Hvor To og Tre forsamlet er

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Hvor To og Tre forsamlet er

Author: M. B. Landstad
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Hvor to og tre forsamlet er
Udi dit Navn, o Herre,
Der vil du selv dem træede nær,
Og midt iblandt dem være;
Du endnu hint det Under gjør,
Og kommer ind ad lukte Dør
Til alle dine Kjære.

2 Du være vil med dem hvor Dag
Alt indtil Verdens Ende.
Saa komm, dit Sæde hos os tag,
Og gib dig klart tilkjende.
At Aanden blir af Ordert varm,
Og maa af Glæde i for Barm
Ved di Fredshilfen brænde!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #7

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Author: M. B. Landstad

Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads. Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold befo… Go to person page >

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