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Die Wiedergeburt

Author: William T. Sleeper

Sleeper, W. T. is given in I. D. Sankey’s Sacred Songs & Solos, 1881, as the author of “A ruler once came to Jesus by night” (Need for the New Birth). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Translator: E. Gebhardt

(no biographical information available about E. Gebhardt.) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ein Oberster kam einst zu Jesus bei Nacht
Title: Die Wiedergeburt
English Title: Ye Must Be Born Again
Author: William T. Sleeper
Translator: E. Gebhardt
Language: German
Refrain First Line: Wer nicht aus Gott geboren
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[A ruler once came to Jesus by night]

This song was writ­ten while Steb­bins was help­ing Dr. George Pen­te­cost in evan­gel­is­tic meet­ings in Wor­ces­ter, Mass­a­chu­setts: During those meet­ings, one of the sub­jects preached up­on was the "New Birth." While pre­sent­ing the truth, en­forc­ing it by re­fer­ri…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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Frohe Botschaft und Evangeliums-Lieder #119

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Gemeinschafts-Lieder. 7th ed. #217

German Sunday School Songs ... for the Beachy Amish of Lancaster County, PA. #d15

German Sunday School Songs ... for the Beachy Amish of Lancaster County, PA. #d16

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Sänger-Bote #139

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Sieges-Lieder #25

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Sonntagsschulharfe #117

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