We Are In Our Father's Hand

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1 We are in our Father's hand,
Wisely led at His command,
By His grace and to His pleasure,
We His keeping gladly treasure,
In the name of Christ, our Lord.

2 Heirs with Jesus Christ above
Are we through our Father's love
By His grad and to His pleasure,
We His keeping gladly treasure,
In the name of Christ, our Lord.

3 Sharing in His life and light,
Peace and glory, truth and might,
By His grace and to His pleasure,
We His keeping gladly treasure,
In the name of Christ, our Lord.

Source: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #28

Translator: P. C. Paulsen

Paul Christian Paulsen was born on March 26, 1881, in Alstrup, Jutland, Denmark. He emigrated to America in 1904, was ordained in 1911, and served as a Lutheran pastor in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, and Alberta, Canada. He died on July 26, 1948. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

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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First Line: We are in our Father's hand
Title: We Are In Our Father's Hand
Danish Title: Alt staar i Guds Faderhaand
Translator: P. C. Paulsen
Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig
Meter: 7.7.8.8.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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