O Naadens Sol og Glæde

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O Naadens Sol og Glæde

Author: Ludwig Andreas Gotter; Translator: Wilhelm Andreas Wexels
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 O Naadens Sol og Glæde,
O Jesus, Livets Liv!
Dit Lys, din Trøst, din Glæde
Mig i mit Hjerte giv!
Lad mig din Godhed nyde,
Lad den min Aand nu pryde,
Min Lyst og Ære bliv!

2 Fra dig mit Haab begynder,
Og bliver kun hos dig,
Forlad mig mine Synder,
Og hjælp mig maadelig!
Ak, lad dit Hjertes Tale
Min trætte Sjæl husvale,
O Herre, hør du mig!

3 Fordriv af Hu og Sinde
Den gamle Adams Lyst,
Og byg dig selv derinde
Dit Tempel i mit Bryst,
At alt mit Liv maa være
Opofret dig til Ære,
Som dyrt mig har forløst!

4 O, lad mig altid findes
I Lysets rette Dragt,
Og lad mig altid mindes
Min Daabs den dyre Pagt,
At jeg i Død og Live
Dig huld og tro maa blive
Trods Helveds List og Magt!

5 Lær mig at elske, Herre,
Lær mig at elske dig!
Mit Hjerte det vil være
Kun dit evindelig!
Kun dig saa vil jeg følge
Alt over Dybets Bølge,
O, drag og hold du mig!

6 Ja, Jesus, giv mig Evne,
Giv Styrke mig og Mod,
Alt Ondt, du veed at nævne,
At træde under Fod!
Jeg intet kan udrette,
Kun du kan gjøre dette,
Min Frelser stor og god!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #280

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Author: Ludwig Andreas Gotter

Gotter, Ludwig Andreas, son of Johann Christian Gotter, Court preacher and Superintendent at Gotha, was born at Gotha, May 26, 1661. He was at first privy secretary and then Hofrath at Gotha, where he died Sept. 19, 1735. He was a pious, spiritually-minded man, with tendencies towards Pietism; and one of the best hymnwriters of the period. Of his printed hymns the earliest appeared in the Geistliches Gesang-Buch, Halle, 1697. Of the 23 included in Freylinghausen's Geistleiches Gesang-Buch, 1704, and Neues, 1714, seven have been translated into English, besides his version of J. W. Petersen's "Salve, crux beata, salve (q. v.). J. C. Wetzel, who had become acquainted with him during a visit Gotter made to Römhild in 1733, mentions a complete… Go to person page >

Translator: Wilhelm Andreas Wexels

Wexels, Wilhelm Andreas. (Copenhagen, Denmark, March 29, 1797--May 14, 1866, Oslo, Norway). Lutheran. After studies in Copenhagen and Christiana (Oslo), became catechist and curate of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Christiana. Preached against the inroads of rationalism, emphasizing the need for spiritual revival. Church historians claim that his ministry was the turning point in the Church of Norway. Failed in his attempt to give Norway a hymnal, but many of his hymns survived. --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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