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Er [Es] kommt der Herr, schon ist er nah'!

Er [Es] kommt der Herr, schon ist er nah'!

Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher
Tune: LUTHER'S HYMN
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher

Krummacher, Friedrich Adolf, was a native of Tecklenburg, Westphalia, where his father, Friedrich Jacob Krummacher was Burgomaster and Hoffiscal. He was baptized there, July 22, 1767, and apparently born July 13, 1767. In 1786 he entered the University of Lingen (since 1819 ranked as a Gymnasium), and in 1787 that of Halle. After concluding his theological studies in 1789, he was for some time tutor in the family of Senator Meyer in Bremen; was then appointed, in 1790, Conrector of the Gymnasium at Hamm, and in 1793 Rector of the Gymnasium at Mors (Meurs), near Düsseldorf. In the end of 1800 he became Professor of Theology and Eloquence at the Reformed University of Duisburg. When, after the battle of Jena (Oct. 14, 1806), Duisburg was tak… Go to person page >

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First Line: Er [Es] kommt der Herr, schon ist er nah'!
Author: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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Die Glaubensharfe (With Melodies) #200

Die Glaubensharfe (With Melodies) #200
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Die Glaubensharfe #200

Die Glaubensharfe #200
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Gemeinschafts-Lieder. 7th ed. #547

Gemeinschafts-Lieder. 7th ed. #547

Neue Zionsharfe #56

Neue Zionsharfe #56
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