Hymn Story: Be Still My Soul
Little seems to be known about the author of the hymn Be Still My Soul. Katharina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel, the author, who was born in 1697. She is believed to have come from an aristocratic family in Germany. Jane L. Borthwick, a member of the Scottish Church, translated the hymn. The tune is called Finlandia and was written by […]
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