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Show Known as 'Crusaders Hymn' Regarding the origin of the hymn "Fairest Lord Jesus," Cynthia Pearl Maus says: "Although this hymn is known as the 'Crusaders Hymn,' it is doubtful that the Crusaders Cru-saders ever sang it. The words were written in 1677, and Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900) translated the original German in which it was written and published the hymn in America in 1850. The tune 'Crusaders 'Cru-saders Hymn' was arranged by Professor Pro-fessor Willis from a Silesian folk song which appeared in a collection of folk songs in 1842. Richard Willis Wil-lis was a musician and a newspaper newspa-per man." |