Wenn dein Fuss je den Weg des Himmels betrat

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Wenn dein Fuss je den Weg des Himmels betrat

Translator: E. C. Magaret; Author: John Lane
Tune: [When you start for the land of heavenly rest]
Published in 1 hymnal

Translator: E. C. Magaret

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Author: John Lane

Lane, Rev. John. (New York City, 1853--1945, Nashville, Tennessee). Singing evangelist and hymn-writer. Son of Patrick and Alice O'Connor Lane (formerly "Lean"), Irish immigrants. He was an advertising solicitor for New York newspapers, when he was converted to Christianity and under the tutelage of Dr. T. De Witt Talmadge, he became a mission worker, and later conducted revival meetings in the East before going West in 1893 to Kansas City, Missouri. --Information from multiple letters from Laura B. Lane, daughter, to Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives. A photo of John Lane is also in the DNAH Archives.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Wenn dein Fuss je den Weg des Himmels betrat
English Title:	When you start for the land of heavenly rest
Translator:	E. C. Magaret
Author:	John Lane
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Bleib' nah bei Jesus