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Author: Bernhard Severin Ingemann, 1789-1862; J. C. Aaberg Meter: 5.5.8.5.5.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Lyrics: Fair is creation, Fairer God’s heaven, Blest is the marching pilgrim throng. Onward through lovely Regions of beauty Go we to Paradise with song. Ages are coming, Ages are passing Nations arise and disappear. Never the joyful Message from heaven Wanes through the soul’s brief sojourn here. Angels proclaimed it Once to the shepherds, Henceforth from soul to soul it passed: Unto all people Peace and rejoicing, Us is a Savior born at last.

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Fair is creation

Author: Bernhard Severin Ingemann, 1789-1862; J. C. Aaberg Hymnal: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark #111 (1945) Meter: 5.5.8.5.5.8 Hymnal Title: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Lyrics: Fair is creation, Fairer God’s heaven, Blest is the marching pilgrim throng. Onward through lovely Regions of beauty Go we to Paradise with song. Ages are coming, Ages are passing Nations arise and disappear. Never the joyful Message from heaven Wanes through the soul’s brief sojourn here. Angels proclaimed it Once to the shepherds, Henceforth from soul to soul it passed: Unto all people Peace and rejoicing, Us is a Savior born at last. Languages: English

Fair is creation, fairer God's heaven

Author: B. Ingemann Hymnal: The Junior Hymnal and Suggested Orders of Worship #d63 (1961) Hymnal Title: The Junior Hymnal and Suggested Orders of Worship

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Bernhard Severin Ingemann

1789 - 1862 Person Name: Bernhard Severin Ingemann, 1789-1862 Hymnal Title: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Author of "Fair is creation" in Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin, was born at Thor Kildstrup, Island of Falster, May 28, 1789. From 1822 to his death in 1862, he was Professor of the Danish Language and Literature at the Academy of Sorö, Zealand, Denmark. He was a poet of some eminence. His collected works were pub, in 1851, in 34 volumes. Seven of his hymns translated into English are given in Gilbert Tait's Hymns of Denmark, 1868. The only hymn by him in English common use is:— Igjennem Nat og Traengael. Unity and Progress. It is dated 1825, and is given in the Nyt Tillaeg til Evangelisk-christelig. Psalmebog, Copenhagen, 1859, No. 502. In its translated form as "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, it has become widely known in most English-speaking countries. The translation was published in the People's Hymnal, 1861. It was greatly improved in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875, and has been specially set to music by several composers. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. C. Aaberg

1877 - 1970 Hymnal Title: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Translator of "Fair is creation" in Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Jens Christian Aaberg (b. Moberg, Denmark, 1877; d. Minneapolis, MN, 1970) immigrated to the United States in 1901. Educated at Grand View College and Seminary in Des Moines, Iowa, he entered the ministry of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and served congregations in Marinette, Wisconsin; Dwight, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aaberg wrote Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark (1945), translated at least eighty hymns from Danish into English, and served on four hymnal committees. In 1947 King Frederick of Denmark awarded him the Knight Cross of Denmark. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987