Freedom i mean (Zeller)

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Freedom I mean by Christian Heinrich Zeller is a Christian counterfactor to the patriotic poem "Freedom I mean" , written by Max von Schenkendorf in 1815 .

history

Schenkendorf wrote the original poem in 1815. The most common version of the song was composed by Karl August Groos in 1818. In the 19th and 20th centuries, this song was under national auspices and was classified as “fatherland, hero, war and victory songs”.

The Christian text version of the pedagogue Zeller (1779–1860) was distributed millions of times from 1892 in the Protestant community song collection "Reichs-Lieder".

text

1. Freedom, which I mean,
is not a silhouette,
For with heavenly shine
you fill the heart.
Freedom, which I mean,
is not a trickery game with which
one
wants to lure fools to appear.

2. Freedom, which I mean,
does not come from the zeitgeist,
comes from the Son alone
and from His light.
Servants of perdition
do not lead to the son,
And at the time of death they
must go away.

3. Whom the son set free
From the night of error,
Whom the son renews,
He will be set free.
Bleeding has won
freedom for us the son,
who soared up
on the father's throne.

4. Therefore come to the Son,
Who refreshes you!
Eternal life's crown
In the father's kingdom,
which he can only give
when his spirit drives you,
when you, like the branches,
remain by the vine.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Freedom, which I mean in the song dictionary
  2. ↑ a b Zeller's text version in: Reichs-Lieder. German community songbook. 166-175. Thousand. Neumünster: Vereinbuchhandlung G. Ihloff & Co. [after 1931], p. 137 (no. 210). DVA: V 3/1505