Help Us Love Our City

God, help us love our city

Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer
Tune: FARIS
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer

Presbyterian minister and hymnographer Calvin Weiss Laufer was born today in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania in 1874. Following his graduation from Union Seminary in 1900 he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry and led congregations in New York and New Jersey for several years. Laufer had a generally cheerful outlook on his Christian life, and his first two books, Key-Notes of Optimism (1911) and The Incomparable Christ (1914) expressed that viewpoint. A review of the first book spoke of the "crisp and stirring note in these sermonettes which is well calculated to rouse the mind of readers and banish dejection." His books were popular in their time but today are seen as somewhat superficial. He later began to work with the Presbyt… Go to person page >

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First Line: God, help us love our city
Title: Help Us Love Our City
Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns for Junior Worship #111

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Junior Church School Hymnal #154

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