Hjælp Gud, at vi den Naade faa

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Hjælp Gud, at vi den Naade faa

Translator: M. B. Landstad; Author: Samuel Zehner
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Hjælp Gud, at vi den Naade faa,
Vi vore Synder kjende maa,
Af Hjertet dem fortryde,
Og tro paa Kristus alle Mand,
Vor Herre Gud og Frelser sand,
Og aldrig mod ham bryde!

2 Hjælp Gud, vi efter dine Ord
Til dit Navns Pris paa denne Jord
I Gudsfrygt vandre sammen;
Din Aand os føre mildelig
Paa rette Vei til Himmerig
Ved Jesus Kristus! Amen.

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #30

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Translator: M. B. Landstad

Magnus Brostrup Landstad (born 7 October 1802 in Måsøy, Norway and died 8 October 1880 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian minister, psalmist and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. This work was criticized for unscientific methods, but today it is commonly accepted that he contributed significantly to the preservation of the traditional ballads. Landstad lived with his father Hans Landstad (1771–1838) who was also a minister, first in 1806 to Øksnes, to Vinje in 1811 and to Seljord in 1819. He took a theological degree (cand. theol) in 1827, and worked after that as the resident chaplain in Gausdal for six years. After that he worked in different parishes in Telemark, Østfold befo… Go to person page >

Author: Samuel Zehner

Zehner, Samuel, D.D., p. 54, ii. 2. Born at Suhl in Thuringia, May 4, 1594; became pastor and superintendent at Schleusingen, 1632, and died there April 27, 1635. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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