I Stand beside Your Manger Here

I stand beside your manger here, O Jesus, life from heaven

Translator: Michael D. Schultz; Author: Paul Gerhardt (abr.)
Tune: LUTHER'S HYMN
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Translator: Michael D. Schultz

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Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

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First Line: I stand beside your manger here, O Jesus, life from heaven
Title: I Stand beside Your Manger Here
Author: Paul Gerhardt (abr.)
Translator: Michael D. Schultz
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7
Language: English
Copyright: Tr. © 2021 Northwestern Publishing House

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