Her er Guds Hus og Himlens Port

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Her er Guds Hus og Himlens Port

Author: M. B. Landstad
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Her er Guds Hus og Himlens Port,
Herfra der gaar en Stige,
Af Ord og Sakramenter gjort,
Alt op til Himmerige,
Hvorpaa Guds Engle træde ind,
Gud Fader self paa høi'ste Trin
Sin Fred vill os tilsige.

2 Her er Guds Hus og Himlens Port,
Og jeg det vidste ikke!
Jeg sovet har de Timer bort,
Han Bud mig vilde skikke.
O væk mig, vend fra Jordens Bo
Med Jakobs sterke Haab og Tro
Til Himlen mine Blikke!

3 Gud, send da dine Engle ned,
Lab mig din Røst faa høre,
Lys over mig en hellig Fred.
Lab Fienden mig ei røre!
Jeg er en fattig vandringsmand,
Lov mig, du til mit Fædreland
Vil frelst mig, Arme, føre!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #6

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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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