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Grace, how exceeding sweet to those

Grace, how exceeding sweet to those

Translator: Charles Kinchin; Author: Esther Grünbeck
Published in 6 hymnals

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Translator: Charles Kinchin

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Author: Esther Grünbeck

Grünbeck, Esther, née Magdalene Augusta Naveroffsky, was born at Gotha, Oct. 21, 1717, of a Polish-Jewish family who had become Christians. In 1734 she married Michael Grünbeck, a sculptor in Gotha, and in 1738 with him became a Moravian; entering the Widows' Choir after his death in 1742. Marrying in 1746 David Kirchhof, a baptized Jew, she engaged with him for some time in mission work among the Jews in Prussia and Poland. After his death she became leader of the Widows' Choir at Zeist, near Utrecht, and died there Oct. 13, 1796. In the Historische Nachricht to the Brüder Gesang-Buch,1778 (ed. 1851, p. 205), 8 hymns and part of a ninth in that collection are ascribed to her. Those in English use outside the Moravian hymn-books are:  Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Grace, how exceeding sweet to those
Author: Esther Grünbeck
Translator: Charles Kinchin
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d243

A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d243
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A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of the Baptist Church and all lovers of song #35

A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of the Baptist Church and all lovers of song #35

A New and Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of the Regular Baptist Church. 10th ed. #d172

A New and Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of the Regular Baptist Church. 10th ed. #d172
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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #214

A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #214
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Hymns of the Church Militant #222

Hymns of the Church Militant #222
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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #147

Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #147
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