1 Å, for ein kjærleik så stor: Jesus oss frelsa vil!
Å, for ein kjærleik så stor! Den må me kjenna til!
Synda til alle seg trengde,
Porten til Himmelen stengde.
Jesus, han stengselet sprengde!
Å, for ein kjærleik så stor!
Kor:
Jesus takk, Jesus takk!
Takk min Frelsar!
Å, for ein kjærleik så stor!
2 Å, for ein kjærleik så stor—sjølv om du borte går.
Å, for ein kjærleik så stor, enno Guds kall deg når.
Kom då til ævelivsbrunnen,
Som innved krossen er funnen!
Tilgjevingsflaum der er runnen,
Kom til ein kjærleik så stor! [Kor]
3 Å, for ein kjærleik så stor: Himmelens fryd til sist!
Å, for ein kjærleik så stor, Jesus deg byd for visst!
Berging frå ævelivs-brannen,
Det er for stort for forstanden.
Kan du for små redningsmannen,
Vraka ein kjærleik så stor?
Siste kor:
Å, vend om! Å, vend om!
Fred han gjev deg!
Å, for ein kjærleik så stor!
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15094
Born: June 19, 1966, Haugesund, Norway.
Gravdal grew up on a small farm in Gravdal, Strandebarm, Hardanger. He was educated at the Norwegian Agricultural University at Ås (1992). Since 1994, he has taught at the Lyngdal Jordbruksskole agricultural college in Lyngdal, Vest-Agder. His works include:
Dine fedrars Gud: Nokre songar ved eit tusenårsskifte (God of Your Ancestors: Some Songs at a Millennium Change), 1999
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Rv John Merritte Driver DD PhD DL USA 1857-1918. Born in Jefferson County,IL, he attended Illinois Agricultural College and Boston University. He married Elzire (Elsie) Louise Wiley in 1880, and they had an adopted son, Merritte. He was ordained a Methodist Episcopal minister and served, beginning in Prairie, IL in 1880, and at a number of churches in Chicago and other cities. He pastored the People's Church, Chicago, IL, 1902-07. He was a member of the American & Asiatic Archaelogical Society. He traveled extensively in Europe. He was a lecturer, orator, and writer. He wrote several books, including fiction, history, travel, and a number of hymn lyrics and a few tunes. He co-edited “Songs of the soul” (1885).
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