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HEAVEN’S GIFT

Meter: 14.14.6.6.14 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Burkhardt Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Tune Key: D Major

Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda Meter: 14.14.6.6.14 Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Celebrating Grace Hymnal Topics: God the Son Christmastide; Christian Year-Christmastide; Jesus Christ-Lord Used With Tune: HEAVEN'S GIFT Text Sources: Slovak version of 14th cent. Latin text

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Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #121 (2010) Meter: 14.14.6.6.14 Hymnal Title: Celebrating Grace Hymnal Topics: God the Son Christmastide; Christian Year-Christmastide; Jesus Christ-Lord Languages: English Tune Title: HEAVEN'S GIFT

Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness

Author: Jaroslav Vajda Hymnal: If I Could Visit Bethlehem #39 (2000) Meter: 14.14.6.6.14 Hymnal Title: If I Could Visit Bethlehem Languages: English Tune Title: HEAVEN'S GIFT

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Jaroslav J. Vajda

1919 - 2008 Hymnal Title: Celebrating Grace Hymnal Translator of "Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from Slovak include Bloody Sonnets (1950), Slovak Christmas (1960), An Anthology of Slovak Literature (1977), and contributions to the Lutheran Worship Supplement (1969) and the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). A collection of his hymn texts, carols, and hymn translations was issued as Now the Joyful Celebration (1987); its sequel is So Much to Sing About (1991). Vajda's hymns are included in many modern hymnals, and he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1988. Bert Polman