Lær mig, Gud, min Synd at kjende

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Lær mig, Gud, min Synd at kjende

Author: M. B. Landstad
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Lær mig, Gud, min Synd at kjende,
Og min Skyld mig aabenbar,
At min arme Sjæl kan vende
Sig til dig, som Hjælpen har!
Lad min Længsel daglig stige,
Herre Jesus, til dit Rige,
Lad min Anger, Suk og Savn
Drage mig ind i din Favn.

2 Herre Jesus, hid du træde,
Kom og gjør det godt for mig!
Kom med Aandens Lys og Glæde,
Kom med Fred fra Himmerig!
Lad dit Naade-Smil til Fulde
Smelte Syne-Hjertets Kulde!
At jeg glad med dig til Gjest
Holde kan min Jule-Fest.

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #126

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Author: 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 >

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