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Jesu, Jesu, du mein Leben, meine Liebe, Kraft

Jesu, Jesu, du mein Leben, meine Liebe, Kraft

Author: Anna Sophia von Hessen-Darmstadt
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Author: Anna Sophia von Hessen-Darmstadt

Anna Sophia, daughter of the Landgrave Georg II. of Hesse-Darmstadt, was born at Marburg, Dec. 17, 1638. Carefully educated, especially in Holy Scripture and the Christian Fathers, she was in 1657 elected Pröbstin of the Lutheran Fürsten-Tochter-Stift at Quedlinburg, where she became Abbess 1680, and died Dec, 13, 1683 (Koch, iii. 549-554; Stromberger's preface, &c). Her hymns, contemplations on the union of the soul with Christ, in the spirit of the Canticles, mostly appeared in her devotional work:— Der Treue Seelen-Freund Christus Jesus mit nach denklichen Sinn-Gemählden, anmuthigen Lehr-Gedichten und neuen geistreichen Gesangen, abgedruckt und vorgestellet, Jena, 1658. The only one translation into English is Wohl dent der Jesum… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesu, Jesu, du mein Leben, meine Liebe, Kraft
Author: Anna Sophia von Hessen-Darmstadt
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Davidisches Psalter-Spiel der Kinder Zions #d486

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