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

HYMN FOR THE WEEK 2 The Seven Last Words

Gracia Grindal

Mar 28
5 min

HYMN FOR THE WEEK 2 The Seven Last Words

The Passion of Jesus Christ/The Harmony Text: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) Tune: Durch Adams Fall 1. My heart! the seven words hear now That Jesus Christ hath spoken, When on the cross His heart through woe And murder dire was broken; Ope now the shrine, And lock them in, As gifts all price excelling. In bitter grief, They’ll give relief, ’Neath crosses joy instilling. 2. His first and chiefest care He made Who hated Him to cover: God for the wicked men He pray’d, That He’d thei

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 27
1 min

HYMNS FOR Holy Week

(These are the hymns from last year's hymnblog for Holy Week. It seems the better part of wisdom to provide them for you in their own blog rather than at the bottom of the Weekly Blog.) 16 All Glory Laud and Honor https://www.hymnfortheday.com/post/hymn-16-all-glory-laud-and-honor 17 When I survey the wondrous cross https://www.hymnfortheday.com/post/hymn-17-when-i-survey-the-wondrous-cross 18 Ah! Holy Jesus https://www.hymnfortheday.com/post/hymn-18-ah-holy-jesus 19 Now Pila

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HYMN OF THE WEEK 1 O Lamb of God Most Holy

Gracia Grindal

Mar 21
4 min

HYMN OF THE WEEK 1 O Lamb of God Most Holy

German: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig 1 O Lamb of God most holy! Who on the cross didst suffer, And patient still and lowly, Yourself to scorn did offer; Our sins by You were taken, Or hope had us forsaken: Have mercy on us, Jesus! 2 O Lamb of God most holy! Who on the cross didst suffer, And patient still and lowly, Yourself to scorn did offer; Our sins by You were taken, Or hope had us forsaken: Have mercy on us, Jesus! 3 O Lamb of God most holy! Who on the cross didst suffer, A

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 20
4 min

HYMN 365 Thy Holy Wings, O Savior

Swedish: Bred Dina Vida Vingar Text: Lina Sandell (1832-1903) Tune: Swedish Folk 1. Thy holy wings O Savior, Spread gently over me And let me rest securely Through good and ill in thee. Oh, be my strength and portion, My rock and hiding place, And let my every moment Be lived without thy grace. 2. Oh, let me nestle near thee, Within thy downy breast Where I will find sweet comfort And peace within thy next. Oh, close thy wings around me And keep me safely there. For I am but

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HYMN 364 The Wise Man Built his House upon the Rock

Gracia Grindal

Mar 19
5 min

HYMN 364 The Wise Man Built his House upon the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27 Text: Anonymous Tune: Anonymous 1. The wise man built his house upon the Rock, The wise man built his house upon the Rock, The wise man built his house upon the Rock, And the rains came tumbling down. The rains came down and the floods came up, The rains came down and the floods came up, The rains came down and the floods came up, But the house on the Rock stood firm. 2. The foolish man built his house upon the sand, The foolish man built hi

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HYMN 363 Upon the Cross the Robber Prayed//The Third Word from the Cross

Gracia Grindal

Mar 18
4 min

HYMN 363 Upon the Cross the Robber Prayed//The Third Word from the Cross

Danish: Gå under Jesus kors at stå Icelandic: Kom ég nú þinum krossi að Norwegian: Gå under Jesus kors at stå Text: Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614-1674) Thomas Kingo (1634-1703) Tune: Bartholomew Gesius (1555-1613) *1. Then to the robber’s words and cry God’s own beloved Son replied “Truly, I say that you shall be Today in Paradise with me.” 6. The prayers of a repentant soul Are precious in the sight of God. He never failed, our loving Lord, To answer them with gra

