Come, O God, Abide Among Us

Top Author Translator Text Info Tune Timeline Instances

Come, O God, abide among us day by day

Author: Sylvester Mbulamagyo; Translator: Howard S. Olson
Tune: TWAKUOMBA, BWANA MUNGU, NJOO KWETU (55556)
Published in 2 hymnals

Representative text cannot be shown for this hymn due to copyright.

Author: Sylvester Mbulamagyo

(no biographical information available about Sylvester Mbulamagyo.) Go to person page >

Translator: Howard S. Olson

Howard Olson (b. 1922; d. 2010), longtime missionary/teacher in African, compiled a number of African songs in Set Free (Augsburg Fortress, 1993). Many were folk tunes to which Christian Swahili texts were later added. He wrote in the introduction: “In their original form these tunes wee sung with uninhibited improvisation. Consequently the form in which these songs appear in this book represents only one of several possibilities.” Sing! A New Creation Go to person page >

^ top

First Line:	Come, O God, abide among us day by day
Title:	Come, O God, Abide Among Us
Author:	Sylvester Mbulamagyo
Translator:	Howard S. Olson
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Praises let us render always
Copyright:	English text © 1977 Augsburg Publishing House.