Gud Lad os bære megen Frugt

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Gud Lad os bære megen Frugt

Translator: Hans Adolf Brorson; Author: Johann Rist
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Gud, lad os bære megen Frugt,
Hvortil vor Daab forpligter,
At alt vort Liv i kristen Tugt
Og Tro til Himlen sigter!
Lad mig ved daglig Bøn og Bod
Med Jesu dø saaledes,
At jeg i Kamp med Kjød og Blod
Ei trættes eller kjedes,
Til Salighed beredes!

2 Hjælp, at vi Daabens dyre Pagt
Og Naade aldrig glemme,
Og lad os vores Daabs Foragt
Af ingen mer fornemme!
Men lad den være Hjerte-Trost
Mod al vor Nød og Plage,
Et Vaand, som binder syndens Lyst,
Guds Kraft udi de Svage,–
Saa hjem til Himlen drage!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #262

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Translator: Hans Adolf Brorson

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Author: Johann Rist

Rist, Johann, son of Kaspar Rist, pastor at Ottensen, near Hamburg, was born at Ottensen, March 8, 1607, and from his birth was dedicated to the ministry. After passing through the Johanneum at Hamburg and the Gymnasium Illustre at Bremen, he matriculated, in his 21st year, at the University of Rinteln, and there, under Josua Stegmann (q. v.), he received an impulse to hymn-writing. On leaving Rinteln he acted as tutor to the sons of a Hamburg merchant, accompanying them to the University of Rostock, where he himself studied Hebrew, Mathematics and also Medicine. During his residence at Rostock the terrors, of the Thirty Years War almost emptied the University, and Rist himself also lay there for weeks ill of the pestilence. After his r… Go to person page >

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