Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen (also known by the pen names of Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid) (October 11, 1895 – January 14, 1985) was an American Christian
hymnwriter
A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the composition of hymns dates back to before the time of David, who composed many o ...
. She wrote the lyrics to "
Blessed Redeemer Blessed Redeemer is a prominent Christian hymn with lyrics by Avis Christiansen and music by Harry Dixon Loes of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
Loes developed the music and title after hearing a sermon entitled "Blessed Redeeme ...
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Harry Dixon Loes writing the music.
Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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to a Christian family and wrote poems as a child. Avis Christiansen became a member of the Moody Memorial Church in 1915 and remained a member for forty years serving in various ministries. She attended a secretarial school and then the evening school at the
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute (MBI) is a private evangelical Christian Bible college founded in the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, US by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886. Historically, MBI has maintained positions that have ...
where her husband, Ernest O. Christiansen, worked for almost forty years, eventually serving as vice president. Avis and Ernest Christiansen married in 1917 and had two daughters. Avis Christiansen died in 1985.
[Kenneth W. Osbec, ''101 More Hymn Stories'' (1985), pg. 52 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0825434203]
References
1895 births
1985 deaths
American Protestant hymnwriters
American women hymnwriters
People from Chicago
Moody Bible Institute alumni
20th-century pseudonymous writers
Pseudonymous women writers
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