Time&Eternity

242 notes to chapter 1
145. AHB 544,1.2.4, text by Timothy Rees (1874–1939), revised.
146. AHB 274,2.3, text by Valerie M. Dunn (1932–), revised.
147. SA 94,2, text by Robin Mann (1949–).
148. SA 94,3.
149. AHB 411,2, text by Judith Beatrice O’Neill (1930–).
150. Sv ps 385,3: “Saved with Noah out of his ark / from the stormy seas onto vernal
land / raised with Moses from the river / we celebrate with newborn hope,” text by Fred
Kaan (1968), Swedish by Britt G. Hallqvist (1977 and 1982).
151. Sv ps 383,5: “Beyond the boundaries of time, live evermore / the words of your
promise in the baptismal waters. The light of the baptism remains when life is extinguished,”
text by Svein Ellingsen (1971), Swedish by Britt G. Hallqvist (1977). The German
translation of this stanza by Jürgen Henkys (1982) reads: “Unsre Zeit kommt bald an
ihre Grenze, / aber deine Taufversprechen bleiben. / Wir verlöschen. Deine Kerze leuchtet”
(Our time soon comes to an end, / but your baptism promises remain, / We are extinguished.
Your candle burns), EG 212,5.
152. Ps90 829,1.2.4, text (from the Philippines) by Francisco F. Feliciano (1941–);
Swedish by Anders Salomonsson (undated). Cf. also the English paraphrase of this text in
SA 30.
153. See pp. 28–32 above, Ps90 831.
154. Cf. here Sv ps 398,1–3, which was also cited on pp. 28–32.
155. Sv ps 74,3: “You who passes through time and space / with the bread of life /
Christ, give us / this bread for every day,” text by Olov Hartman (1968).
156. Sv ps 392,2: “Here is the manger—I fall to the ground and worship .l.l. / Oh,
Sacrament that prepares us in grace / to see God, the Eternal One, on earth,” text by Elis
Erlandsson (1935).
157. Sv ps 396,2: “No more distance, no estrangement / and time is permeated by
God’s today, / You and I are companions with Abraham. / God is one of us at this table,”
text by Anders Frostenson (1974), based on Robert J. Stamps (1971).
158. “Until, after this time, I praise and love you in eternity,” EG 325,10, text by Paul
Gerhardt (1653).
159. “Only one breath separates time from eternity,” GL 791, from a meditation commemorating
the dead.
160. E.g., Sv ps 655,5 and 660,5, where it appears each time in set phrases: “nu och
alltid och i evigheternas evighet” (Honor be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
/ now and forever, and in the eternity of eternities); texts based on Pss. 24 and 47.
161. EG 359,6: “.l.l. freu dich .l.l. Kirche, allezeiten .l.l. sein Volk in Ewigkeiten” (Rejoice
.l.l. Church, always .l.l. his people in eternities), text by Kurt Müller-Osten (1941);
EG 393,11: “.l.l. wir gehn durch Jesu Leiten hin in die Ewigkeiten .l.l.” (.l.l. we are led by
the guidance of Jesus into the eternities), text by Gerhard Tersteegen (1738); EG 630(631),4:
“.l.l. wird der Herr dich selber leiten bis in die Ewigkeiten” (.l.l. the Lord himself will lead
you into the eternities), text by Matthias Jorissen (1793).
162. GL 257,10 (= EG 331,10) has “zu allen Zeiten” [for all times]; Sv ps 1,8 has “genom
alla evigheter” (through all eternities). Both texts refer to Ignaz Franz (ca. 1770); translated
into Swedish by Olov Hartman (1980). According to Svps1937 603b, the Latin text of this
passage reads: “Et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum et in saeculum saeculi.” Luther’s
version from 1529 (EG 191) says at this point, “Täglich, Herr Gott, wir loben dich und
ehrn dein’ Namen stetiglich” (Daily, Lord, we praise you and honor your name always).
Cf. here also Sv ps 247,2 (text by J. O. Wallin [1816], revised): “.l.l. Det är för andra tider
han lönen åt dig spar” (he is saving your reward for other times), whereby “other times”
probably means eternity.