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 17
4 min

HYMN 362 One Radiant Morn

Danish: Tænk, når engang, den tåge er forsvundet German: Wie wird es sein, wenn eist die Nebel Weichen Icelandic: Ó blessuð stund, er burtu þokan liður Malagasy: Tsaroako ho avy ny maraina Norwegian: Tenk når engang den tåge er forsvundet Text: Wilhelm Andreas Wexels (1797-1866) Tune: Mathilda Valeria Beatrix Gyllenhaal (1796-1863) 1. One radiant morn the mists will all surrender, And life’s uncertain shadows pass away; When light celestial breaks in dazzling splendor To le

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HYMN 361 Oh, That the Lord would Guide my Ways

Gracia Grindal

Mar 16
5 min

HYMN 361 Oh, That the Lord would Guide my Ways

Psalm 119 NB: Sunday will be the last day of my hymnfortheday blog. I am planning on doing a hymnfortheweek that I will send out to those on my list every week. I am working with my tech assistant to see how to do that in the best way: Whether you should sign up for a different list or stay with this one is what we are talking about. Some have asked me to loop the old ones everyday as I have through the year. I am working on how that could be done. In addition, I am including

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HYMN 360 Fresh Palms and Lilies/The Winter Winds are Gusting

Gracia Grindal

Mar 15
4 min

HYMN 360 Fresh Palms and Lilies/The Winter Winds are Gusting

Lent V John 12:20-33 Jeremiah 31:33 Text: Gracia Grindal Tune: Amanda Husberg 1. Fresh palms and lilies grew along the way As Jesus entered town. And springtime with its gentle breezes played Across the fragrant ground. Life blossomed all around us, But then the Savior said That he would have to suffer, And very soon be dead. 2. He told us he was like a grain of wheat That falls into the earth It has to die before it can bear fruit For life there must be death.

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HYMN 359 Ye Lands to the Lord Make a Jubilant Noise/O Sing Jubilee

Gracia Grindal

Mar 14
4 min

HYMN 359 Ye Lands to the Lord Make a Jubilant Noise/O Sing Jubilee

Norwegian: Al Verden Nu Raabe Text: Ulrik Vilhelm Koren (1826-1910) Tune: Erik Hoff (1832-1894) 1 Ye lands, to the Lord make a jubilant noise; Glory be to God! Oh, serve Him with joy, in His presence now rejoice; Sing praise unto God out of Zion! 2 Not we, but the Lord is our Maker, our God; Glory be to God! His people we are, and the sheep led by His rod; Sing praise unto God out of Zion! 3 Oh, enter His gates with thanksgiving and praise; Glory be to G

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HYMN 358 Såkorn som Dør i Jorden/Now the Green Blade Riseth

Gracia Grindal

Mar 13
4 min

HYMN 358 Såkorn som Dør i Jorden/Now the Green Blade Riseth

John 12:24 Seed that in earth is dying/Såkorn som Dør i Jorden Text: Svein Ellingsen (1929-2020) Tune: Harald Herresthal (19- For copyright reasons, I can't print the text out, but you can find it here English version from ELW https://youtu.be/brLbjDGce_4 Text: John M. C. Crum (1872-1958). Tune: French Carol 1 Now the green blade riseth, from the buried grain, Wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come again lik

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HYMN 357 Anxious Heart be Rid of Sadness/Overmåte, fullt av nåde

Gracia Grindal

Mar 12
4 min

HYMN 357 Anxious Heart be Rid of Sadness/Overmåte, fullt av nåde

Danish: Overmåde, fullt av nåde Norwegian: Overmåte, fyllt av nåde Text: Hans Adolph Brorson (1694-1764). Tune: Norwegian folk 1. Overflowing with your mercies Is, O Lord, your gracious name! All will daily be reminded Of the goodness in the same. Heaven, earth, the sea and thunder Praise you, every branch and thorn, See all heaven, shining angels Singing with their golden horns. 2. Should your people here not praise you Singing forth in your great choir And announce how gra

