The Crown of Victory

Steep and thorny is the way, To our home in heaven ascending

Author: Samuel Gottlieb Bürde
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Samuel Gottlieb Bürde

Bürde, Samuel Gottlieb, was born Dec. 7, 1753, at Bresiau, where his father was keeper of St. Barbara's Church. After studying law at the University of Halle, he was (1776-78) tutor and superintendent of a charity school at Breslau. He then became private secretary to the Cabinet minister von Haugwitz, was for two years employed in the department of Forestry, and after being for some time secre¬tary to the department of Finance at Breslau, was appointed member of the Aulic Council and Director of Chancery at Berlin, where he d. April 28, 1831 (Koch, vi. 319-322; Allg. Deutsche Biographie, iii. 581-82. Fischer, ii. 432, says he died at Breslau). As a hymn-writer he was by some of his contempo¬raries reckoned nearly equal to Gellert, by o… Go to person page >

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First Line: Steep and thorny is the way, To our home in heaven ascending
Title: The Crown of Victory
German Title: Steil und dornig ist der Pfad
Author: Samuel Gottlieb Bürde
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Chapel Hymns #59

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Songs of Prayer and Praise #25

The Apostolic Christian Hymnal #d170

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