The Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of His people.
Zechariah 9:16
Words: Peter S. Vig, Hymnal for Church and Home, edited by Jens C. Aaberg (Blair, Nebraska: Danish Lutheran Publishing House, 1927), number 236.
Music: Vig, anonymous, 1927 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know the composer, or where to get a good photo of him or Vig (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
How gladly I my place have taken
Among the flock of God’s elect!
With them I have the world forsaken
And Jesus’ coming now expect.
Redeemed by His unbounded love,
My home will be with Christ above.
How sweet the words, how reassuring,
That I to God am reconciled!
His pardon for my sins securing,
My soul no longer is defiled.
The peace of God I now possess
Which every evil can redress.
I bid the wicked world defiance,
Tho’ fiercely it God’s Word attack;
In Him I place my firm reliance
Who never takes His promise back;
Tho’ earth and Heaven pass away,
His Word shall evermore hold sway.
How gladly I His promise ponder!
Tho’ sinful, yet in grace I stand;
A heritage awaits me yonder,
And Heaven is my fatherland.
My Lord, as victor in the strife,
Awards to me the crown of life.
How good to hear my Savior calling,
To see Him even face to face!
What bliss before Him prostrate falling
To find with Him a resting place;
And with the saints in sweet accord
To sing the praise of Christ, my Lord!