Behold a Host

Behold a host arrayed in white, Like thousand snow-clad mountains bright (Grindal)

Author: Hans Adolph Brorson; Translator: Gracia Grindal
Tune: DEN STORE HVIDE FLOK
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Author: Hans Adolph Brorson

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Translator: Gracia Grindal

Gracia Grindal (b. Powers Lake, ND, 1943). Grindal was educated at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the University of Arkansas; and Luther-Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where she has served since 1984 as a professor of pastoral theology and communications. From 1968 to 1984 she was a professor of English and poet-in-residence at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Included in her publications are Sketches Against the Dark (1981), Scandinavian Folksongs (1983), Lessons in Hymnwriting (1986, 1991), We Are One in Christ: Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations (1996), Good News of Great Joy: Advent Devotions for the Home (1994 with Karen E. Hong), Lina Sandell, the Story of Her Hymns (2001 with John Jansen), and A Revelry of Har… Go to person page >

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First Line: Behold a host arrayed in white, Like thousand snow-clad mountains bright (Grindal)
Title: Behold a Host
Danish Title: Den store hvide Flok vi se
Author: Hans Adolph Brorson
Translator: Gracia Grindal
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Copyright: © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship. Reprinted by permission of Augsburg Fortress

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