Avis Christiansen

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. She wrote the lyrics to Blessed Redeemer with Harry Dixon Loes writing the music.[1]

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 in Chicago, Illinois 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 where her husband, Ernest O. Christiansen, worked for almost forty years, eventually serving as vice president.[2] Avis and Ernest Christiansen married in 1917 and had two daughters. Avis Christiansen died in 1985.[3]

References
  1. Kenneth W. Osbec, 101 More Hymn Stories (1985), pg. 52 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0825434203
  2. https://hymnary.org/person/Christiansen_Avis
  3. Kenneth W. Osbec, 101 More Hymn Stories (1985), pg. 52 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0825434203
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