Wer ist der Ehrenkönig?

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Macht hoch das Tor, macht weit die Türen

Translator: Carl Roehl; Author: James M. Gray
Tune: [Lift up your heads, ye gates eternal]
Published in 2 hymnals

Translator: Carl Roehl

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Author: James M. Gray

Born: May 11, 1851, New York City. Died: September 21, 1935, Passavant Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. Gray accepted Christ at age 22. He was educated at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (Doctor of Divinity), and the University of Des Moines, Iowa (Doctor of Laws). In 1879 he became Rector of the First Reformed Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served 14 years. He then became dean (1904-25) and president (1925-34) of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, and directed publication of four editions (1921-28) of the Voice of Thanksgiving, official hymnal of the Institute. A conservative theologian, Gray was one of seven editors of the popular Scofield Reference Bible. He was… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Macht hoch das Tor, macht weit die Türen
Title:	Wer ist der Ehrenkönig?
English Title:	Who Is the King of Glory
Translator:	Carl Roehl
Author:	James M. Gray
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Wer ist der Ehrenkönig?
Publication Date:	1914
Copyright:	Public Domain