Wie süß ist's doch, wenn im Gebet

Translator: Ernst Gebhardt

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Author: W. W. Walford

William W. Walford, a blind preacher of England, is the author of the hymn beginning "Sweet hour of prayer." This hymn first appeared in print in the New York Observer September 13, 1845. The contributor who furnished the hymn says: "During my residence at Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, I became acquainted with W. W. Walford, the blind preacher, a man of obscure birth and connections and no education, but of strong mind and most retentive memory. In the pulpit he never failed to select a lesson well adapted to his subject, giving chapter and verse with unerring precision, and scarcely ever misplacing a word in his repetition of the Psalms, every part of the New Testament, the prophecies, and some of the histories, so as to have the r… Go to person page >

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First Line: Wie süß ist's doch, wenn im Gebet
English Title: Sweet hour of prayer
Translator: Ernst Gebhardt
Author: W. W. Walford
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Der Neue Kleine Psalter #51

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Evangelischer Liederschatz #28

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Frohe Botschaft in Liedern #61

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Frohe Botschaft in Liedern #61

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Frohe Botschaft und Evangeliums-Lieder #61

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d682

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Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodisten-Kirche #186

Glaubens-Lieder #d577

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Jugendharfe #183

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Pilgerklänge #20

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