Text: | God's Word Is Our Great Heritage |
Author: | Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872 |
Translator: | Ole G. Belsheim |
Tune: | REUTER |
Composer: | Friedrich O. Reuter, 1863-1924 |
God's Word is our great heritage
and shall be ours forever;
to spread its light from age to age
shall be our chief endeavor.
Through life it guides our way,
in death it is our stay.
Lord, grant, while worlds endure,
we keep its teachings pure
throughout all generations.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | God's Word is our great heritage |
Title: | God's Word Is Our Great Heritage |
Author: | Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872 |
Translator: | Ole G. Belsheim (alt.) |
Meter: | 87 87 66 66 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2021 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Word of God |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REUTER |
Composer: | Friedrich O. Reuter, 1863-1924 |
Meter: | 87 87 66 66 7 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941, alt. |
Copyright: | Public Domain |