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Preserve, O Lord, This Night

Author: J. C. Aaberg Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 2 hymnals
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Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #400 (1927) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Lyrics: Preserve, O Lord, this night My father and my mother, My country, church and home, My sister and my brother; Close Thou all weary eyes And wipe all tears away That we by sleep refreshed May greet the new-born day. Topics: Children's Prayers Languages: English
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Preserve, O Lord, this night

Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #400 (1928) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Lyrics: Preserve, O Lord, this night My father and my mother, My country, church and home, My sister and my brother; Close Thou all weary eyes And wipe all tears away That we by sleep refreshed May greet the new-born day. Topics: Children's Prayers Languages: English
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J. C. Aaberg

1877 - 1970 Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Translator of "Preserve, O Lord, This Night" 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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