"God's Word Is Our Great Heritage"
by Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872
Translated by Ole G. Belsheim, 1861-1925
Text From:
THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.283



1. God's Word is our great heritage
And shall be ours forever;
To spread its light from age to age
Shall be our chief endeavor.
Through life it guides our way,
In death it is our stay.
Lord, grant, while worlds endure,
We keep its teachings pure.
Throughout all generations.

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Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
Hymn #283
Text: Ps. 16:6
Author: Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1817
Translated by: Ole G. Belsheim, 1909
Titled: "Guds Ord det er vort Arvegods"
Composer: Fritz Reuter, 1916
Tune: "Reuter"
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