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Heil in Christo

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Author: R. E. Hudson

Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

Translator: William Horn

Horn, William. (Germany, May 1, 1839--April 27, 1917). Evangelical. Come to United States in 1855, settled in Wisconsin. Licensed in 1861, ordained elder 1866, presiding elder 1871, bishop 1891. Editor of various Evangelical German-language publications, including Das Evangelische Magazin and Christliche Kinderfreund. Editor of German weekly of the Evangelical Association, 1883, Christliche Botschafter. Editor of Evangelisches Gesangbuch, 1877, for which he supplied a number of hymns. His most famous hymn was "Pure and free from all corruption." He wrote 24 hymns in all, and has been called one of the greatest of the German writers in America. Translated many English hymns into German. Retired as bishop in 1915. --Robert S. Wilson,… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Fels der Ewigkeit, in dich
Title: Heil in Christo
English Title: A Shelter (He's my rock in Him I hide)
Author: R. E. Hudson
Translator: William Horn
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

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Andachtsklaenge #d39

Andachtsklaenge #d39
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Evangelisches Gesangbuch mit vierstimmigen Melodien #515[733]

Evangelisches Gesangbuch mit vierstimmigen Melodien #515[733]

Gebet- und Danklieder, Nr. 2, fuer Erweckungs- und Gebetsversammlung #d51

Gebet- und Danklieder, Nr. 2, fuer Erweckungs- und Gebetsversammlung #d51
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Gebet- und Danklieder #76

Gebet- und Danklieder #76

Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft für öffentlichen und häuslichen Gottesdienst #d191

Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft für öffentlichen und häuslichen Gottesdienst #d191
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Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft #348

Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft #348

Silberklänge #88

Silberklänge #88
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