Above:  The Episcopal Church of St. Mary and St. Martha of Bethany, Buford, Georgia, February 4, 2013

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

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Original Danish Words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634-1703)

English Translation by the Reverend George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860-1943)

Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage

http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/assembled-in-this-thy-house-danish-american-lutherans-1870-1962/

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1.  He that believes and is baptiz’d

Shall see the Lord’s salvation;

Baptiz’d into the death of Christ,

He is a new creation;

Thro’ Christ’s redemption he shall stand

Among the glorious heav’nly band

Of ev’ry tribe and nation.

2.  With one accord, O God, we pray:

Grant us Thy Holy Spirit;

Look Thou on our infirmity

Thro’ Jesus’ blood and merit!

Grant us to grow in grace each day

By holy baptism that we may

Eternal life inherit!

Above:  Part of the Title Page of the Danish-American Lutheran Hymnal for Church and Home (1938)

Hans Adolph Brorson (1694-1764), a Danish Lutheran pastor and bishop, wrote and translated many hymns.

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Arise, All Things That God Has Made:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/arise-all-things-that-god-has-made/

My Heart Remains In Wonder:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/my-heart-remains-in-wonder/

Now Found is the Fairest of Roses:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/now-found-is-the-fairest-of-roses/

I See Thee Standing, Lamb of God:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/i-see-thee-standing-lamb-of-god/

Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/thy-little-ones-dear-lord-are-we/

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Above:  All Angels Episcopal Church, Eatonton, Georgia, December 24, 2009

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

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Original Danish Words by Hans Adolph Brorson (1694-1764)

English Translation by Jens Christian Aaberg (1877-1970)

Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage

http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/assembled-in-this-thy-house-danish-american-lutherans-1870-1962/

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1.  My heart remains in wonder

Before that lowly bed

Within the stable yonder

Where Christ, my Lord, was laid.

My faith finds there its treasure,

My heart its pure delight,

A joy beyond all measure,

The blessed Christmas night.

2.  But oh, my heart is riven

With grief and sore dismay

To see the Lord of heaven

Repose on straw and hay,

That He, whom angels offer

Their worship and acclaim,

From sinful man must suffer

Such scorn, neglect, and shame.

3.  Why should not castles royal

Before him open stand,

And kings as servants loyal

Obey His least command

Why came He not in splendor,

Arrayed in robes of light,

And called the world to render

Its homage to His might.

4.  The sparrow finds a gable

Where it may build its next,

The oxen know their stable

For shelter, food, and rest,

Must then my Lord and Savior

A homeless stranger go,

Denied the simplest favor

His lowly creatures know?

5.  O come, my Lord, I pray Thee!

And be my honor’d guest,

I will in love array Thee

A home within my breast.

That home can be no stranger

To Thee, who made me free,

Thou shalt find there a manger

Warmed by my love to Thee.

Above:  Part of the Grounds, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, Blairsville, Georgia, August 4, 2012

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

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Original Danish Words by Hans Adolph Brorson (1694-1764)

English Translation by A. M. Andersen

Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage

http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/assembled-in-this-thy-house-danish-american-lutherans-1870-1962/

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1.  Arise, all things that God has made

And praise His might and glory;

Each leaflet and each grassy blade

Does tell a wondrous story.

2.  Tho’ all the kings on earth did show

Their utmost strength and power,

They could not make a leaflet grow,

Nor mend a broken flower.

3.  What shall I say whene’er I walk

Where flowers are abounding

And hear the birds together talk,

As thousand harps were sounding.

4.  What shall I say when I behold

The stars in countless numbers

And see their smiling charm unfold,

While nature deeply slumbers.

5.  What shall I say?  Weak are my words

And humble my opinion.

How great Thy wisdom, Lord of lords,

Thy might and Thy dominion!

Above:  Part of the Title Page of the Danish-American Lutheran Hymnal for Church and Home (1938)

Baron Christian Knorr von Rosenroth (1636-1689) was a linguist and a chemist who served as Prime Minister under Palsgrave Christian August of Sulzbach.  The Baron also wrote seventy hymns.

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Dayspring of Eternity:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2013/09/28/dayspring-of-eternity/

Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/come-thou-bright-and-morning-star/

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Above:  St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Dalton, Georgia, June 15, 2013

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Original German (1684) words by the Baron Christian Knorr von Rosenroth (1636-1689)

English Translation (1866) by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891)

Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage

http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/assembled-in-this-thy-house-danish-american-lutherans-1870-1962/

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1.  Dayspring of eternity,

Brightness of the Father’s glory,

Dawn on us that we may see

Clouds and darkness flee before Thee;

Drive afar, with conqu’ring might,

All our night.

2.  Let Thy grace, like morning dew,

Fall on hearts in Thee confiding;

Thy sweet comfort ever new,

Fill our souls with strength abiding,

And Thy quick’ning eyes behold

Thy dear fold.

Give the falme of love to burn

Till the hands of sin it breaketh,

Till, at each new day’s return,

Purer light my soul awaketh:

O ere twilight come, let me

Rise to Thee.

4.  Thou who hast gone up on high,

Grant that, when Thy trumpet soundeth,

When with glory, in the sky,

Thee Thy cloud of saints surroundeth,

We may stand among Thine own,

Round Thy throne.

