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Lord, I Wish To Be Thy Servant

Author: Kristian C. Ostergaard; J. C. Aaberg Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals

[Lord, I wish to be Thy servant]

Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. P. Berggren Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55112 43311 33665 Used With Text: Lord, I Wish To Be Thy Servant

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Lord, I Wish To Be Thy Servant

Author: Kr. Ostergaard Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #317 (1927) Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Lord I wish to be Thy servant And with mind and spirit fervent Work for Thee and Thee alone. All the gifts I aim possessing, Life and hope and ev'ry blessing, Thro' Thy grace alone I own. 2 Lead me, Savior, in Thy kindness Even when in wilful blindness I would from Thy guidance flee. Send me where it be Thy pleasure, Oh, but let me ever treasure The blest faith: I'm serving Thee. Topics: Spiritual Songs Work and Mission Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, I wish to be Thy servant]

Lord, I Wish To Be Thy Servant

Author: Kr. Ostergaard Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #317 (1928) Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Lord, I wish to be Thy servant And with mind and spirit fervent Word for Thee and Thee alone. All the gifts I aim possessing, Life and hope and ev'ry blessing, Through Thy grace alone I own. 2 Lead me, Savior, in Thy kindness Even when in willful blindness I would from Thy guidance flee. Send me where it be Thy pleasure, Oh, but let me ever treasure The blest faith: I'm serving Thee. Topics: Spiritual Songs Work and Mission Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, I wish to be Thy servant]

People

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J. C. Aaberg

1877 - 1970 Translator of "Lord, I Wish To Be Thy Servant" 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

A. P. Berggreen

1801 - 1880 Person Name: A. P. Berggren Composer of "[Lord, I wish to be Thy servant]" in Hymnal for Church and Home Andreas Peter Berggreen, born in Copenhagen, March 2, 1801. Instrumental and vocal composer; took up music as a profession after having first been compelled to study law, became organist at Trinity Church, Copenhagen, in 1838, professor of vocal music at the Metropolitan School in 1843, and inspector of the same branch in all public institutions. Works: Collection of songs, with guitar (Copenhagen, 1822-1823); Romances (1823); Ballads and Romances (1824); Variations for guitar (1825); Wedding Cantata (1829); Billedet og bustan (The Portrait and the Bust), comic opera given at Copenhagen, 1832; Songs for the use of schools (1834-39); Popular songs and national and foreign melodies, for pianoforte (1842-47); Twelve Swedish songs (1846); National songs (1848); Songs to poems of Bellmann (1850); Six Swedish songs of Runeberg (1852); Several cantatas. Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888) https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofmusi01cham/mode/2up

Kristian Østergaard

1855 - 1931 Person Name: Kr. Ostergaard Author of "Lord, I Wish To Be Thy Servant" in Hymnal for Church and Home Kristian Ostergaard (February 5, 1855 - October 9, 1931) was Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator, author and hymn writer. Wikipedia article