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Die ganze Welt, Herr Jesu Christ

Die ganze Welt, Herr Jesu Christ

Author: Friedrich von Spee (1623)
Tune: HILARITER (German)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Die ganze Welt, Herr Jesu Christ,
Halleluja, Halleluja,
in deiner Urständ fröhlich ist.
Halleluja, Halleluja.

2 Das himmlisch Heer im Himmel singt,
Halleluja, Halleluja,
die Christenheit auf Erden klingt.
Halleluja, Halleluja.

3 Jetzt grünet, was nur grünen kann,
Halleluja, Halleluja,
die Bäum zu blühen fangen an.
Halleluja, Halleluja.

4 Es singen jetzt die Vögel all,
Halleluja, Halleluja,
jetzt singt und klingt die Nachtigall.
Halleluja, Halleluja.

5 Der Sonnenschein jetzt kommt herein,
Halleluja, Halleluja,
und gibt der Welt ein' neuen Schein.
Halleluja, Halleluja.

6 Die ganze Welt, Herr Jesu Christ,
Halleluja, Halleluja,
in deiner Urständ fröhlich ist.
Halleluja, Halleluja.

Source: Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten: evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen) #110

Author: Friedrich von Spee

Spee, Friedrich von, son of Peter Spee (of the family of Spee, of Langenfeld), judge at Kaisers worth, was born at Kaisersworth, Feb. 25, 1591. He was educated in the Jesuit gymnasium at Cologne, entered the order of the Jesuits there on Sept. 22, 1610, and was ordained priest about 1621. From 1613 to 1624 he was one of the tutors in the Jesuit college at Cologne, and was then sent to Paderborn to assist in the Counter Reformation. In 1627 he was summoned by the Bishop of Würzburg to act as confessor to persons accused of witchcraft, and, within two years, had to accompany to the stake some 200 persons, of all ranks and ages, in whose innocence he himself firmly believed (His Cautio criminalis, sen de processibus contra sagas lib, Rinteln,… Go to person page >

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First Line: Die ganze Welt, Herr Jesu Christ
Author: Friedrich von Spee (1623)
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Antwort Finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #110

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