Herrens Børneskare

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1 Tryggare kan ingen vara,
Än Guds lilla barnaskara,
Stjärnan ej på himlafästet,
Fågeln ej i kända nästet.

2 Herren sina trogna vårdar,
Uti Sions helga gårdar,
Över dem Han sig förbarmar,
Bär dem uppå fadersarmar.

3 Ingen nöd och ingen lycka,
Skall utur Hans hand dem rycka,
Han vår vän för andra vänner,
Sina barns bekymmer känner.

4 Se Han räknar håren alla,
Som från deras huvud falla,
Han oss föder och oss kläder,
Under sorgen Han oss gläder.

5 Gläd dig då, du lilla skara,
Jakobs Gud skall dig bevara,
För Hans vilja måste alla,
Fiender till jorden falla.

6 Vad Han tar och vad Han giver,
Samme Fader Han förbliver,
Och Hans mål är blott det ena,
Barnets sanna väl allena.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15509

Author: Carolina Sandell

Caroline W. Sandell Berg (b. Froderyd, Sweden, 1832; d. Stockholm, Sweden, 1903), is better known as Lina Sandell, the "Fanny Crosby of Sweden." "Lina" Wilhelmina Sandell Berg was the daughter of a Lutheran pastor to whom she was very close; she wrote hymns partly to cope with the fact that she witnessed his tragic death by drowning. Many of her 650 hymns were used in the revival services of Carl O. Rosenius, and a number of them gained popularity particularly because of the musical settings written by gospel singer Oskar Ahnfelt. Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish soprano, underwrote the cost of publishing a collection of Ahnfelt's music, Andeliga Sänger (1850), which consisted mainly of Berg's hymn texts. Bert Polman  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Tryggare kan ingen vara
Title: Herrens Børneskare
Author: Carolina Sandell
Language: Swedish
Notes: Spanish translation: See "Con qué paternal cariño" by Kenneth Mahler, Spanish translation (of Children of the heavenly Father): See "Nuestro Padre celestial" by Salomón Mussiett; English translation: See "Children of the heavenly Father" by Ernst W. Olson
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA

First associated with this text in Fredrik Engelke's Loftangeroch andeliga wisor (1873), TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA is probably a Swedish folk song, but versions of the tune were also sung in Germany in the early 1800s. This charmingly simple tune needs light accompaniment, perhaps just recorders 1 and…

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