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The image above is of Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1636-1716) the first known Norwegian woman hymn writer.

HYMN 255 We Wait behind the Veil for Light to Dawn

Gracia Grindal

Nov 30, 2020
4 min

HYMN 255 We Wait behind the Veil for Light to Dawn

Hymn on Epistle lesson for Advent II Series B Bonus hymn for St. Andrew’s Day, November 30 Text: Gracia Grindal (1943-). Tune: Carson P. Cooman (1982-) 2 Peter 3:8-15a 1. We wait behind the veil for light to dawn When night is gone And darkness fled forever. A thousand years are but a single day--- Eternity— When reckoned by the Father. 2. That day we’ll hear the joyful trumpet sound And earth resound, All time will flash before us. We’ll stand upon the fringe of time and k

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 29, 2020
4 min

HYMN 254 O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee

Danish: Hvorledes skal jeg møde German: Wie soll ich dich empfangen Norwegian: Hvorledes skal jeg møte Matthew 21:1-9 Text: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676). Tune: Johann Crüger (1592-1662) 1. O Lord, how shall I meet thee, How welcome Thee aright? All nations along to greet Thee, My hope, my heart’s delight! O kindle, dearest Jesus, Thy lamp within my breast, That I may know what pleases Thee, Lord, my heavenly Guest. 2. Thy Zion strews before Thee Green boughs and fairest palms, A

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HYMN 253 Awake My Soul, And with the Sun

Gracia Grindal

Nov 28, 2020
4 min

HYMN 253 Awake My Soul, And with the Sun

Norwegian: Nå stiger sol av hav igjen Text: Thomas Ken (1637-1711) Tune: François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741-1808) 1. Awake, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice. 2. Redeem thy mis-spent time that's past, And live this day as if thy last; Improve thy talent with due care; For the great day thyself prepare. 3. Let all thy converse be sincere, Thy conscience as the noon-day clear; Think how

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 27, 2020
4 min

HYMN 252 Thanks to God for my Redeemer

Norwegian: Takk min Gud Swedish: Tack min Gud, för vad som varit 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Text: Augustus Ludvig Storm (1862-1914). Tune. Johannes Alfred Hultman (1861- 1942) 1. Thanks to God for my Redeemer, Thanks for all Thou dost provide! Thanks for times now but a mem’ry, Thanks for Jesus by my side! Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime, Thanks for dark and stormy fall! Thanks for tears by now forgotten, Thanks for peace within my soul! 2. Thanks for prayers that Thou has

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 26, 2020
4 min

HYMN 251 Now Thank We All Our God

Danish: Nu takker alle Gud German: Nun danket alle Gott Icelandic: Nú gjaldi Guði þökk Norwegian: Nå la oss takke Gud/ No takka alle Gud Swedish: Nu tacka Gud, allt folk Text: Martin Rinkart (1586-1649). Johann Crüger (1598-1664) 1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom his world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 25, 2020
4 min

HYMN 250 My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker

Danish: Min sjæl, du Herren love German: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren Norwegian: Min sjel, min sjel, lov Herren Swedish: Min själ skal lova Herran Psalm 103 Text: Johann Gramann (1487-1541) Tune: Johann "Hans" Kugelmann (1495-1542) 1. My soul, now praise your Maker! Let all within me bless His name Who makes you full partaker Of mercies more than you dare claim. Forget Him not whose meekness Still bears with all your sin, Who heals your ev'ry weakness, Renews your life wit

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 24, 2020
4 min

HYMN 249 We Gather Together

Dutch: Wilt heden, nu treden Psalm 55:3 Text: Anonymous, Theodore Baker tr. (1851-1934) Tune: Dutch folk Song, first appearing in a Dutch book of songs in 1626, then Eduard Kremser (1838-1914) 1. We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens his will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own. 2. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom di

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HYMN 248 When Christmas Lights are Sparkling

Gracia Grindal

Nov 23, 2020
4 min

HYMN 248 When Christmas Lights are Sparkling

Isaiah 64:1-9 Text: Gracia Grindal (1943-). Tune: Iteke Prins, or Christus, der ist mein Leben 1. When Christmas lights are sparkling All through the busy town, And festive choirs are singing, There’s music all around. 2. Our hearts are filled and cluttered; There seems to be no place For God the Lord of Advent To come with light and grace! 3. O come, Lord, rend the heavens And break into our hearts, Where it is cold and lifeless, To drive away the dark. 4. Bring fire to c

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HYMN 247 All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

Gracia Grindal

Nov 22, 2020
4 min

HYMN 247 All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

Psalm 72; Philippians 2:9-11 Text: Edward Perronet (1726-1792). Tune: William Shrubsole MILES LANE (1760-1806); Oliver Holden CORONATION (1765-1844); 1. All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all! 2. O seed of Israel's chosen race Now ransomed from the fall, Hail him who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. Hail him who saves you by

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HYMN 246 The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ending

Gracia Grindal

Nov 21, 2020
4 min

HYMN 246 The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ending

Norwegian: Den dag du gav oss, er til ende Swedish: Den dag du gave oss, Gud, är gången Genesis 1:3; Revelation 5:13 Text: John Ellerton (1826-1893). Tune: Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839-1904) 1. The day you gave us, Lord, is ended, The darkness falls at your behest; To you our morning hymns ascended, Your praise shall hallow now our rest. 2. We thank you that your church, unsleeping While earth rolls onward into light, Through all the world her watch is keeping, And res

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HYMN 245 Living for Jesus a Life that is True

