Hymns by Samuel M Miller Swedish American Lutheran Augustana Synod

Hymns by Rev. Samuel Martin Miller
Information compiled by Mary Katherine May of Quality Music and Books.

Samuel Martin Miller, Swedish American Lutheran, a pastor in the Augustana Synod, author and composer, first pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Moline, Illinois (1913), first Dean of the new Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1919), wrote three hymns and two tunes that appear in the 1925 Augustana hymnal.

Photograph: Rev. Samuel M. Miller and Rev. Walter A. Tillberg

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Two Hymn Tunes by Samuel Martin Miller: Daystar & Lux Dei: Adobe PDF File

(#140)
In the Holy Father's Keeping,
Sheltered in His strong embrace,
Day by day my soul is resting
In that blood-bought precious place.
Here no evil e'er can harm me,
Here I'm free from sin and pain;
In the holy Father's keeping
Only peace and love can reign.

In the holy Father's keeping,
There is joy, complete, fulfilled:
Joy which Jesus died to give me,
Yea, His precious blood was spilled
That I might be kept securely,
Through the Father's precious Name,

Kept for glories grand, celestial,
Far above all earthly fame.

In the holy Father's keeping,
Jesus, I will pray Thy prayer.
Holy Father, wilt Thou take me?
Wilt Thou guard, protect me there?
By the prayer that Jesus offered,
By His cross, His blood, His love,
Holy Father, in Thy keeping
Take me to Thy realms above. (1922)

(#168)
O God, Who Saidst, "Let There Be Light."
(text & tune by Samuel Martin Miller)
We lift our hearts and hands to Thee:
Shine in our lives with glory bright,
And scatter far the shades night,
Thy Word our beacon be.

O Christ, who camest as our Light,
God's glory beaming from Thy face,
We pray Thee, raise us to the height
Where Thee we see, O precious sight,
The Lord of truth and grace.

O Holy Spirit, shed Thy light
Upon the Word, that we may know
Its saving sentences aright,
And learn to conquer by its might;
Set all our hearts aglow. (1923)

(#615)
When Jesus Comes in Glory,
(text & tune by Samuel Martin Miller)
As Lord and King of kings,
O what a wondrous story
The blessed Bible brings:
His face will shine like sunlight,
His head be white as snow,
His eyes like flaming firelight,
His feet like brass aglow.

His voice like rushing waters
Will reach with mighty sound
Into the deepest quarters
Of all creation round;
And at this wondrous greeting
The dead in Christ shall rise,
Their Lord and Saviour meeting
In glory in the skies.

And we who are believing
And His appearing love,
Shall know we are receiving
His glory from above;

His resurrection power
Will raise us to the place
Where we that wondrous hour
Shall see Him face to face.

O hasten Thine appearing,
Thou Bright and Morning Star!
Lord, may we soon be hearing
The trumpet sound afar;
Thy people all are yearning
To be Thy raptured bride,
And at Thine own returning
Be caught up to Thy side. (1922)