1800–1870

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 6, 1800, Lau­sanne, Swit­zer­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 12, 1870, Ve­vey, Swit­zer­land.

Biography

Charles was the son of Al­phonse Lou­is Re­cor­don (Al­phonse Re­co­rdon?) and Mar­gue­rite Clerc, and hus­band of Lou­ise Ca­the­rine Wal­ther.

Ordained in 1824, he served as pas­tor of the French Pro­test­ant Church of Flor­ence, It­aly (1829–31). Back in Swit­zer­land, he be­came a preach­er of the ora­to­ry of Vev­ey (nu­cle­us of the fu­ture Free Church) where he co-found­ed the So­ci­été pour la Sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion du Di­manche in the can­ton of Vaud (1834).

In 1840, he gave up his po­si­tion in the na­tion­al church, as he no long­er sup­port­ed gov­ern­ment in­volve­ment in ec­cle­si­as­ti­cal mat­ters.

Soon af­ter, he joined the Dar­by­ites, where he min­is­tered three de­cades and was first ed­it­or of their ma­ga­zine Le Mes­sa­ger Évan­gé­lique, found­ed in 1860.

Works

He was known as a writ­er, po­et and hym­nist, and col­la­bo­rat­ed on the 1855 Ve­vey trans­la­tion of the New Tes­ta­ment.

His oth­er works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Béni Soit le Sei­gneur, Notre Dieu, Notre Père
  2. Chantons, Chan­tons sans Cesse
  3. Chantons, Frères, Chan­tons de Notre Tendre Père
  4. Dieu d’A­mour, Dieu de Toute Grâce!
  5. Du Sein de la Faib­lesse
  6. Jésus, le Fils de Dieu
  7. Louons d’un Même Cœur Notre Dieu, Notre Père
  8. Par Jésus-Christ Nous T’Offrons
  9. Seigneur, Toi Qui pour Nous T’Off­ris en Sa­cri­fice
  10. Ta Jus­tice Par­faite et Pure
  11. Tu Donnes la Grâce et la Gloire

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