Gott sei Dank in aller Welt

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Gott sei Dank in aller Welt

Author: Heinrich Held
Tune: GOTT SEI DANK
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1 Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt,
der sein Wort beständig hält
und der Sünder Trost und Rat
zu uns hergesendet hat.

2 Was der alten Väter Schar
höchster Wunsch und Sehnen war,
und was sie geprophezeit,
ist erfüllt in Herrlichkeit.

3 Zions Hilf und Abrams Lohn,
Jakobs Heil, der Jungfrau Sohn,
der wohl zweigestammte Held,
hat sich treulich eingestellt.

4 Sei willkommen, o mein Heil!
Dir Hosianna, o mein Teil!
Richte du auch eine Bahn
Dir in meinem Herzen an.

Source: Evangelisches Gesangbuch (Bayern, Mitteldeutschland, Thüringen): Antwort finden in alten und neuen Liedern, in Worten zum Nachdenken und Beten #12

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Author: Heinrich Held

Held, Heinrich, was son of Valentin Held of Guhrau, Silesia. He studied at the Universities of Königsberg (c. 1637-40), Frankfurt a. Oder (1643), and Leyden. He was also in residence at Rostock in 1647. He became a licentiate of law, and settled as a lawyer in his native place, where he died about 1659, or at least before Michaelmas, 1661 (Koch, iii. 55-56; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie., xi. 680; Bode, p. 87, &c). One of the best Silesian hymnwriters, he was taught in the school of affliction, having many trials to suffer in those times of war. His only extant poetical work is his Deutscher Gedichte Vortrab, Frankfurt a. Oder, 1643. Only one hymn from that volume came into German use. Much more important are his other hymns, which are k… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Gott sei Dank in aller Welt
Author:	Heinrich Held
Language:	German
Notes:	Polish translation: See "Boga niechaj chwali świat"; Swahili translation: See "Ulimwenguni pote"
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 33:4
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French

Kirchengesangbuch fuer Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden ungeanderter Augsburgischer Konfession #ad120

German

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GOTT SEI DANK

NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND

NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND is a chorale derived from a chant. Among the simplest of the Lutheran repertoire, it is framed by identical lines–l and 4. Sing the entire hymn with antiphonal groups (the practice its original Latin author, Ambrose, strongly promoted). Sing some stanzas in unison and o…

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