Print thine image pure and holy
On my heart, O Lord of Grace;
So that nothing high nor lowly
Thy blest likeness can efface.
Let the clear inscription be:
Jesus, crucified for me,
And the Lord of all creation,
Be my refuge and salvation.
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Translator: J. C. Aaberg
Jens Christian Aaberg (b. Moberg, Denmark, 1877; d. Minneapolis, MN, 1970) immigrated to the United States in 1901. Educated at Grand View College and Seminary in Des Moines, Iowa, he entered the ministry of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and served congregations in Marinette, Wisconsin; Dwight, Illinois; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aaberg wrote Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark (1945), translated at least eighty hymns from Danish into English, and served on four hymnal committees. In 1947 King Frederick of Denmark awarded him the Knight Cross of Denmark.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987
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Louis Bourgeois (PHH 3) composed or adapted this tune for Psalm 42 for the Genevan psalter. The 1564 harmonization by Claude Goudimel (PHH 6) originally placed the melody in the tenor. An alternate harmonization with descants by Johann Crüger (PHH 42) can be found opposite 41 in the Psalter Hymnal.…
Display Title: Print Thine Image, Pure and HolyFirst Line: Print Thine image, pure and holyTune Title: FREU DICH SEHRAuthor: Jens C. Aaberg, 1877-1970; Thomas H. KingoMeter: 87.87.77.88
Display Title: Print Thine image pure and holyFirst Line: Print Thine image pure and holyAuthor: J. C. Aaberg; Thomas Kingo, 1634-1703Meter: 8,7,8,7,7,7,8,8Date: 1945
Display Title: Print thine image pure and holyFirst Line: Print thine image pure and holyTune Title: PSALM 42 (FREU DICH SEHR)Author: Jens Christian Aaberg, b. 1877; Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1634 - 1703Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 7 7, 8 8.Date: 1958Subject: The Church Year | Holy Week; The Church Year | Lent