Domain

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Kirchenbuch der Ev.- Luth.-Christus Gemeinde, in New York #d105

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