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The Great and Skillful Master

Author: Bernhard Severin Ingemann; S. D. Rodholm Meter: 7.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals

[The great and skilful Master]

Meter: 7.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 33343 32144 43255 Used With Text: The Great And Skilful Master

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Author: B. S. Ingemann Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #303 (1927) Meter: 7.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 The great and skillful Master With kind and watchful eye Is over the crucible bending, His precious silver to try. 2 He watcheth for the moment, While bright the metal clears, When deep in the silver mirror Undimm'd His image appears. 3 The great and skillful Master Who melts the soul and mind Is watching the heart with patience While precious souls are refin'd. 4 And when undimm'd His image Is mirror'd in the heart, Rejoices the gentle Master That crown'd is His noble art. Topics: Spiritual Songs Divine Care and Guidance Languages: English Tune Title: [The great and skilful Master]

The Great And Skilful Master

Author: B. S. Ingemann Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #303 (1928) Meter: 7.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 The great and skillful Master With kind and watchful eye Is over the scribble bending, His precious silver to try. 2 He watcheth for the moment, While bright the metal clears, When deep in the silver mirror Undimmed His image appears. 3 The great and skillful Master Who melts the soul and mind Is watching the heart with patience While precious souls are refined. 4 And when undimmed His image Is mirrored in the heart, Rejoices the gentle Master That crowned is His noble art. Topics: Spiritual Songs Divine Care and Guidance Languages: English Tune Title: [The great and skilful Master]

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Bernhard Severin Ingemann

1789 - 1862 Author of "The Great and Skillful Master" Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin, was born at Thor Kildstrup, Island of Falster, May 28, 1789. From 1822 to his death in 1862, he was Professor of the Danish Language and Literature at the Academy of Sorö, Zealand, Denmark. He was a poet of some eminence. His collected works were pub, in 1851, in 34 volumes. Seven of his hymns translated into English are given in Gilbert Tait's Hymns of Denmark, 1868. The only hymn by him in English common use is:— Igjennem Nat og Traengael. Unity and Progress. It is dated 1825, and is given in the Nyt Tillaeg til Evangelisk-christelig. Psalmebog, Copenhagen, 1859, No. 502. In its translated form as "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, it has become widely known in most English-speaking countries. The translation was published in the People's Hymnal, 1861. It was greatly improved in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875, and has been specially set to music by several composers. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

S. D. Rodholm

1877 - 1951 Translator of "The Great and Skillful Master" Rodholm served as president of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1922-26), president of Grand View College, and professor and dean of the AELC Seminary. NN, Hymnary