Tegn skal der ske for dommedag

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Tegn skal der ske for dommedag

Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 Tegn skal der ske for Dommedag
Vaade i Sol, og i Maane,
Da under Dybets Bølgeslag
Vrimlen af folkene daane,
Og før den Slegt er sovet hen,
Kommer vor Herre selv igjen,
Dødes og Levendes Dommer.

2 Verden er stolt af største Kløgt,
Siger, den alt har ransaget,
Himmelens Kræfter undersøgt,
Slet ingen Fare opdaget;
Men det er Verdens gamle Skik,
Tryggest den sov, da den forgik
Fordum i Syndflodens Vande.

3 Himmel og Jord de skal forgaa,
Som de er nu at beskue!
Sandhedens Ord det skal bestaa,
Trods Elementernes Lue,
Møde vi Herren skal i Sky,
Himmel og Jord da gjøres ny,
Sandhed og Kjærlighed seire!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #108

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Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig

Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig was the son of a pastor, and was born at Udby, in Seeland, in 1783. He studied in the University of Copenhagen from 1800-1805; and, like some other eminent men, did not greatly distinguish himself; his mind was too active and his imagination too versatile to bear the restraint of the academic course. After leaving the university he took to teaching; first in Langeland, then (1808) in Copenhagen. Here he devoted his attention to poetry, literature, and Northern antiquities. In 1810 he became assistant to his father in a parish in Jutland. The sermon he preached at his ordination, on the subject "Why has the Lord's word disappeared from His house," attracted much attention, which is rarely the case with "pro… Go to person page >

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