Sonne der Gerechtigkeit

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Sonne der Gerechtigkeit, Leuchte hell zu unsrer Zeit

Author: Christian David
Tune: SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT (11517)
Published in 11 hymnals

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Author: Christian David

David, Christian, b. Dec. 31, 1690, at Senftleben, near Fulnek, Moravia. 1722 built the first house in Herrnhut. d. Feb. 3, 1751, at Herrnhut. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Sonne der Gerechtigkeit, Leuchte hell zu unsrer Zeit
Title:	Sonne der Gerechtigkeit
Author:	Christian David
Language:	German
Notes:	Polish translation: See "Słońce prawdy, wzejdż" by Edward Romański
Copyright:	Public Domain

Malachi 3:20
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SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT (11517)

SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT was originally the tune to a fifteenth-century folk song, "Der reich Mann war geritten aus," and it was adopted by the Bohemian Brethren for 1566 hymnal, Kirchengeseng. The tune is thus a contrafactum, changed from the folk/court use to church use. The title is the German inc…

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