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Short Name: E. T. Winkler
Full Name: Winkler, E. T. (Edwin Theodore), 1823-1883
Birth Year: 1823
Death Year: 1883

Winkler, Edwin Theodore, D.D., was born in Savannah, Nov. 13, 1823, and educated at Brown University. He entered the Baptist ministry in 1846, and subsequently filled several important literary and other appointments in addition to his pastorates. He died at Marion, Alabama, Nov. 10, 1883. He compiled The Sacred Lute, a Collection of popular Hymns, 1855 (enlarged ed., 1860), to which he contributed 8 hymns, the first lines of which are given in Burrage. (Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers, 1888, p. 416.) Some of these have passed into other American collections, including "Our land with mercies crowned." (National Hymn.)

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Winkler, E. T., p. 1287, i. From his Sacred Lute, &c, 1855, the hymn, "Now in this consecrated place." (On behalf of Church Officers), is included in the American Sursum Corda, 1898, No. 708.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)


TextsTunesHymnals
Texts by E. T. Winkler (9)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
To earth descend, O holy doveE. T. Winkler (Author)4
Savior of men, Thy searching eyeE. T. Winkler (Author)English28
Our land, with mercies crownedE. T. Winkler (Author)English14
O sinner, idly dreamingE. T. Winkler (Author)2
Now, in this consecrated placeRev. Edwin T. Winkler, 1823- (Author)English9
Long did the scenes of JerusalemE. T. Winkler (Author)2
Lo there is light in heavenE. T. Winkler (Author)2
Dear native land, rejoiceE. T. Winkler (Author)2
Aloft to heaven our hope ascendsE. T. Winkler (Author)2

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