Auf Dich, Jesu, schauen wir

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Auf Dich, Jesu, schauen wir
English Title: Jesus, Lord, we look to Thee
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

HENDON (Malan)

HENDON was composed by Henri A. Cesar Malan (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1787; d. Vandoeuvres, Switzerland, 1864) and included in a series of his own hymn texts and tunes that he began to publish in France in 1823, and which ultimately became his great hymnal Chants de Sion (1841). HENDON is thought to…

Go to tune page >


[Auf Dich, Jesu, schauen wir]


Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 10 of 10)
Page Scan

Allgemeine Lieder-Sammlung #80

Page Scan

Der Neue Kleine Psalter #287

Deutsches Gesangbuch der Bisch. Methodisten-Kirche #d33

Page Scan

Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #214

Page Scan

Die allgemeine Lieder-Sammlung zum privat und öffentlichen Gottes-Dienst #80

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d34

Glaubens-Lieder #d39

Page Scan

Liederperlen #139

Neue Sammlung von Psalmen, Lobgesaengen und Geistlichen Liedern ... der Alten Brueder ... #d18

The Philharmonia #d33

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us