If my Lord, through strict discipline, wants to shape me in his image, then I want to stand still under his hand without fleeing. Then no judgment frightens me; that is my confidence.

Carl Bernhard Garve (1763–1841), Liederdichter

Topics: Growth & Character, Faith & Trust

Carl Bernhard Garve

Carl Bernhard Garve (1763–1841) war ein deutscher Theologe und Liederdichter der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, der unter anderem in Zeist, Amsterdam, Berlin und Neusalz wirkte. Er wurde vor allem als Verfasser zahlreicher geistlicher Lieder bekannt, in denen er klassische Sprachkultur mit einer christuszentrierten Frömmigkeit verband. Bibellesern begegnen seine Verse bis heute in Gesangbüchern und Andachtstexten als Ausdruck von Trost, Glaubenszuversicht und geistlicher Hingabe.

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