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INVOCATION

Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Carl W. Landahl, 1908-1961 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 31655 11223 33213 Used With Text: Eternal God, before Your Thone

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Eternal God, before thy throne we bend

Author: Ernest Edwin Ryden, b. 1886 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal God, before thy throne we bend, Thy grace to seek, thy holy Name to bless; Humbly our hearts in grateful praise ascend To thee whose ways are truth and righteousness. With all the hosts of heaven we thee adore, Holy art thou, the same for evermore. A-men. 2 Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour and our Friend, Whom angels praise before the throne on high, How vast thy love to love us to the end, And on the cruel Cross to bleed and die. O blest Redeemer, hear thy children pray: O Lamb of God, take all our sins away! 3 Spirit of truth, of peace, of joy divine, Descend to us in all thy saving power; Kindle a flame of faith and love to shine Within our yearning hearts this sacred hour; Show us the Father's will, the Saviour's love, And fit our souls to dwell with thee above! Amen. Topics: The Church Year Trinity Sunday - The Holy Trinity; The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church Worship - In The Presence Used With Tune: INVOCATION

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Eternal God, before Your Thone

Author: Ernest E. Ryden, 1886-1981 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #354 (1978) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 First Line: Eternal God, before your throne we bend Topics: Community in Christ; Affirmation of Baptism; Community in Christ; The Holy Trinity; Invocation; Marriage Languages: English Tune Title: INVOCATION

Eternal God, before thy throne we bend

Author: Ernest Edwin Ryden, b. 1886 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #178 (1958) Lyrics: 1 Eternal God, before thy throne we bend, Thy grace to seek, thy holy Name to bless; Humbly our hearts in grateful praise ascend To thee whose ways are truth and righteousness. With all the hosts of heaven we thee adore, Holy art thou, the same for evermore. A-men. 2 Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour and our Friend, Whom angels praise before the throne on high, How vast thy love to love us to the end, And on the cruel Cross to bleed and die. O blest Redeemer, hear thy children pray: O Lamb of God, take all our sins away! 3 Spirit of truth, of peace, of joy divine, Descend to us in all thy saving power; Kindle a flame of faith and love to shine Within our yearning hearts this sacred hour; Show us the Father's will, the Saviour's love, And fit our souls to dwell with thee above! Amen. Topics: The Church Year Trinity Sunday - The Holy Trinity; The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church Worship - In The Presence Languages: English Tune Title: INVOCATION

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Ernest Edwin Ryden

1886 - 1981 Person Name: Ernest E. Ryden, 1886-1981 Author of "Eternal God, before Your Thone" in Lutheran Book of Worship Ernest Edwin Ryden is a distinguished Lutheran clergyman who has been a life-long student of hymns. At present he is pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut. This is the latest of a long series of services he has rendered in the Lutheran Church. For twenty-seven years he was editor of "The Lutheran Companion," the official organ of the former Augustana Lutheran Church. His contributions to hymnody were many. He was a member of the Committee which created the Augustana Hymnal of 1925 to which he contributed eight original hymns and translations. He was co-editor of the Junior Hymnal for which he wrote a number of hymns. He was secretary of the committee which prepared the Service Book and Hymnal. Here again he has contributed new hymns and translations. He is the author of two volumes, "The Story of Our Hymns," and "The Story of Christian Hymnody." In 1949 he was made a Knight of the Royal Order of the North Star by the King of Sweden for his work in the field of hymnological research. He is the author of one of the Children's Hymns published by the Hymn Society. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission. ============================== In 1948 [Ryden] was one of the official representatives of his Church at the constituting Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam. --Twelve New Hymns for Children, 1965. Used by permission.