Whoso believes and is baptized

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Whoso believes and is baptized

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

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Whoso believes and is baptized
God’s kingdom shall inherit,
For he is cleansed by Jesus Christ
Who, by His grace and merit,
Adopts him as His child and heir,
Grants him in heaven’s bliss to share
And seals him with His Spirit.

We ask with earnest faith of Thee,
Our Lord and blest Defender,
That Thou wilt guide us constantly
And, in Thy mercy tender,
Keep us in our baptismal grace
Until at last we take our place
With Thee ’midst heaven’s splendor.

Source: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark #27

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Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo

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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 >

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First Line:	Whoso believes and is baptized
Author:	Thomas Hansen Kingo
Translator:	J. C. Aaberg (1945)
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.8.7
Publication Date:	1945
Copyright:	Public Domain