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	'''Volbrecht Nagel''' (1867–1921) was a ~~[[Germany\|~~German]] missionary to the [[Malabar coast]] of [[India]]. Initially associated with the [[Evangelical Lutheran]] Church, he later joined the [[Open Brethren]], and is remembered now as a pioneer of the [[Kerala Brethren]] movement.		'''Volbrecht Nagel''' (1867–1921) was a German missionary to the [[Malabar coast]] of [[India]]. Initially associated with the [[Evangelical Lutheran]] Church, he later joined the [[Open Brethren]], and is remembered now as a pioneer of the [[Kerala Brethren]] movement.

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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	*Mahakavi K. V. Simon: Workers. in: ''History of the Malankara Brethren Churches (Malankarayilae Verpadu Sabhakalude Charithram)''. Tiruvalla, Kerala, India: Sathyam Publications, 1999, pp. 336–341 (first published in 1938).		*Mahakavi K. V. Simon: Workers. in: ''History of the Malankara Brethren Churches (Malankarayilae Verpadu Sabhakalude Charithram)''. Tiruvalla, Kerala, India: Sathyam Publications, 1999, pp. 336–341 (first published in 1938).
	*T. E. Easow: ''Brethren Prasthanam Logamegum'' (in Malayalam). 1981.		*T. E. Easow: ''Brethren Prasthanam Logamegum'' (in Malayalam). 1981.
	*W. T. Stunt et al.: ''Turning the World Upside Down. A Century of Missionary Endeavour.'' Bath, Somerset: Echoes of Service, 1972.		*W. T. Stunt et al.: ''Turning the World Upside Down. A Century of Missionary Endeavour.'' Bath, Somerset: Echoes of Service, 1972.

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[[File:V Nagel - Family.jpg|right|thumb|273px|Nagel with family]]
'''Volbrecht Nagel''' (1867–1921) was a [[Germany|German]] missionary to the [[Malabar coast]] of [[India]]. Initially associated with the [[Evangelical Lutheran]] Church, he later joined the [[Open Brethren]], and is remembered now as a pioneer of the [[Kerala Brethren]] movement.

==Life==
Volbrecht Nagel was born on 3 November 1867 in [[Florstadt]]-Stammheim (belonging to the German federal state of [[Hesse]]). He grew up in a religious family, but lost his parents at a young age. At the age of 18, Nagel claimed to have been [[Born again (Christianity)|born again]] after hearing the gospel from a cobbler turned itinerant [[preacher]]. With a desire to be a missionary, he moved to [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]], joined the [[Basel Mission]] Training Institute in 1886 and graduated in 1892. He was [[ordination|ordained]] in the [[Evangelical Lutheran]] Mission in 1893.

Nagel came to [[Kannur|Cannanore]] on the [[Malabar Coast]] as a Reverend in December 1893. He became the head of the Basel Mission center in Vaniankulam. The burden of running the schools and the small-scale industries of the Basel Mission in Vaniankulam became a stumbling block in his goal of independent ministry. In 1896, he left the Lutheran Church and Vaniankulam and went south without an aim. On his trip, he saw a prayer center in [[Kunnamkulam]] and met Paramel Itoop, a new believer. He decided to start his work at Kunnamkulam, an ancient bastion of Christianity in India.

To be part of the local community, he learned [[Malayalam]]. The community in Kunnamkulam received him as one of their own, as he wrote and spoke in Malayalam. In April 1897, he married Harriet Mitchell, an [[Anglo-Indian]] who was a teacher at Kunnamkulam. They had five sons and two daughters. One son and one daughter died in early childhood. Harriet Nagel died on 27 January 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.holypal.com/profiles/blogs/v-nagel-missionary-to-gods-own |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712214214/http://www.holypal.com/profiles/blogs/v-nagel-missionary-to-gods-own |archive-date=2011-07-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A few months after their marriage, they went to the [[Nilgiris]] and met the English [[Open Brethren]] Missionary [[Handley Bird]]. The following June, Nagel was baptized by immersion by Bird at [[Coimbatore]]. In 1906, he started an orphanage and a home for widows at Nellikunnu near [[Thrissur]] City named Rehoboth, which still stands today.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://revisitingthepast.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/the-story-of-volbrecht-nagel/|title = The Story of Volbrecht Nagel|date = July 24, 2010|access-date = May 22, 2021}}</ref>

