Jesus kam des Wegs daher

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Der Bettler saß blind an des Weges Rand

Author: J. Hoffman Batten; Translator: E. C. Magaret
Tune: [The beggar sat blind by the wayside road]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: J. Hoffman Batten

James Hoffman Batten was a Methodist minister. He served the West Grove Methodist Church in Asbury Park, the Matawan Methodist Church, and other Methodist churches in New Jersey and Illinois. He later left the Methodist Church and joined the Congregationalist Church because he agreed with the teachings of the Congregationalists. He died in Anaheim, California Dianne Shapiro, from "Red Bank Register", Dec. 7, 1904, Find a Grave (findagrave.com) Go to person page >

Translator: E. C. Magaret

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First Line:	Der Bettler saß blind an des Weges Rand
Title:	Jesus kam des Wegs daher
English Title:	The beggar sat blind by the wayside road
Author:	J. Hoffman Batten
Translator:	E. C. Magaret
Language:	German
Refrain First Line:	Mein Leben war dunkel von Not und Schuld
Copyright:	Public Domain