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The day of Pentecost draws nigh

The day of Pentecost draws nigh

Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo; Translator: J. C. Aaberg (1945)
Published in 1 hymnal

Representative Text

The day of Pentecost draws nigh;
Come, Holy Spirit from on high,
Who with the Father and the Son
Is God eternal, three in one.

O God triune, Thy grace impart
Into my carnal, sinful heart,
That it a temple blest may be
Prepared and set aside for Thee.

Come, Holy Ghost, and witness bear
That I the life of Christ do share,
And that I know no other name
To save my soul from guilt and shame.

O Counselor of truth and light,
Teach me to know my Lord aright,
That from the way of faith I may
Not even for a moment stray.

Blest Spirit of my God and Lord,
Preserve me in Thy way and word,
Imbue me with Thy life and breath,
Console me in the hour of death.



Source: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark #25

Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo

(no biographical information available about Thomas Hansen Kingo.) Go to person page >

Translator: J. C. Aaberg

Jens Christian Aaberg (b. Moberg, Denmark, 1877; d. Minneapolis, MN, 1970) immigrated to the United States in 1901. Educated at Grand View College and Seminary in Des Moines, Iowa, he entered the ministry of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and served congregations in Marinette, Wisconsin; Dwight, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aaberg wrote Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark (1945), translated at least eighty hymns from Danish into English, and served on four hymnal committees. In 1947 King Frederick of Denmark awarded him the Knight Cross of Denmark. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The day of Pentecost draws nigh
Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo
Translator: J. C. Aaberg (1945)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Publication Date: 1945
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark #25

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