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Vast Throngs in the Stark Wilderness

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Author: Feng-yüan Chang

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Translator: Mildred A. Wiant

Mildred Kathryn Artz was born in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1898 and attended Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A. 1920). She married Bliss Wiant (2933) and went to Boston. In 1923 the Wiants moved to Peking, China, where Mildred became associate professor of voice at Yenching University. She was instructor of vocal music at Scarritt College (1942-1946; 1951-1962) and at Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1963-1965). Many of her translations appeared in the National Council of Churches booklet of 1969. ----The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993… Go to person page >

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First Line: Vast throngs in the stark wilderness
Title: Vast Throngs in the Stark Wilderness
Original Language: Chinese
Translator: Mildred A. Wiant (c. 1966; Alt., 1981)
Author: Feng-yüan Chang (c. 1907)
Source: Chinese
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Copyright: From Hymns of Universal Praise, revised edition. © 1977 by the Chines Christian Literature Council, Ltd., Hong Kong
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