Ich wollte nicht leben für immer allhier

Ich wollte nicht leben für immer allhier

Author: William Augustus Muhlenberg
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: William Augustus Muhlenberg

Mühlenberg, William Augustus, D.D., son of the Rev. Dr. Mühlenberg, and grandson of Henry Melchior Mühlenberg, the patriarch of Lutheranism in America, was born in Philadelphia Sept. 16, 1796. He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1814. Entering Holy Orders in 1817, he was successively Assistant Rector of St. James's Lancaster, 1823; Rector of the Church of the Holy Communion, New York, 1843; St. Paul's College, Flushing (1828); St. Luke's Hospital, New York (1855); St. John's and Long Island (1865), were established by him. He died April 6, 1877. His poetical gift was genuine, but not largely used. In 1826 he contributed four hymns to the Prayer Book Collection (of which he was one of the Committee). His Poems appeared in 1… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ich wollte nicht leben für immer allhier
English Title: I would not live alway
Author: William Augustus Muhlenberg
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Deutsches Gesangbuch der Bisch. Methodisten-Kirche #d275

Gesang und Melodienbuch #d318

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