O Dearest Lord, Receive From Me

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O dearest Lord, receive from me

Author: Thomas Kingo; Translator: J. C. Aaberg
Published in 4 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Easy Organ Library, Vol. 52

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	From Heaven Above to Earth I Come - (Cho…

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	O Come, Emmanuel: Six Advent and Christm…

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O dearest Lord, receive from me
The heartfelt thanks I offer Thee,
Who through Thy body and Thy blood
Hast wrought my soul’s eternal good.

Break forth, my soul, in joy and praise;
What wealth is mine this day of days!
My Jesus dwells within my soul;
Let every tongue His grace extol.

Source: Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark #29

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Author: Thomas Kingo

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Translator: J. C. Aaberg

Jens Christian Aaberg (b. Moberg, Denmark, 1877; d. Minneapolis, MN, 1970) immigrated to the United States in 1901. Educated at Grand View College and Seminary in Des Moines, Iowa, he entered the ministry of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and served congregations in Marinette, Wisconsin; Dwight, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aaberg wrote Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark (1945), translated at least eighty hymns from Danish into English, and served on four hymnal committees. In 1947 King Frederick of Denmark awarded him the Knight Cross of Denmark. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987 Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	O dearest Lord, receive from me
Title:	O Dearest Lord, Receive From Me
Danish Title:	O Jesus, søde Jesus, dig
Author:	Thomas Kingo
Translator:	J. C. Aaberg
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

[O dearest Lord, receive from me]

VOM HIMMEL HOCH

Initially Luther used the folk melody associated with his first stanza as the tune for this hymn. Later he composed this new tune for his text. VOM HIMMEL HOCH was first published in Valentin Schumann's Geistliche Lieder in 1539. Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) used Luther's melody in three places in his wel…

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