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 11
4 min

HYMN 356 March Is a Time of Surprise

Danish: Slentrer i regnklare parker Text: Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen Tune: René A. Jensen 1. Strolling through rain sparkling gardens Spying a blue violet Wedged in a bank by my maker Hid in a small gleam of light. 2. Sitting and reading distracted Sparrows, their heads, all askew, Writing some Sanskrit in gravel Quietness streaming in view. 3. Breezes or is it the Spirit Blows as it does, where it will. Leaves in my book, like my thinking Flutter and move willy

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 10
4 min

HYMN 355 Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed

Romans 5 Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Tune: Hugh Wilson (1776-1824) 1 Alas, and did my Savior bleed, And did my Sov'reign die? Would He devote that sacred head For such a worm as I? 2 Was it for crimes that I have done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity, grace unknown, And love beyond degree! 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide And shut his glories in, When God the mighty Maker died For man the creatures' sin! 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face, Whil

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 9
4 min

HYMN 354 The Hour in Dark Gethsemane

Malagasy: Lay ora tao Getsemane Norwegian: Den stunden i Getsemane Luke 22: 39-46 Text: Edward Payson Hammond (1831-1910) Tune: Asa Hull (1828-1907) 1. The hour in dark Gethsemane I never shall forget, When Christ alone the battle fought, In grief and bloody sweat. R/Gethsemane, Gethsemane, I must remember thee, Where God’s eternal son I saw In prayer on bended knee. 2. When I among thy solemn trees, In spirit gazed around; I saw the burden of my

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HYMN 353 Torches Flicker, Darkness Looms

Gracia Grindal

Mar 8
4 min

HYMN 353 Torches Flicker, Darkness Looms

Lent IV John 3:1-17 Text: Gracia Grindal Tune: Amanda Husberg 1. Torches flicker, darkness looms Where the fragrant summer blooms As I wander toward the light, Stepping softly through the night To the garden where our Lord Waits to open up his Word. 2. Come, unlock your mystery, Show me what I cannot see. If I must be born again, Must I then when I am grown Enter in my mother’s womb? Answer me, the darkness looms. 3. I have come because your light Draws me t

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 7
4 min

HYMN 352 Jesus, Jesus, Only Jesus

Danish: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus sigter German: Jesu, Jesu, als nicht Jesu Norwegian: Jesus, Jesus, ham alene Text: Ludämelia Elizabeth (1640-1672) Tune: Ludvig Lindemann (1812-1887) 1 Jesus, Jesus, only Jesus Can my heartfelt longing still. Lo, I pledge myself to Jesus, What He wills alone to will, For my heart, which He hath filled, Ever cries, "Lord, as Thou wilt." 2 One there is for whom I'm living, Whom I love most tenderly; Unto Jesus I am giving What in love He gave to m

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Gracia Grindal

Mar 6
4 min

HYMN 351 Jerusalem, the Golden

German: Jerusalem von Golde, wo milch und honig fliesst Latin: Urba Syon aurea, Patria lactea, cive decora Text: Bernard of Cluny (ca. 1100-1199) Tune: Alexander Ewing (1830-1895) 1 Jerusalem the golden, With milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice opprest; I know not, O I know not What social joys are there! What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare. 2 They stand, those halls of Zion, All jubilant with song, And bright with many an a

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HYMN 350 Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life

Gracia Grindal

Mar 5
4 min

HYMN 350 Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life

John 14:6 Text: George Herbert (1593-1633) Tune: Ralph Vaughan William (1872-1958) 1. Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a way as gives us breath; Such a truth as ends all strife; Such a life as killeth death. 2. Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength: Such a light as shows a feast; Such a feast as mends in length; Such a strength as makes a guest. 3. Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart: Such a joy as none can move: Such a love as none can part; Such a heart as joys

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HYMN 349 Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound

Gracia Grindal

Mar 4
5 min

HYMN 349 Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound

Norwegian: Å nåde underfull og stor Text: John Newton Tune: William Walker 1. Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see. 2. 'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear, And Grace my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear The hour I first believed. 3. Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come. 'Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far And Grace will lead me home.

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

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