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INGEMANN (Hartmann)
Meter: 11.9.11.9 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. P. E. Hartmann Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13115 55667 11556
INGEMANN (Hartmann)
As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God
Author: P. C. Paulsen; B. S. Ingemann Meter: 11.9.11.9 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God! Lyrics: 1 As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God!
Thy faithfulness shieldeth creation.
Thy bounteous hand from the mountains abroad
Is stretched over country and nation.
2 Like heaven’s embrace is Thy love, O my Lord!
In judgment profound Thou appearest.
Thou savest our souls thro' Thy life-giving Word,
The cries of Thy children Thou hearest.
3 How precious Thy goodness, O Father above;
Where children of men are abiding,
Thou spreadest thro' darkness the wing of Thy love;
We under its pinions are hiding.
4 For languishing souls Thou preparest a rest,
The quivering dove Thou protectest;
Thou givest us being, eternal and blest,
In mercy our life Thou perfectest. Topics: The Means of Grace God Used With Tune: INGEMANN
As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God
As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God
Author: P. C. Paulsen; B. S. Ingemann Hymnal: American Lutheran Hymnal #147 (1930) Meter: 11.9.11.9 First Line: As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God! Lyrics: 1 As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God!
Thy faithfulness shieldeth creation.
Thy bounteous hand from the mountains abroad
Is stretched over country and nation.
2 Like heaven’s embrace is Thy love, O my Lord!
In judgment profound Thou appearest.
Thou savest our souls thro' Thy life-giving Word,
The cries of Thy children Thou hearest.
3 How precious Thy goodness, O Father above;
Where children of men are abiding,
Thou spreadest thro' darkness the wing of Thy love;
We under its pinions are hiding.
4 For languishing souls Thou preparest a rest,
The quivering dove Thou protectest;
Thou givest us being, eternal and blest,
In mercy our life Thou perfectest. Topics: The Means of Grace God Languages: English Tune Title: INGEMANN
As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God
As Wide As The Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God
Author: B. S. Ingemann Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #6 (1927) Meter: 11.9.11.9 First Line: As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God! Lyrics: 1 As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God!
Thy faithfulness shieldeth creation.
Thy bounteous hand from the mountains abroad
Is stretched over country and nation.
2 Like heaven’s embrace is Thy love, O my Lord!
In judgment profound Thou appearest.
Thou savest our souls through Thy life-giving word.
The cries of Thy children Thou hearest.
3 How precious Thy goodness, O Father above,
Where children of men are abiding.
Thou spreadest through darkness the wings of Thy love;
We under their pinions are hiding.
4 For languishing souls Thou preparest a rest,
The quivering dove Thou protectest;
Thou givest us being, eternal and blest,
In mercy our life Thou perfectest.
Topics: Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [As wide as the skies is Thy mercy, O God]
As Wide As The Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God
J. P. E. Hartmann
1805 - 1900 Composer of "INGEMANN" in American Lutheran Hymnal Born: May 14, 1805, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Died: March 10, 1900.
J. P. E. Hartmann
Bernhard Severin Ingemann
1789 - 1862 Person Name: B. S. Ingemann Author of "As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God" in American Lutheran Hymnal 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)
Bernhard Severin Ingemann
P. C. Paulsen
1881 - 1948 Translator of "As Wide As the Skies Is Thy Mercy, O God" in American Lutheran Hymnal Paul Christian Paulsen was born on March 26, 1881, in Alstrup, Jutland, Denmark.
He emigrated to America in 1904, was ordained in 1911, and served as a Lutheran pastor in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, and Alberta, Canada.
He died on July 26, 1948.
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P. C. Paulsen
