Lover den Herre, hvis reddende Kjærlighed sender

Lover den Herre, hvis reddende Kjærlighed sender

Translator: M. B. Landstad; Author (st. 6): M. B. Landstad; Author: Karl August Döring
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Lover den Herre, hvis reddende Kjærlighed sender,
Efter Fortabte sit Budskab til Jorderigs Ender,
Kalder saa mild
Hver, som i Ørken for vild,
Bær ham paa Hærder og Hænder.

2 Lover den Herre, hvis lysende Kjærlighed gyder
Straaler af Lys i det Mulm, som fra Helved indbryder!
O, at dog hver
Menneske-Sjæl, du har kjær,
Frem i dit Dagskjær sig fryder!

3 Lover den Herre, hvis pleiende Kjærlighed dyrker
Haven han planted, og Grenene renser og styrker,
Sanker ind fler
Folk, som han ledige ser,
Aandelig Glæde udvirker!

4 Lover den Herre, hvis værnende Kjærlighed breder
Skjul over Sæden, som vokser, og Spirerne freder!
Ak, hør vor Røst!
Giv os en glædilig Host,
Om den, som Sæden bær, græder!

5 Lover den Herre, hvis evige Kjærlighed fremmer
Det, han begyndte, og sine Udvalgte ei gjemmer,
Mange fra Trang
Staar alt i Himlen med Sang;
Herrens Pauluner dem glemmer.

6 Lover den Herre Gud Fader, hans evige Naade!
Lover den Herre Guds Søn, som os frelste af Vaade!
Lover Guds Aand
Kysser hans ledende Haand!
Amen. Vor Herre det raade!



Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #364

Translator: M. B. Landstad

Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads. Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold befo… Go to person page >

Author (st. 6): M. B. Landstad

Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads. Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold befo… Go to person page >

Author: Karl August Döring

Döring, Carl August, son of B. L. Döring, chief forester at Mark-Alvensleben, near Magdeburg, was born at Mark-Alvensleben, Jan. 22, 1783. After completing his studies at the University of Halle, he was for some time private tutor at Waldenburg, in Silesia. In 1808 he was appointed a master in the school at Kloster-Bergen, near Magdeburg; and after its dissolution by Napoleon in 1810, acted for some time as a private tutor at Helmsdorf, near Eisleben. He was, in 1814, appointed afternoon preacher at St. Peter's Church, Magdeburg; in 1815 Archidiaconus of St. Andrew's Church at Eisleben; and in 1816 Pastor of the Lutheran Church at Elberfeld. He died at Elberfeld, Jan 17, 1844 (Koch, vii. 159-168; Allg. Deutsche Biog. , v. 348-349). One… Go to person page >

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M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg #364

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