1 God of peace, in peace preserve us,
Hear us, merciful Lord God!
Let no lust for power swerve us
From the way our Master trod.
Guarded by thy mighty hand,
Safe and free our people stand.
2 God of love, if foemen face us
Armed with weapons forged in hate,
Let not pride nor greed debase us;
All our efforts consecrate
That the wrong shall be made right
In the Spirit, by thy might. A-men.
3 God of mercy, bid the terrors
Of inhuman strife to cease;
Overrule our grievous errors
By thy scepter, Prince of Peace.
Let thine angels speak again,
'Peace of earth, good will toward men.'
Amen.
Source: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #349
Ernst W. Olson (b. Skane, Sweden, 1870; d. Chicago, IL, 1958) prepared the English translation for the 1925 Hymnal of the Lutheran Augustana Synod. As editor, writer, poet, and translator, Olson made a valuable contribution to Swedish-American culture and to church music. His family immigrated to Nebraska when he was five years old, but he spent much of his life in the Chicago area. Educated at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, he was editor of several Swedish-American newspapers and spent most of his professional career as an editor for the Augustana Book Concern (1911-1949). Olson wrote History of the Swedes in Illinois (1908). He also contributed four original hymns and twenty-eight translations to The Hymnal (1925) of the Evang… Go to person page >
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