Sunday's Hymn

I can’t use a hymn I sang in church today because we sang no hymns. As an alternative I’m going with one that’s been running round my head recently, a favorite from my younger years and one I sang as a lullaby to my children.

Children of the Heav’nly Father

Children of the heav’nly Father
Safely in His bosom gather;
Nestling bird nor star in Heaven
Such a refuge e’er was given.

God His own doth tend and nourish;
In His holy courts they flourish;
From all evil things He spares them;
In His mighty arms He bears them.

Neither life nor death shall ever
From the Lord His children sever;
Unto them His grace He showeth,
And their sorrows all He knoweth.

Though He giveth or He taketh,
God His children ne’er forsaketh;
His the loving purpose solely
To preserve them pure and holy.

Lo, their very hairs He numbers,
And no daily care encumbers
Them that share His ev’ry blessing
And His help in woes distressing.

Praise the Lord in joyful numbers:
Your Protector never slumbers.
At the will of your Defender
Ev’ry foeman must surrender.

—-Lina Sandell Berg (In the original Swedish: Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara)

And a Swedish Lutheran hymn would be sung best by a few Scandinavian Lutherans, don’t you think?

 

Or, if you’d rather, you can hear it sung in Swedish as a lullaby.

 

(I’ll have a review of another CD of hymns done by the St. Olaf Choir soon.)

 

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Third Sunday after Trinity at Magic Statistics
  
• God Is Known Among His People at Hiraeth
  
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is at Seasoning of the Heart
• The Is a City Bright at Whatever Things…
• Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 23, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• O Holy City, Seen of John at Conjubilant With Song
• It Is Not Death to Die at joythruChrist
• Update: Eye Hath Not Seen at The Happy Wonderer
  

Have you posted a hymn today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.

Comments

[ellen b]

I missed last week because I was travelling but I have a Fanny Crosby Hymn posted this week here
http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/eye-hath-not-seen-fanny-crosby/
Have a wonderful week in the Yukon!

[rebecca]

Got it, Ellen. Thanks for reminding me. :)

[Chris]

What do you mean, we sang no hymns. There was that one from Twila Paris....

[rebecca]

Oh, you are only making it worse....

I ordered a tote bag from Carla that says Save the Hymnal and I'm going to use it to carry my stuff to church.

Maybe I should see about getting a wrist band that says "Stamp Out Overheads". What do you think?

[Dorothy]

I like the Swedish lullaby version.