Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark
by Aaberg Jens Christian
Author: Aaberg Jens Christian
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This book deals with a subject which is new to most English readers. For though Danish hymnody long ago became favorably known in Northern Europe, no adequate presentation of the subject has appeared in English. Newer American Lutheran hymnals contain a number of Danish hymns, some of which have gained considerable popularity, but the subject as a whole has not been presented.A hymn is a child both of its author and of the time in which he lived. A proper knowledge of the writer and the age that gave it birth will enhance our understanding both of the hymn and of the spiritual movement it represents. No other branches of literature furnish a more illuminating index to the inner life of Christendom than the great lyrics of the Church. Henry Ward Beecher said truly: “He who knows the way that hymns flowed, knows where the blood of true piety ran, and can trace its veins and arteries to its very heart.”Aside from whatever value they may have in themselves, the hymns presented on the following pages therefore should convey an impression of the main currents within the Danish church, and the men that helped to create them.The names of Kingo, Brorson and Grundtvig are known to many, but so far no biographies of these men except of the sketchiest kind have appeared in English. It is hoped that the fairly comprehensive presentation of their life and work in the following pages may fill a timely need.In selecting the hymns care has been taken to choose those that are most characteristic of their authors, their times and the [6] movements out of which they were born. While the translator has sought to produce faithfully the metre, poetry and sentiment of the originals, he has attempted no slavishly literal reproduction. Many of the finest Danish hymns are frankly lyrical, a fact which greatly increases the difficulty of translation. But while the writer is conscious that his translations at times fail to reproduce the full beauty of the originals, he still hopes that they may convey a fair impression of these and constitute a not unworthy contribution to American hymnody.An examination of any standard American church hymnal will prove that American church song has been greatly enriched by transplantations of hymns from many lands and languages. If the following contribution from a heretofore meagerly represented branch of hymnody adds even a little to that enrichment, the writer will feel amply rewarded for the many hours of concentrated labor he has spent upon it.Most of the translations are by the writer himself. When translations by others have been used, credit has been given to them except where only parts of a hymn have been presented.Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 21st, 1944. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
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...life. Although his income was small, he managed somehow to provide private tutors for them. Both he and hiswife were earnest Christians, and the fine example of their own lives wasno doubt of greater value to their boys than the formal instruction theyreceived from hired teachers. Thus an early biographer of the Brorsonswrites: "Their good parents earnestly instructed their boys in all thatwas good, but especially in the fear and knowledge of God. Knowing that agood example is more productive of good than the best precept, they werenot content with merely teaching them what is good, but strove earnestlyto live so that their own daily lives might present a worthy pattern fortheir sons to follow. "Broder Brodersen was not granted the privilege of seeing his sons attaintheir honored manhood. He died in 1704, when the eldest of them wasfourteen and the youngest only ten years old. Upon realizing that he mustleave them, he is said to have comforted himself with the words of Kingo: If for my...
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