1881–1948

Introduction

Born: March 26, 1881, Al­strup, Jut­land, Den­mark.

Died: Ju­ly 26, 1948, Fres­no, Ca­li­for­nia.

Buried: Saint Pe­ters Lu­ther­an Ce­me­te­ry, Luck, Wis­con­sin.

Biography

Paul was the son of An­dre­as Poul­sen and Ane Jo­hanne Ka­trine Hol­baek, and hus­band of Bo­dil Chris­tine Bil­le (mar­ried Sep­temb­er 13, 1911, Pot­ta­wat­ta­mie Coun­ty, Io­wa).

He emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1904, was or­dained a Unit­ed Ev­an­ge­li­cal Lu­ther­an Church pas­tor in 1911, and served in Min­ne­so­ta; Wis­con­sin; Il­li­nois; Ca­li­for­nia; and Alb­er­ta, Ca­na­da.

As of 1913, he was liv­ing in Nel­son, Min­ne­so­ta.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Blest Is He Who Cries to Hea­ven
  2. By Faith We Please the Lord on High
  3. Children of the King
  4. Come, Child­ren, and Sing to Our Fa­ther on High
  5. Draw Me, O Lord, to Thee on High
  6. Goodly Pearl Lies Hid­den Well, A
  7. Hasten On
  8. I Love the Lord, My Sav­ior True
  9. Jesus, Bless Thy Con­gre­ga­tion
  10. Jesus, Sav­ior, Pre­cious Name
  11. Just One Thing Have I De­sired
  12. Let Us Go to Ga­li­lee
  13. Lo How the Pil­grims
  14. Love, the Law of God Ful­fill­ing
  15. O Lord, Or­dain Thy Ser­vant
  16. Sing, Ye Child­ren, to the Lord
  17. Take My Heart, O Je­sus
  18. Teach Me, O God, to Be
  19. Upon the Sure Foun­da­tion of Je­sus Christ Our Lord
  20. Watchman, When Will Night Be Ov­er?

Translations

  1. All That Which Soars in Up­ward Flight
  2. All Ye Who Like the Birds Can Soar
  3. Arise, My Soul, This New Year’s Morn­ing
  4. As Wide as the Skies Is Thy Mer­cy, O God
  5. Awaken from Your Idle Dream­ing
  6. Break Forth, O Sun of Grace Most Ten­der
  7. Children of God, Born Again of His Spir­it
  8. Come, Rain from the Hea­vens
  9. Country Lies in Deep Re­pose, The
  10. Faith That God Be­liev­eth, The
  11. Flowers Now Awak­en, The
  12. Flowers Slow­ly Awak­en, The
  13. For Thy Care and Mer­cy Ten­der
  14. From the Graves Re­move Dark Cross­es
  15. Great Art Thou, God!
  16. He Who Has Helped Me Hi­ther­to
  17. Holy Spir­it, Com­fort Blest
  18. How Glad­ly I My Place Have Tak­en
  19. I Go to Hea­ven, There Is My Home
  20. I Know, O God, I Need Thy Watch­ful Care
  21. I Live, and I Know the Span of My Years
  22. If Thou but Knew the Life
  23. Life To­ge­ther In Love and Troth, A
  24. I Saw Him In Child­hood
  25. Jesus Dear, Thy Lambs Thou Feed­est
  26. Jesus, Je­sus, Je­sus On­ly
  27. Jesus, My Sav­ior, My Shep­herd Blest
  28. Keep Thy Faith And Youth­ful Vi­gor
  29. Life To­ge­ther in Love and Troth, A
  30. Little Child So Fair and Bright, A
  31. Lo, the Lord Ex­tends His Hand
  32. Lord Be Praised! I’m Home­ward Bound, The
  33. Lord Je­sus, in Thy Name We Now
  34. Lord Je­sus, Our King, En­throned on High
  35. Lord, Make Thou Me Ev­er Meek and Hum­ble
  36. Lord to Thee Ap­peal­eth, The
  37. Mindful of a Con­stant Friend
  38. Mother, I Am Tired, Let Me Slum­ber
  39. My Faith Bids Me to Tar­ry
  40. My Heart, Pre­pare to Give Ac­count
  41. My Sun­day School, the Hap­py Place
  42. Now Bells Are Ring­ing Far and Wide
  43. Now Sin, with Reign Un­brok­en
  44. Now Sound­ing ov­er Hills and Lea
  45. O Christ­mas, Wel­come Here
  46. O Come, and Stand Be­neath the Cross
  47. O God, Be­fore I Slum­ber
  48. O God, in Mer­cy Mild
  49. O Ho­ly Spir­it, Come, We Pray
  50. O Je­sus Dear! O Sav­ior Mild!
  51. O Let This Day Re­mind You
  52. O Seek the Lord To­day
  53. Oh, That I Had a Thou­sand Voic­es
  54. Send to the Fields of Thy Har­vest, O God
  55. Ship of the King Is Sail­ing, The
  56. Sing to Je­sus, O My Spir­it
  57. Stand Fast, My Soul, Stand Fast
  58. Sun Aris­es Now, The
  59. Take Away the Signs of Mourn­ing
  60. Thanks to God Who Us Hath Giv­en
  61. Thanks to Thee, O Gra­cious Fa­ther
  62. There Came a Mes­sage from the Sky
  63. There Is a Way, by World­ly Man For­sak­en
  64. This Night, While I Am Sleep­ing
  65. Thy Bless­ing Fills Our Earth­ly Need
  66. Thy Word, O God, Like Dew, Re­stor­eth
  67. To Thee, O Je­sus, Thanks Are Due
  68. We Are in Our Fa­ther’s Hand
  69. We Love the Tem­ple of the Lord
  70. We Raise Our Thanks, O God, to Thee
  71. Who Will Join the Throng to Hea­ven?
  72. Ye Birds, Awake, for Dawn Is Near
  73. Year Now Hast­ens to Its End, The
  74. You Will Need Je­sus
  75. Young Peo­ple’s Sav­ior
  76. Your Home Must Be Found­ed

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