"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.

        

        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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