Soll es umsonst sein?

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Sieh', vor deiner Herzenstür

Author: Ida M. Budd; Translator: E. C. Magaret
Tune: [At the portals of your heart]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Ida M. Budd

Ida M. Budd was born in 1859 in a log cabin in Saginaw County, Michigan. When she was three years old her parents moved to Milford, Michigan. She loved nature and books. She decided to be a school teacher, receiving her teaching certificate when she was fifteen. Her first poem was published in 1881. She is known for her poems for children. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Translator: E. C. Magaret

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First Line:	Sieh', vor deiner Herzenstür
Title:	Soll es umsonst sein?
English Title:	Shall It Be in Vain (At the portals of your heart)
Translator:	E. C. Magaret
Author:	Ida M. Budd
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Ach, soll es vergeblich sein
Copyright:	Public Domain