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Nimm, Jesu, meine Hände Und führe mich

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Author: Julie von Hausmann

Julie Katharina von Hausmann (born 7 March [O.S. 19 March] 1826 in Riga; died 2 August [O.S. 15 August] 1901 in Võsu, Estonia) was a Baltic German poet, known for the hymn Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me (German: So nimm denn meine Hände) with a melody by Friedrich Silcher. Earlier translations had been made by Herman Brueckner as "O take my hand, dear Father" and Elmer Leon Jorgenson as "Take Thou My Hand, and Lead Me." The hymn has also been translated by Martha D. Lange, whose version appears in the Great Songs of the Church Revised (1986). Julie Hausmann was the daughter of a teach­er. She worked for a while as a gov­ern­ess, but due to her ill health she lived with and cared for her fa­ther, who had gone blind. Af­ter his deat… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Nimm, Jesu, meine Hände Und führe mich
Author: Julie von Hausmann
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Der Neue Kleine Psalter #73

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #17

Gebet- und Danklieder, Nr. 2, fuer Erweckungs- und Gebetsversammlung #d185

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Gebet- und Danklieder #43

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d463

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Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodisten-Kirche #222

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Gesangbuch der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft #59

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Liederlust und Psalter mit Anhang #341

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Sonntagsschulharfe #84

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