These public domain hymns are provided to be large print and portable, in alphabetical order first, later according to the Christian church year, and ideally according to the great hymn writers like Luther, Gerhardt, Kingo, Loy, and Heber.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
I Pray Thee, Dear Lord Jesus - #655 - Kingo
"I Pray Thee, Dear Lord Jesus"
By Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1634-1703
1941)
1. I pray Thee, dear Lord Jesus,
My heart to keep and train
That I Thy holy temple
From youth to age remain.
Turn Thou my thoughts forever
From worldly wisdom's lore;
If I but learn to know Thee,
I shall not want for more.
Hymn #655
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: 1 John 3: 23
Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1699
Translated by: Norman A. Madson, 1939
Titled: "O Jesu, gid du vilde"
Tune: "Jeg vil mig Herren love"
1st Published in: Hartnack Zinck's Koralbog, 1801
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