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Mein Erlöser

Representative Text

1 Ich will von meinem Jesus singen,
von Seiner Gnade, Lieb und Treu,
von Seinem bittern Kreuzesleiden,
von Seiner Blutskraft, die macht frei.

Refrain:
Singt, o singt von meinem Jesus,
von Seiner Gnade, Lieb und Treu,
von Seinem bittern Kreuzesleiden,
von Seiner Blutskraft, die macht frei!

2 Ich will von Seinen Wundern rühmen,
wie Er die Sünder selig macht.
Er hat auch mir durch Sein Versühnen
himmlisches Licht und Heil gebracht. [Refrain]

3 Ich will den teuren Heiland preisen:
Sein Regiment ist ohne Fehl;
Er hilft den Seinen völlig siegen
über die Sünde, Tod und Höll. [Refrain]

Source: Glaubenslieder #309

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Author: P. P. Bliss

Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >

Translator: Ernst Gebhardt

(no biographical information available about Ernst Gebhardt.) Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Ich will von meinem Jesus singen
Title: Mein Erlöser
English Title: I will sing of my Redeemer
Author: P. P. Bliss
Translator: Ernst Gebhardt
Language: German
Refrain First Line: Singt, o singt von meinem Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain
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Glaubenslieder #309

Glaubenslieder #309
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