In Heaven Is Joy and Gladness

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In heaven is joy and gladness

Author: Johann Nordal Brun (1786); Translator: Oluf H. Smeby (1910)
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 In heav'n is joy and gladness,
But while I sojourn here,
So often, bowed in sadness,
I shed the bitter tear.
Here ills, alway prevailing,
Distress the Savior's bride;
Here mirth is lost in wailing;
In heav'n but joys abide.

2 I do not strive for pleasures
That fools pursue on earth,
I sow in tears for treasures
That have more lasting worth.
If, when my journey endeth,
The sheaves I gather in,
The bliss the fool pretendeth
I do not yearn to win.

3 For I shall see my Jesus,
He is my Hope and Stay;
The cross that me oppresses
He then shall take away.
Then nothing more shall grieve me,
And no adversity
Shall of my joy bereave me;
Soon I shall Jesus see.

Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #482

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Author: Johann Nordal Brun

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	In heaven is joy and gladness
Title:	In Heaven Is Joy and Gladness
Norwegian/Scandinavian Title:	Hos Gud er idel Glæde
Author:	Johann Nordal Brun (1786)
Translator:	Oluf H. Smeby (1910)
Meter:	7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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AU FORT DE MA DETRESSE

GENEVAN 130 was first published in the 1539 edition of the Genevan Psalter. The 1564 harmonization by Claude Goudimel (PHH 6) originally placed the melody in the tenor. GENEVAN 130 is a Dorian tune consisting of four long lines in which the rhythm of line 3 is a fitting contrast to the repeated rhyt…

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HOS GUD (Norwegian)

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