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Heavenly light, benignly beaming

Author: Johan Olaf Wallin Appears in 4 hymnals

JESUS! DU DIG SJÄLF UPPVÄCKTE

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Tune Sources: Swedish, 1675. Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 15321 71134 25545 Used With Text: Heavenly Light, Benignly Beaming

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Heavenly Light, Benignly Beaming

Author: Johan Olaf Wallin Hymnal: The Hymnal and Order of Service #325 (1937) First Line: Heav'nly light, benignly beaming Lyrics: 1 Heav'nly light, benignly beaming, Breaketh o'er the hopeless earth. From the Son eternal streaming, Spring the rays of promise forth. Light supernal, O how glorious To our eyes is Thy advance, Giving us to see God's plans! 2 All unknown to worldly sages, Who were to His glory blind, Jesus came, O light of ages, Day of grace to all mankind! Truth He brought to ev'ry seeker, Grace to ev'ry troubled breast, Man with peace and mercy blest. 3 In a world where lusts contended, Crimes were bred and bitterness, Christ appeared; with Him descended Love divine and holiness. Hearts were filled with his pure Spirit, Love bade warring passions cease; Earth was blest with joy and peace. 4 Blessed they who ever ready Hear the heavenly Teacher's Word, They who walk with purpose steady In the footsteps of the Lord; Guided by His Holy Spirit, Led by faith, and not by sight, They shall gain the realms of light. 5 Lo, their faith and love shall conquer Vanity and unbelief, Shedding o'er a word of rancor Kindly light, to solace grief. In life's turmoil, in death's shadow Anchor they their hope secure On the Rock that shall endure. 6 Radiance of the Father's glory, Send Thy beams in splendor forth. Break upon the ages hoary, Dawn of faith and peace on earth! Let this world be as the pathway To that heaven where shall be Gathered they who walked with Thee. Amen.

Heavenly Light, Benignly Beaming

Author: Johan Olof Wallin Hymnal: The Hymnal and Order of Service #325 (1926) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 First Line: Heav'nly light, benignly beaming Lyrics: 1 Heav'nly light, benignly beaming, Breaketh o'er the hopeless earth. From the Son eternal streaming, Spring the rays of promise forth. Light supernal, O how glorious To our eyes is Thy advance, Giving us to see God's plans! 2 All unknown to worldly sages, Who were to His glory blind, Jesus came, O light of ages, Day of grace to all mankind! Truth He brought to ev'ry seeker, Grace to ev'ry troubled breast, Man with peace and mercy blest. 3 In a world where lusts contended, Crimes were bred and bitterness, Christ appeared; with Him descended Love divine and holiness. Hearts were filled with his pure Spirit, Love bade warring passions cease; Earth was blest with joy and peace. 4 Blessed they who ever ready Hear the heavenly Teacher's Word, They who walk with purpose steady In the footsteps of the Lord; Guided by His Holy Spirit, Led by faith, and not by sight, They shall gain the realms of light. 5 Lo, their faith and love shall conquer Vanity and unbelief, Shedding o'er a word of rancor Kindly light, to solace grief. In life's turmoil, in death's shadow Anchor they their hope secure On the Rock that shall endure. 6 Radiance of the Father's glory, Send Thy beams in splendor forth. Break upon the ages hoary, Dawn of faith and peace on earth! Let this world be as the pathway To that heaven where shall be Gathered they who walked with Thee. Amen. Topics: Worship Prayer and Praise; Names and Office of Christ Light; Thanksgiving Languages: English Tune Title: JESUS! DU DIG SJÄLF UPPVÄCKTE

Heavenly light, benignly beaming

Author: E. W. Olson; Johan Olaf Wallin Hymnal: Hymns for Divine Worship in Churches and Sunday Schools and at Various Occasions #d51 (1922) Languages: English

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Ernst W. Olson

1870 - 1958 Person Name: E. W. Olson Author of "Heavenly light, benignly beaming" in Hymns for Divine Worship in Churches and Sunday Schools and at Various Occasions Ernst W. Olson (b. Skane, Sweden, 1870; d. Chicago, IL, 1958) prepared the English translation for the 1925 Hymnal of the Lutheran Augustana Synod. As editor, writer, poet, and translator, Olson made a valuable contribution to Swedish-American culture and to church music. His family immigrated to Nebraska when he was five years old, but he spent much of his life in the Chicago area. Educated at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, he was editor of several Swedish-American newspapers and spent most of his professional career as an editor for the Augustana Book Concern (1911-1949). Olson wrote History of the Swedes in Illinois (1908). He also contributed four original hymns and twenty-eight translations to The Hymnal (1925) of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod and served on the committee that produced the Lutheran Service Book and Hymnal (1958). Bert Polman

Johan Olof Wallin

1779 - 1839 Author of "Heavenly Light, Benignly Beaming" in The Hymnal and Order of Service Johan Olaf Wallin was born at Stora Tuna, in 1779, and early displayed his poetical powers. In 1805, and again in 1809, he gained the chief prize for poetry at Upsala. In the latter year he became pastor at Solna; here his ability as a preacher was so striking that he was transferred to Stockholm, in 1815, as "pastor primarius," a title for which we have no exact equivalent. In 1818 he was made Dean of Westeras, and set about the task of editing a revised hymn-book for the whole of Sweden. This task he completed in 1819, and published it as, Den Swenska Psalmboken, af Konungen gillad och stadfästad (The Swedish hymn-book, approved and confirmed by the King). To it he contributed some 150 hymns of his own, besides translations and recastings; and the book remains now in the form in which he brought it out. It is highly prized by the Swedes, and is in use everywhere. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 1000 (1907)