Welch Glück ist's, erlöst zu sein

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Welch Glück ist's, erlöst zu sein, Herr, durch dein Blut

Translator: Heinrich Ernst Gebhardt; Author: Francis Bottome
Tune: [O bliss of the purified, bliss of the free]
Published in 13 hymnals

Translator: Heinrich Ernst Gebhardt

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Author: Francis Bottome

Bottome, F., S.T.D., was born in Derbyshire, England, May 26, 1823. In 1850, having removed to America, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopalian Church; and in 1872 he received the degree of S.T.D. from Dickinson's College, Carlisle, Penn. In addition to assisting in the compilation of B. P. Smith's Gospel Hymns, London, 1872: Centenary Singer, 1869; Hound Lake, 1872, he has written:— 1. Come, Holy Ghost, all sacred fire. Invocation of the Holy Spirit. Appeared in R. P. Smith's Gospel Hymns, 1872. It is in several collections, including the Ohio Hymn Book of the Evangelical Association, 1881, No. 364. 2. Full salvation, full salvation. Joy of full Salvation. Written in 1871, and published in a collection by D… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Welch Glück ist's, erlöst zu sein, Herr, durch dein Blut
Title:	Welch Glück ist's, erlöst zu sein
English Title:	O, bliss of the purified!
Translator:	Heinrich Ernst Gebhardt
Author:	Francis Bottome
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	O preist seiner Liebe Macht
Copyright:	Public Domain