In 1914, Nagel traveled back to his native Germany. His plan was to send his older children to [[England]] for education and return to India in six months, but the beginning of [[World War I]] prevented his return. As a national of the [[German Empire]], he could not enter British-administered Malabar, so he moved to [[Switzerland]]. Harriet and three children were back in Malabar Coast, while the two older children were in England. The letter he sent to the assembly fellowship in [[North Paravur|Paravur]] in 1917 reflects the hunger in his heart for souls in Malabar. That letter contained the following words: ''“My sweetest treasures are in India. My heart belongs there".'' But his desire was not fulfilled. He suffered from [[palsy]] and became bedridden. While teaching at [[Bergneustadt|Wiedenest]] Bible School, Nagel had a stroke and died on 12 May 1921 and was buried there. Harriet had been able to reach Germany and take care of him.

==Writings==
In 1898, Nagel wrote a book called ''Christian Baptism''. He wrote many songs and hymns in [[Malayalam]] that are sung even today by all Christian denominations. Nagel is regarded with great esteem by the [[Malayalee]] Christian community for all his work in bringing the [[Gospel]] to [[Kerala]].

===Malayalam hymns===
Nagel's mother tongue was [[German language|German]]. He became fluent in Malayalam and composed hymns in that language, which are still used in church services.

A few of the hymns in Malayalam and their translations in [[English language|English]] are given below:
* ''Snehathin Idayanam Yesuway; Wazhium sathyaum {{Not a typo|nee}} mathremay'' (Jesus, the loving shepherd, you are the only way and the truth)
* ''Ninnodu Praarthyppan Priya Pithaway'' (Our dear father, we are coming for prayer) – Prayer song
* ''Jayam jayam Kollum Naam, Jayam Kollum Naam'' (Victorious, victorious, we will be victorious) – Victory song
* ''Deivathinte æka putren paapikale rakshippan'' (God's only son died on the cross to save the sinners) – Christ's passion and death
* ''Maranam jayicha veera'' (Hero that won over death) – Resurrection
* ''Yesu varum vegathil – Aswaasamay'' (Jesus will be coming soon) – Second Coming
* ''Ente Jeevanam Yesuway'' (Jesus, my life) – Comfort
* ''En Yesu En Sangeetham'' (My song shall be of Jesus)
* ''Samayamam rathathil njaan swargayatra cheyyunu'' (I am traveling towards heaven on the chariot of time) – included by music director [[G. Devarajan]] in the 1970 movie ''[[Aranazhika Neram]]''; since the time it was sung during [[Sathyan (actor)|Sathyan]]'s funeral in June 1971 it has become the most popular song at funerals

Nagel's translations include:
* ''Papakadam theerkuvan'' (What can wash away my sins, by [[Robert Lowry (hymn writer)|Robert Lowry]])
* ''Yeshu enn swanatham, Hallelujah'' ([[Blessed Assurance]], by [[Fanny Crosby]])
* ''Yeshuvin thirupadathil irunnu kelka naam'' (Sing them over again to me, by [[Philip Bliss]])
* ''Kristhuvinte daanam ethra maduram'' (Like a river glorious, by [[Frances Ridley Havergal]])
* ''Yeshuvil en thozhane kande'' (I have found a friend in Jesus, by [[Charles William Fry]]

==See also==
*[[Hermann Gundert]]
*[[Johann Ernst Hanxleden]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*Mahakavi K. V. Simon: Workers. in: ''History of the Malankara Brethren Churches (Malankarayilae Verpadu Sabhakalude Charithram)''. Tiruvalla, Kerala, India: Sathyam Publications, 1999, pp. 336–341 (first published in 1938).
*T. E. Easow: ''Brethren Prasthanam Logamegum'' (in Malayalam). 1981.
*W. T. Stunt et al.: ''Turning the World Upside Down. A Century of Missionary Endeavour.'' Bath, Somerset: Echoes of Service, 1972.

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