Gracia Grindal

Nov 20, 2020
4 min

HYMN 245 Living for Jesus a Life that is True

Hebrews 13:21 Text: Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960) Tune: C. Harold Lowden (1883-1963) 1. Living for Jesus, a life that is true, Striving to please Him in all that I do; Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free, This is the pathway of blessing for me. R/O Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to Thee, For Thou, in Thy atonement, didst give Thyself for me; I own no other Master, my heart shall be Thy throne; My life I give, henceforth to live, O Ch

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HYMN 244 Yes, Jesus, You are King, most Clear

Gracia Grindal

Nov 19, 2020
4 min

HYMN 244 Yes, Jesus, You are King, most Clear

Icelandic: Vist ertu Jesú, Kongúr klár Norwegian: Ja, du er konge, Jesus Krist John 19: 13-15 Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614-1674) Tune: Icelandic folk, or Conditor Alme siterum 9. Yes, Jesus you are king, most clear The King of glory through the years The King of angels, mankind’s King, The King of all created things. 10. You stood to wait your judge in bonds While howls of torture clamored round, Forsaken, mobbed by enemies. Oh what a wonder here I see! 11. Lord, Jesus, hear

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 18, 2020
3 min

HYMN 243 O Love that Wilt not Let me Go

German: O Liebe, die nicht lässet mich Jeremiah 31:3; Matthew 11:28; 1 John 3:1-2 Text: George Matheson (1842-1906) Tune: Albert Lister Peace (1844-1912) 1. O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. 2. O Light that follow'st all my way, I yield my flick'ring torch to thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine's blaze its day May bright

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HYMN 242 When I Needed a Neighbor, Were You There

Gracia Grindal

Nov 17, 2020
4 min

HYMN 242 When I Needed a Neighbor, Were You There

Norwegian: Da jeg trengte en neste, var du der, var du der? Swedish: Jag behövde en näste, var du där, var du där? Matthew 25:31-46 Text: Sydney Carter (1915 -2004). Tune: Sydney Carter (1915-2004) 1. When I needed a neighbour Were you there, were you there? When I needed a neighbour, were you there? And the creed and the colour And the name won't matter Were you there? 2. I was hungry and thirsty Were you there, were you there? I was hungry and thirsty, were you there? And

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HYMN 241 Clothed with Glory, Christ is Coming from the Halls of Light

Gracia Grindal

Nov 16, 2020
4 min

HYMN 241 Clothed with Glory, Christ is Coming from the Halls of Light

Lectionary hymn for Christ the King Sunday Matthew 25:31-46; Ephesians 1 Text: Gracia Grindal (1943-). Tune: Daniel Charles Damon (1945-) Or Castlewood or Angel Voices 1. Clothed with glory, Christ is coming From the halls of light With the multitudes of angels— Hosts of heav’n in flight. He will come to judge the nations, All creation Lost in night. 2. Then the King of kings will tell us How he walked on earth With the lonely and the hungry— Those of humble birth. He appea

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HYMN 240 Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness

Gracia Grindal

Nov 15, 2020
4 min

HYMN 240 Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness

Danish: Jesus, livets sol og glæde German: Schmücke dich Text: Johann Franck (1618-1677). Tune: Johann Crüger (1598-1662) 1. Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness, Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness; Come into the daylight's splendour, There with joy thy praises render Unto him whose grace unbounded Hath this wondrous banquet founded: High o'er all the heavens he reigneth, Yet to dwell with thee he deigneth. 2 Now I sink before Thee lowly, Filled with joy most deep and holy, A

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HYMN 239 And now we must bid one another farewell

Gracia Grindal

Nov 14, 2020
4 min

HYMN 239 And now we must bid one another farewell

Danish: Og nu må vi sige hverandre farvel Norwegian: Så vil vi nu sige hverandre farvel Text: Martha Clausen (1815-1845). Tune: Ludvig Matthias Lindemann (1812-1887) 1. And now we must bid one another farewell; The peace of our God keep you ever! God's peace in our bosom, and all will be well, Or whether we meet or we sever. May Christ, our dear Lord, Be our sure reward, When we from this world pass forever! 2. Oh, help us, dear Father, through Jesus, Thy Son, That gladly our

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HYMN 238 They Shall Walk through the Gates of the City

Gracia Grindal

Nov 13, 2020
4 min

HYMN 238 They Shall Walk through the Gates of the City

Norwegian: Dei skal gå til den heiliga byen Swedish: De skall gå till den heliga staden Stanza 1-3: Britt G. Hallqvist (1914-1997) Stanza 4: Oscar Åhlen. Tune: Egil Hovland (1924-2013) 1. They will walk through the gates of the city, And be gathered together again. They will walk through the portals of heaven To an unknown world and another life, R/ They’ll be singing, singing, yes singing, A new, jubilant song! 2. They’ll remember the green fields of summer And the flowers o

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 12, 2020
4 min

HYMN 237 In Thee is Gladness

German: In dir ist Freude Icelandic: Ljós ertþú lyði Philippians 4:4-7 Text: Johann Lindemann (1549-1631) Tune: Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1582-1609) 1. In thee is gladness Amid all sadness, Jesus, Daystar of my heart! By thee are given The gifts of heaven, Thou the true Redeemer art! Our souls thou wakest; Our bonds thou breakest. Who trusts thee surely Has built securely And stands forever: Alleluia! Our hearts are longing To see thy dawning. Living or dying, In thee

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Gracia Grindal

Nov 11, 2020
4 min

HYMN 236 Take My life and let it Be

Text: Frances Havergal (1836-1879). Tune: Henri Abraham César Malan, 1787-1864 Hendon 1. Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days; Let them flow in endless praise, Let them flow in endless praise. 2. Take my hands and let them move At the impulse of thy love. Take my feet and let them be Swift and beautiful for thee, Swift and beautiful for thee. 3. Take my voice and let me sing Always, only, for my King. Take my lips and let them be

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The image above is of Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1636-1716) the first known Norwegian woman hymn writer.

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