¡Despierta, Oh Sión!

Mod. por: Speros Demetrios Athans

Speros Demetrios Athans was born 1883 in Turkey. Raised in the Greek Or­tho­dox Church, Ath­ans left home at age 15, af­ter his fa­ther’s death. He spent two years on the is­land of Cor­fu, Greece, and two more in Egypt, then went to Great Bri­tain, where he worked as a sail­or. In 1903 he went to Am­er­i­ca, and dur­ing im­mi­gra­tion pro­cess­ing, some­one gave him a New Tes­ta­ment in Greek. A year lat­er, he joined a Naz­a­rene church in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. He then en­rolled in a Bi­ble school and un­i­ver­si­ty. While in school in Ca­li­for­nia, he be­gan to stu­dy Span­ish and to work with the La­ti­no com­mu­ni­ty. In 1910 he de­cid­ed to work in ev­an­gel­ism. In 1931, he joined… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Despierta, oh Sión! tu cometido cumple
Title: ¡Despierta, Oh Sión!
Mod. por: Speros Demetrios Athans
Language: Spanish
Refrain First Line: Las buenas nuevas pregona, oh Sión
Copyright: Propiedad literaria de S. D. Athans, 1935. Se prohibe la reproducción.

Tune

TIDINGS (Walch)

James Walch (b. Edgerton, Lancashire, England, 1837; d. Llandudno, Caernarvon, Wales, 1901) composed TIDINGS in 1875 for Frederick W. Faber's hymn text "Hark, Hark, My Soul! Angelic Songs Are Swelling"; the tune was first published in The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer (1877). TIDINGS…

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Melodias Evangelicas para el Uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Española en Todo el Mundo #128

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