Text: | Built on the Rock |
Author: | Nicolai F. S. Grundtvig |
Translator: | Carl Döving |
Tune: | KIRKEN (BUILT ON THE ROCK) |
Composer: | Ludvig M. Lindeman |
1 Built on the rock the church does stand,
Even when steeples are falling;
Crumbled have spires in every land,
Bells still are chiming and calling;
Calling the young and old to rest,
But above all the soul distressed,
Longing for rest everlasting.
2 Surely in temples made with hands
God, the most high, is not dwelling;
High above earth his temple stands,
All earthly temples excelling;
Yet he whom heavens cannot contain
Chose to abide on earth with men,
Built in our bodies his temple.
3 We are God's house of living stones,
Builded for his habitation;
He through baptismal grace us owns,
Heirs of his wondrous salvation;
Were we but two his name to tell,
Yet he would deign with us to dwell,
With all his grace and His favor.
4 Now we may gather with our King,
E'en in the lowliest dwelling;
Praises to him we there may bring,
His wondrous mercy forth-telling;
Jesus his grace to us accords,
Spirit and life are all his words,
His truth doth hollow the temple.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Built on the rock the church does stand |
Title: | Built on the Rock |
Author: | Nicolai F. S. Grundtvig (1837) |
Translator: | Carl Döving (1909, alt. 1972) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Sacraments: Baptism(4 more...) |
Notes: | Note: Stanza 3 may be used for Baptism. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KIRKEN (BUILT ON THE ROCK) |
Composer: | Ludvig M. Lindeman (1840) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8.8.8.8. |
Key: | c minor |