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Väl dig, unga skara god!

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1 Väl dig unga skara god,
Full med lefnads lust och mod!
Ut i Jesu Kristi här
Plats för dig i ledet är,
Plats för dig i ledet är.

2 Höjom korsbaneret opp,
Samlade i sluten tropp
Kring vår store höfding! Hör,
Han till seger hären för,
Han till seger hären för.

3 Ingen hvila, ingen fred!
Bryten satans fästen ned,
Tagenbyten ur hans hand,
Sliten fångna brøders band!
Sliten fångna bröders band!

4 Bröder, hållen troget ut!
Snart skall striden vara slut,
Snart uti triumf vi få
In i sälla Kanaan gå
In i sälla Kanaan gå.



Source: Lutherförbundets Sångbok #S39

Text Information

First Line: Väl dig unga skara god
Title: Väl dig, unga skara god!
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: Swedish
Copyright: Public Domain

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HENDON (Malan)

HENDON was composed by Henri A. Cesar Malan (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1787; d. Vandoeuvres, Switzerland, 1864) and included in a series of his own hymn texts and tunes that he began to publish in France in 1823, and which ultimately became his great hymnal Chants de Sion (1841). HENDON is thought to…

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