The River of Life

Author: Elizabeth Codner

CODNER, Elizabeth (née Harris) was born in Dartmouth, Devon in 1823. Croydon, Surrey, 28 March 1919. She was interested in the mission field from an early age, and two of her early publications were entitled The Missionary Ship (1853) and The Missionary Farewell (1854) relating to the Patagonia Mission (later the South American Missionary Society). She married William Pennefather at the Mildmay Protestant Mission in London, and edited the mission’s monthly Woman’s Work in the Great Harvest Field. At age 17, she was editing a magazine for the Patagonia Mission, later the South American Missionary Society. She died in Croydon, Surrey on 28 March 1919. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

Translator (German): Ernst Gebhardt

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Translator: John D. Warrentin

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First Line: I know of a river whose beautiful stream (Warrentin)
Title: The River of Life
German Title: Ich weiss einen Strom, dessen herrliche Flut
Translator: John D. Warrentin
Translator (German): Ernst Gebhardt
Author: Elizabeth Codner
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O sinner, we pray, will you come

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Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #257

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