Text: | Children of the Heavenly Father |
Author: | Carolina Sandell Berg, (1832-1903) |
Translator: | Ernst W. Olson, (1870-1958) |
Tune: | TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA |
1 Children of the heavenly Father
Safely in His bosom gather;
Nestling bird nor star in heaven
Such a refuge e'er was given.
2 God His own doth tend and nourish,
In His holy love they flourish;
From all evil things He spares them,
In His mighty arms He bears them.
3 Neither life nor death shall ever
From the Lord His children sever;
Unto them His grace He showeth,
And their sorrows all He knoweth.
4 Praise the Lord in joyful numbers,
Your Protector never slumbers;
At the will of your Defender
Every foeman must surrender.
5 Though He giveth or He taketh,
God His children ne'er forsaketh;
His the loving purpose solely
To preserve them pure and holy.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Children of the heavenly Father Safely in His bosom gather |
Title: | Children of the Heavenly Father |
Author: | Carolina Sandell Berg, (1832-1903) (1858) |
Translator: | Ernst W. Olson, (1870-1958) (1925) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | God the Father: Faithfulness of God |
Copyright: | Word copyright Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America. Reprinted by permission. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA |
Meter: | L.M. |
Incipit: | 12335 33223 46544 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Swedish Folk Melody |
Notes: | Unison setting, No. 152. |