Christus, das Licht der Welt

Author: F. Pratt Green

The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns o… Go to person page >

Translator: Sabine Leonhardt

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Translator: Otmar Schulz

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First Line: Christus, das Licht der Welt
English Title: Christ Is the World's Light
Translator: Sabine Leonhardt (1972)
Translator: Otmar Schulz (1972)
Author: F. Pratt Green (1968)
Language: German
Publication Date: 2001
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 2001.

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