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Author: H. Brueckner; C. C. Hohlfeldt Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 With the Lord thy task begin: Childlike faith in Him possessing, Look thou only for His blessing, Humbly saying thus within: With the Lord thy task begin, With the Lord thy task begin. 2 With the Lord thy task begin: Him for thy true Leader taking, Nevermore his ways forsaking, Thou art sure thy goal to win: With the Lord thy task begin, With the Lord thy task begin. 3 With the Lord thy task begin: Courage He, thy Helper, lendeth Happily thy labor endeth, Wrought in God, and not in sin: With the Lord thy task begin With the Lord thy task begin. Topics: Opening

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INITA

Meter: 7.8.8.7.7.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Wonnberger Tune Sources: German chorale: Mit dem Herrn fang Alles an Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 34513 21765 65443 Used With Text: With The Lord Thy Task Begin

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With The Lord Thy Task Begin

Author: H. Brueckner; C. C. Hohlfeldt Hymnal: American Lutheran Hymnal #646 (1930) Meter: 7.8.8.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1 With the Lord thy task begin: Childlike faith in Him possessing, Prospered only by His blessing, Fight all sinful pride within: With the Lord thy task begin, With the Lord thy task begin. 2 With the Lord thy task begin: Choosing Him to rule and guide thee; Whether good or ill betide thee, Thou art sure thy goal to win: With the Lord thy task begin, With the Lord thy task begin. 3 With the Lord thy task begin: Courage He, thy Helper, lendeth; Well the earthly labor endeth, Wrought in God, and not in sin: With the Lord thy task begin, With the Lord thy task begin. Topics: Service Languages: English Tune Title: INITA

With the Lord thy task begin

Author: H. Brueckner; C. C. Hohlfeldt Hymnal: Wartburg Hymnal #6 (1918) Lyrics: 1 With the Lord thy task begin: Childlike faith in Him possessing, Look thou only for His blessing, Humbly saying thus within: With the Lord thy task begin, With the Lord thy task begin. 2 With the Lord thy task begin: Him for thy true Leader taking, Nevermore his ways forsaking, Thou art sure thy goal to win: With the Lord thy task begin, With the Lord thy task begin. 3 With the Lord thy task begin: Courage He, thy Helper, lendeth Happily thy labor endeth, Wrought in God, and not in sin: With the Lord thy task begin With the Lord thy task begin. Topics: Opening

With the Lord thy task begin

Author: Herman Brueckner; Christoph Christian Hohlfeldt Hymnal: Select Songs for School and Home #d163 (1922)

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Herman H. Brueckner

1866 - 1942 Person Name: H. Brueckner Translator of "With The Lord Thy Task Begin" in American Lutheran Hymnal Born: March 11, 1866, Grundy County, Iowa (birth name: Herman Heinrich Moritz Brueckner). Died: January 25, 1942, Hebron, Nebraska (funeral held in Beatrice, Nebraska). Buried: St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa. After ordination in 1888, Brueckner pastored in Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. He later moved to Iowa City, Iowa, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa State University in 1917. In 1926, he joined the faculty of Hebron College in Nebraska. In 1938, Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on him. He retired as professor emeritus from Hebron College in 1941. Sources: Erickson, p. 254 Findagrave, accessed 14 Nov 2016 Hustad, p. 213 Stulken, p. 325 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

Christoph Christian Hohlfeldt

1776 - 1849 Person Name: C. C. Hohlfeldt Author of "With The Lord Thy Task Begin" in American Lutheran Hymnal Hohlfeldt, Christoph Christian, was born Aug. 9, 1776, at Dresden. He became, in 1819, Advocate for the Poor (Armen-Advocat) at the Court of Appeal at Dresden, and died at Dresden, Aug. 7, 1849 (K. Goedeke's Grundriss, 1862 ff., iii. p. 183). His hymns appeared in his Harfenklänge, Dresden and Leipzig, 1823,1830 and 1836. The only one translation into English is:— Verlass mich nicht! 0 du, zu dem ioh flehe. Supplication. In his Harfenklänge, 1836, p. 244, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "Prayer." Translated as:— Forsake me not! 0 Thou, my Lord, my light, by Mrs. J. P. Morgan, in the Christian Union, 1883. It is a translation of stanzas i., ii., v., and is given as No. 116 in Laudes Domini, New York, 1884. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology