Komm' herbei!

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Wen dürstet, der komm' zu dem labenden Quell

Translator: Carl Roehl; Author: James M. Gray
Tune: [If any man thirst, let him come unto Me]
Published in 2 hymnals

Translator: Carl Roehl

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Author: James M. Gray

Born: May 11, 1851, New York City. Died: September 21, 1935, Passavant Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. Gray accepted Christ at age 22. He was educated at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (Doctor of Divinity), and the University of Des Moines, Iowa (Doctor of Laws). In 1879 he became Rector of the First Reformed Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served 14 years. He then became dean (1904-25) and president (1925-34) of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, and directed publication of four editions (1921-28) of the Voice of Thanksgiving, official hymnal of the Institute. A conservative theologian, Gray was one of seven editors of the popular Scofield Reference Bible. He was… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Wen dürstet, der komm' zu dem labenden Quell
Title:	Komm' herbei!
English Title:	Let Him Come!
Translator:	Carl Roehl
Author:	James M. Gray
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	O so schöpfe das Wasser so klar und so hell
Publication Date:	1914
Copyright:	Public Domain