Heil dir, Jesus, einst verachtet

Translator: W. Rauschenbusch

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Author: John Bakewell

Bakewell, John, born at Brailsford, Derbyshire, 1721. At about the age of eighteen his mind was turned towards religious truths by reading Boston's Fourfold State. From that date he became an ardent evangelist, and in 1744 (the year of the first Methodist Conference) he begun to preach. Removing to London some short time after, he became acquainted with the Wesleys, M. Madan, A. M. Toplady, J. Fletcher, and other earnest evangelical men. After conducting for some years the Greenwich Royal Park Academy, he resigned in favour of his son-in-law, Dr. James Egau, and employed much of his time in preaching at various places for the Wesleyans. He died at Lewisham, near Greenwich, March 18, 1819, aged 98, and was buried in the Wesleyan burying grou… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Heil dir, Jesus, einst verachtet
English Title: Hail, Thou once Despised Jesus
Translator: W. Rauschenbusch
Author: John Bakewell
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

AUTUMN (Barthélemon)

This tune is adapted from Barthélemon's piece Durandarte and Belerma: A Pathetic Scotch Ballad (1797). Some editors describe AUTUMN as "adapted from Psalm xlii in the Genevan Psalter, 1551", referring to the similarity between this tune and FREU DICH SEHR.

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Instances

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) #160

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 #160

Singet dem Herrn; Liederbuch fuer Jugendvereine und Sonntagschulen #d47

The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) #d237

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The Selah Song Book (Das Sela Gesangbuch) (2nd ed) #367b

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