God's Word Is Our Great Heritage
- God's Word Is Our Great Heritage
God's Word Is Our Great Heritage, is the title of a popular hymn sung in many churches, especially the Lutheran Church. This hymn was inspired by Psalm 16:6: "...yea, I have a goodly heritage." KJV ["The Holy Bible" (King James Version). London: Thomas NelsonPublishers.]
History
Written in 1817 by the Lutheran pastor Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, this hymn was put to the [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/e/i/n/ein_feste_burg.mid tune] of Martin Luther's Ein Feste Burg. The hymn was translated into English by Ole Gulbrand Belsheim in 1909. In 1916, Friedrich Otto Reuter, then a professor at Dr. Martin Luther College, put the hymn to a [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/r/e/u/reuter.mid tune of his creation.] Since then, the hymn has been sung to this tune. God's Word Is Our Great Heritage has appeared in many hymnals including "The Lutheran Hymnal" (WELS, LCMS) and "Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal" (WELS). It is also the school hymn of Michigan Lutheran Seminary. [http://www.mlsem.org/extracurricular/performing-groups/concert-choir/gods_word_our_great_heritage.avi Click here] to view Michigan Lutheran Seminary's Concert Choir sing this hymn.
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References
* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/w/gwiogher.htm Cyber Hymnal]
* [http://www.blc.edu/comm/gargy/gargy1/ELH.Hymn.info.GHI.html Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Handbook]
External links
* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/r/e/u/reuter.mid Reuter's tune MIDI]
* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/mid/e/i/n/ein_feste_burg.mid Ein Feste Burg MIDI]
* [http://www.mlsem.org/extracurricular/performing-groups/concert-choir/gods_word_our_great_heritage.avi Michigan Lutheran Seminary Concert Choir Performance]
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