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Komm, Geist, vom Thron herab

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Author: William W. Orwig

Orwig, William. (September 25, 1810--May 29, 1889). Evangelical. Historian, editor, bishop (1859), college president, book agent (1836), promoter of missions. Assisted in making new edition of Das Geistliche Viole, most important hymnbook in German America. Hymns, well-loved, included "Komm Geist vom Thron herab." --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Tune

BOYLSTON


ST. THOMAS (Williams)

ST. THOMAS is actually lines 5 through 8 of the sixteen-line tune HOLBORN, composed by Aaron Williams (b. London, England, 1731; d. London, 1776) and published in his Collection (1763, 1765) as a setting for Charles Wesley's text "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (570). The harmonization is by Lowell Maso…

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Timeline

Instances

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Allgemeine Lieder-Sammlung #173

Andachtsklaenge #d96

Ausgewaehlte Psalmen und Lieder fuer kirchlichen und haeuslichen Gebrauch #d202

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Der Neue Kleine Psalter #10

Deutsches Christliches Gesangbuch der Amischen Christlichen Kirche #d86

Deutsches Gesangbuch der Bisch. Methodisten-Kirche #d322

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Die allgemeine Lieder-Sammlung zum privat und öffentlichen Gottes-Dienst #173

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Die Geistliche Viole #60

Die Geistliche Viole #d86

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Die Psalmen Davids #353

Eine Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen, und Geistlichen Liedern #d169

English and German Gospel Songs, or The Ebenezer Hymnal #d157

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Evangelischer Liederschatz #147

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch mit vierstimmigen Melodien #428[213]

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch #164

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch #G60

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Evangelisches Gesangbuch #G60

Gebet- und Danklieder, Nr. 2, fuer Erweckungs- und Gebetsversammlung #d150

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Gebet- und Danklieder #117

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d376

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Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodisten-Kirche #175

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Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft #13

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Gesangbuch für deutsche Gemeinden #211

Glaubens-Lieder #d288

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Gute Botschaft #75

Harfen-Klaenge #d146

Liederperlen #d63

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Liederperlen #130

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Pilger Lieder #121a

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Pilgerklänge #30

The Philharmonia #d234

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