Til dit Hus med Takkesang

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Til dit Hus med Takkesang

Author: Frans Mikael Franzén; Translator: M. B. Landstad
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Til dit Hus med Takkesang
Kommer jeg, min Gud, tilbage,
Holder glad min Kirkegang,
Du i Naade mig modtage,
Hellige min Sjæl og Aand,
Du, som har mit Liv i Haand!

2 Jesus, paa dit Ord jeg vil,
Som Maria, stille høre,
Giv Velsignelse dertil,
At jeg maa derefter gjøre,
Have og i Minde vel,
Hvad der er den gode Del!

3 Siden frisk og glad jeg kan
Ogsaa Husets Omsorg bære,
Takke dig, min Frelsermand,
For de mange Gaver kjære;
Glæden dog i dig er bedst,
Vær hos mig en daglig Gjæst!

4 Vend, o Jesus, hid din Gang,
Hellige min Moderglæde,
Se til Barnet paa mit Fang,
Du, som elsker saa de Spæde,
Du, som selv har spæd og arm
Ligget ved en Moders Barm.

5 Giv, jeg altid huld og tro
Dig, o Herre, kunde tjene!
Kom, velsigne Brød og Bo,
Og din søde Fred forlene!
Gjør mit Hus al Tiden om
Til din egen Helligdom!

Source: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #585

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Author: Frans Mikael Franzén

Franzén, Franz Michael, was born at Uleabôrg, Finland, in 1772, and educated at the University of Abo, where he became Librarian and Professor of Literary History. He was subsequently Minister at Kumla, Orebro, Sweden, and then of Santa Clara, in Stockholm. He was consecrated Bishop of Hernosand, in 1841, and died there in 1847. (See Supplement to Longfellow's Poets and Poetry of Europe.) Of his pieces one is in English common use. It begins "Jesum haf i ständigt minne," translated by Mrs. Charles in her Christian Life in Song, 1858, p. 250, as "Jesus in Thy memory keep" (Looking unto Jesus). Usually it begins with stanza ii., "Look to Jesus, till, reviving." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

Translator: 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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