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Amos Herr (13 February 1816-19 June 1897), a Mennonite preacher in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], wrote the beloved hymn, "I Owe the Lord a Morning Song," one Sunday morning when the snowdrifts would not permit even horseback riding to church. He was a son of [[Herr, Christian (1780-1853)|Christian Herr]] of Pequea, a Mennonite bishop, who, as did Amos, always lived on part of the original Herr acres (of 1710), along the Beaver Valley Pike, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Ordained a preacher in 1850, he was an ardent advocate of English preaching and of Sunday school. He was the first always to preach in English in the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], and with his aid the conference in 1871 adopted the Sunday school movement. Thereupon his school in the [[Willow Street Mennonite Church (Willow Street, Pennsylvania, USA)|Brick congregation]] was the first to be started with Conference approval. In 1880-1881 his home and his pen aided the committee very materially in the production of the first Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) Sunday school materials, <em>The Question and Answer Books. </em>Married 17 November 1840 to Betsey Rohrer, his family consisted of three daughters and a son. His work was a blessing to the church of his district and beyond.
 
Amos Herr (13 February 1816-19 June 1897), a Mennonite preacher in [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], wrote the beloved hymn, "I Owe the Lord a Morning Song," one Sunday morning when the snowdrifts would not permit even horseback riding to church. He was a son of [[Herr, Christian (1780-1853)|Christian Herr]] of Pequea, a Mennonite bishop, who, as did Amos, always lived on part of the original Herr acres (of 1710), along the Beaver Valley Pike, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Ordained a preacher in 1850, he was an ardent advocate of English preaching and of Sunday school. He was the first always to preach in English in the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]], and with his aid the conference in 1871 adopted the Sunday school movement. Thereupon his school in the [[Willow Street Mennonite Church (Willow Street, Pennsylvania, USA)|Brick congregation]] was the first to be started with Conference approval. In 1880-1881 his home and his pen aided the committee very materially in the production of the first Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) Sunday school materials, <em>The Question and Answer Books. </em>Married 17 November 1840 to Betsey Rohrer, his family consisted of three daughters and a son. His work was a blessing to the church of his district and beyond.
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Amos Herr (13 February 1816-19 June 1897), a Mennonite preacher in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, wrote the beloved hymn, "I Owe the Lord a Morning Song," one Sunday morning when the snowdrifts would not permit even horseback riding to church. He was a son of Christian Herr of Pequea, a Mennonite bishop, who, as did Amos, always lived on part of the original Herr acres (of 1710), along the Beaver Valley Pike, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Ordained a preacher in 1850, he was an ardent advocate of English preaching and of Sunday school. He was the first always to preach in English in the Lancaster Conference, and with his aid the conference in 1871 adopted the Sunday school movement. Thereupon his school in the Brick congregation was the first to be started with Conference approval. In 1880-1881 his home and his pen aided the committee very materially in the production of the first Mennonite (Mennonite Church) Sunday school materials, The Question and Answer Books. Married 17 November 1840 to Betsey Rohrer, his family consisted of three daughters and a son. His work was a blessing to the church of his district and beyond.


Author(s) Ira D Landis
Date Published 1956

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Landis, Ira D. "Herr, Amos (1816-1897)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Herr,_Amos_(1816-1897)&oldid=81965.

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Landis, Ira D. (1956). Herr, Amos (1816-1897). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Herr,_Amos_(1816-1897)&oldid=81965.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 712. All rights reserved.


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