Time&Eternity

238 notes to chapter 1
73. SA 60,3: “.l.l. for ever by your victory is God’s eternal love proclaimed .l.l. ,” text
by Alan Gaunt (1935); SA 89,3: “.l.l. His vict’ry over death is th’eternal sign of God’s love
for us .l.l. ,” text by Mimi Farra (1975).
74. SA 40,3: “.l.l. everlasting Son of God .l.l. ,” text by Christopher Idle (1938–); SA
50,1: “.l.l. the sound and sight of heaven’s everlasting feast,” text by Erik Routley (1917–82);
SA 11,2: “.l.l. the eternal purpose which their Father shall fulfil .l.l. ,” text by Norman Elliott
(1893–1973), revised.
75. For ay is also included in this figure (four times).
76. One hundred times.
77. Twice.
78. Nine times.
79. Once.
80. Forty-four times.
81. Seventeen times.
82. Twenty-three times.
83. In AHB and SA, the first figure given in the last two columns refers each time to
eternity terminology in the strict (literal) sense, and the second figure refers to eternity terminology
in the broad sense.
84. Compound and derivative nouns, such as Morgenglanz (morning glory), Stündlein
(a short while), aftonstund (evening hour), and födslotimma (hour of birth) have been included
here.
85. Cf. GL 263,1, text based on Albert Curtz (1659) (Psalm 19).
86. These exceptions include AHB 102,6, text by James P. McAuley (1917–76); Sv ps
413, text by Svein Ellingsen (1975) and Britt G. Hallqvist (1978); EG 490,1, text by Karl Albrecht
Höppl (1958), based on the English lyrics “The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended” by
John F. Ellerton (1870). In more recent hymns, night can also be portrayed positively as the
time of rest and peace, in contrast to the stress of daytime, e.g., Ps90 858, text by Sigurbjörn
Einarsson (1980), Swedish by Jonas Jonson (1992).
87. Here, all compound nouns, such as, summertime, winter storm, etc., have been included.
88. Summer is found six times, winter once, and spring once.
89. A total of about ten times.
90. In Sv ps, in five out of ninety places where seasons are mentioned, and in Ps90, in
three out of twenty-seven places.
91. Approximately twice as frequently as in Sv ps.
92. The following table (data in percent of all time indications) provides an overview
of the frequency of everyday terminology and seasonal terminology in pure or combined
forms:
Pure Form Pure and Combined Form
EG 36 59
GL 25 41
Sv ps 46 83
Ps90 54 93
AHB 42 60
SA 61 64
93. The future is his domain (EG 395,3, text by Klaus Peter Hertzsch [1989]).
94. AHB 48,2, text by Katharina von Schlegel (1697–?), translated and revised by Jane
Laurie Borthwick (1813–97).
95. Cf. AHB 52,3: “With grateful hearts the past we own; / the future, all to us un-