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Author: Avis B. Christiansen Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I was a sinner, lost in the darkness Refrain First Line: He is my Saviour, wonderful Saviour Used With Tune: [I was a sinner, lost in the darkness]

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[I was a sinner, lost in the darkness]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur W. McKee Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 34353 43235 56715 Used With Text: He is My Saviour

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He is My Saviour

Author: Avis B. Christiansen Hymnal: Evangelistic Center Songs #16 (1942) First Line: I was a sinner, lost in the darkness Refrain First Line: He is my Saviour, wonderful Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [I was a sinner, lost in the darkness]

He is my Savior, wonderful Savior

Author: Avis Burgeson Christiansen; Avis B. Christiansen Hymnal: Revival Praises #d43 (1927) First Line: I was a sinner, lost in the darkness

He is my Savior, wonderful Savior

Author: Avis Burgeson Christiansen; Avis B. Christiansen Hymnal: Songs of Praises, a General Purpose Evangelistic Song Book #d76 (1929) First Line: I was a sinner, lost in the darkness

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Avis B. Christiansen

1895 - 1985 Author of "He Is My Savior" Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary

Arthur W. McKee

1891 - 1953 Composer of "[I was a sinner, lost in the darkness]" in Evangelistic Center Songs b. oct. 15, 1891, Worcester, Mass.; d. June 7, 1953, Winona Lake, Ind.; composer