5.  Light us to the golden shore,

O Thou rising Sun of morning!

Lead where tears shall flow no more,

Where all sighs to songs are turning,

Where Thy glory sheds alway

Perfect day.

Above:  The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Atlanta, Georgia, January 6, 2013

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

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Original Words by Magnus Brostrup Landstad (1802-1880)

English Translation Peter Olsen Stromme (1856-1921)

Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage

http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/assembled-in-this-thy-house-danish-american-lutherans-1870-1962/

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1.  There many shall come from the east and the west

And sit at the feast of salvation

With Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the blest,

Obeying the Lord’s invitation.

Have mercy upon us, O Jesus!

2.  But they who have always resisted His grace

And on their own virtue depended,

Shall then be condemn’d and cast out from His face,

Eternally lost and unfriended.

Have mercy upon us, Lord Jesus.

3.  O may we all hear when our Shepherd doth call,

In accents persuasive and tender,

That while here is time we make haste one and all

And find Him, our mighty defender.

Have mercy upon us, Lord Jesus.

4.  God grant that I may of His infinite love,

Remain in His merciful keeping;

And sit with the King at His table above,

When here in the grave I am sleeping.

Have mercy upon us, Lord Jesus.

5.  All trials are then like a dream that is past,

Forgotten all trouble and sorrow;

All questions and doubts have been answer’d at last;

Then dawneth eternity’s morrow.

Have mercy upon us, O Jesus!

Above:  The Right Reverend Keith Whitmore, Assistant Bishop of Atlanta, at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, Cumming, Georgia, Pentecost Sunday, June 12, 2011

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

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Original Words by Rabanus Maurus (Died in 856)

English Translation by Edward Caswall (1814-1878)

Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage

http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/assembled-in-this-thy-house-danish-american-lutherans-1870-1962/

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1.  Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,

Vouchsafe within our souls to rest,

Come with Thy grace and heav’nly aid,

And fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

2.  To Thee, Comforter, we cry

To Thee, the gift of God most high,

The fount of life, the fire of love,

The souls’ anointing from above.

3.  Thy light to ev’ry thought impart,

And shed Thy love in ev’ry heart,

The weakness of our mortal state

With deathless might invigorate.

4.  Make Thou to us the Father known;

Teach us th’eternal Son to own,

And Thee, whose name we ever bless,

Of both the Spirit, to confess.

5.  Praise we the Father and the Son,

And Holy Spirit, Three in One:

And may the Son on us bestow

The gifts that from the Spirit flow.

Above:  Part of the Title Page of the Danish-American Lutheran Hymnal for Church and Home (1938)

The Reverend Carl Doving (1867-1937) was a Norwegian-born U.S. Lutheran pastor fluent in seven languages:  Norwegian, English, German, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, and Greek.  He translated German and Scandinavian hymns into English.  Many of those translations became part of The Lutheran Hymnary (1913).

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To God the Anthem Raising:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/to-god-the-anthem-raising/

O Sing With Exultation:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/o-sing-with-exultation/

How Blessed is the Little Flock:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/how-blessed-is-the-little-flock/

The Lord My Faithful Shepherd Is:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/the-lord-my-faithful-shepherd-is/

Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/before-thee-god-who-knowest-all/

Lord God, Our Father:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/lord-god-our-father/

Te Deum Laudamus (II):

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/te-deum-laudamus-ii/

I Come to Thee, O Blessed Lord:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/i-come-to-thee-o-blessed-lord/

O Lord, Hear Thou My Calling:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/o-lord-hear-thou-my-calling/

Abide Among Us, We Implore Thee:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/abide-among-us-we-implore-thee/

Holy Jesus! Fountain Streaming:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/holy-jesus-fountain-streaming/

Jesus, Master! At Thy Word:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/04/30/jesus-master-at-thy-word/

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Above:  Interior of the Church of the Ascension, Washington, D.C., Between 1910 and 1935

Image Source = Library of Congress

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Reproduction Number = LC-DIG-npcc-31156

Original Words (1623) by Anders Christensen Arrebo (1587-1637)

English Translation (1907) by Carl Doving (1867-1937)

Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage

http://blogatheologica.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/assembled-in-this-thy-house-danish-american-lutherans-1870-1962/

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1.  O sing with exultation,

Sing to the Lord, rejoice!

And in His congregation

Shout with triumphant voice!

For, lo, at God’s right hand

Is Christ in glory seated,

With death and hell defeated,

As victor He doth stand.

2.  Since Christ, our Lord, is living

We nevermore shall die;

To God the glory giving

We rise to Him on high;

Though chastened we may be,

And to our graves be taken,

We unto life shall waken

And live eternally.

3.  Christ is the sure foundation

The builders did reject,

But He for our salvation

Is precious and elect,

And made the cornerstone,

On which the church is founded,

This marvel now is sounded

The work of God alone.

4.  To Thee, O Christ, be glory,

Who camest in His name,

Thy people sing the story

Thy praises to proclaim;

We thank Thee and adore,

O Christ, Our Lord and Savior,

Thy grace and boundless favor

Stand fast forevermore.