Guíenos Dios al salir
Cual bendijo nuestra entrada;
Dénos pan con que vivir
Y prospere la jornada.
Él nos dé bendita muerte
Y en el cielo nos despierte.
[Friedrich Ludwig Fliedner, Fritz Fliedner]
Born: June 10, 1845, Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Died: April 25, 1901, Madrid, Spain, of typhus.
Buried: Civil cemetery, Madrid, Spain.
Son of Theodor Fliedner, founder of the Kaiserswerth Deaconess Institute, Federico was educated at the Gymnasium in Gütersloh, studied theology at Halle (1864-46) and earned his PhD at Tübingen (1867). He served as a nurse in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, and taught school for a year in rural Hilden. After ordination in 1870, he left Germany to be a missionary to Spain, settling in Madrid and becoming a chaplain at the German embassy. He learned Spanish, attended a Spanish high school, and studied medicine at the Universidad Central.
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Author: Hartmann Schenk
Hartmann Schenk; b. 1634, Ruhla, near Eisenach; d. 1681, Voelkershausen. Pastor at Bibra and Ostheim
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Display Title: Guíenos Dios al salirFirst Line: Guíenos Dios al salirTune Title: LIEBSTER JESU, WIR SIND HIERAuthor: Federico Fliedner, 1845-1901; Hartmann Schenck, 1634-1681Meter: 7 8, 7 8, 8 8.Date: 1964Subject: Beginning and End of the Year | ; Bienvenida y Despedida | ; Ocasiones Especiales | Clausura; Principio y Fin del Año | ; Special Occasions | Closing; Welcome and Farewell |