Give Gud, paa hvem vi stole

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Give Gud, paa hvem vi stole

Author: M. B. Landstad
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Give Gud, paa hvem vi stole,
Synden drukne maa og dø,
Og den kristne Planteskole
Sprede vidt og bredt sit Frø!
Aanden vække mild og god
Hver en Sjæl til Bøn og Bod,
Nyt paa Jorden vorde Livet,
Gud i Evighed hengivet!

2 Give Gud, paa hvem vi haabe,
Alle bange Sjæle Fred,
Gyde Himlens Balsam-Draabe
Sødt i kjuste Hjerter ned!
Slukke Gud i Jesu Navn
Alle tunge Hjerte-Savn
Ved sin Aand, og salig styrke
Troes-Livet i vor Kirke!

3 Naadens Straaler venlig lue
Over Land og over Stad,
Kom, min Sjæl, fra Gud at skue
Bud med Fredens Olje-Blad!
Saa gaa vi med Glæde ud,
Bygge Alter, takke Gud;
Pagtens Bue staar derover,
Gud sin Miskundhed os lover!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #446

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Author: M. B. Landstad

Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads. Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold befo… Go to person page >

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