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How blessed is this place, O Lord

Representative Text

1 How blessed is this place, O Lord,
Where Thou art worshiped and adored;
Our faith would here an altar raise
Unto Thy glory, God of praise!

2 Here let Thy sacred fire of old
Descend to kindle spirits cold;
And may our prayers, when here we bend,
Like incense sweet to Thee ascend.

3 Here let the weary one find rest,
The aching heart a comfort blest,
The guilty soul a sure retreat,
The sinner pardon at Thy feet.

4 Here gather us around Thy board
To keep the feast with Thee, dear Lord,
And when in faith our souls draw near,
May we discern Thy presence here.

5 And when these earthly Sabbaths cease,
O may our souls depart in peace,
Around Thy glorious throne to meet,
And find it, Lord, a mercy-seat!

Amen.


Source: The Hymnal and Order of Service #581

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Author: Ernest Edwin Ryden

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 h… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: How blessed is this place, O Lord
Author: Ernest Edwin Ryden (1924)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

O WALY WALY

O WALY WALY is a traditional English melody associated with the song "O Waly, Waly, gin love be bony," the words of which date back at least to Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724-1732), and as the setting for a folk ballad about Jamie Douglas. It is also well known in the Appalachian region of the…

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LOB SEI DEM ALLMÄCHTIGEN GOTT (Crüger)


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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #15427
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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Common Praise (1998) #301

Common Praise (1998) #301

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #534

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #534

Lutheran Worship #327

Lutheran Worship #327

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #998

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #998

RitualSong #893

RitualSong #893
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15427

The Cyber Hymnal #15427

Worship (3rd ed.) #710

Worship (3rd ed.) #710

Worship (4th ed.) #894

Worship (4th ed.) #894
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