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"Den Store Hvide Flok" sung by Per Biørn. Arranged by Edvard Grieg. Recorded January 13, 1915 on Columbia 78 RPM Record E2247. Traditional Norwegian Folk Hymn
Translation of Text:
The Great White Host
The great, white host we see,
As a thousand mountains full of snow,
With a forest around of waving palms,
Before the throne. Who are they?
It is the multitude that
Has through the great tribulation come
And washed themselves in the Lamb's blood
For heaven's holiness.
There they now go to church
With unheard-of jubilation
In the high choir where God abides
Amidst all of the angels' songs.
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Played on a Victrola Talking Machine with a Tungs-Tone Stylus. Videography by Dane C. Sorensen.
There are probably far better sounding recordings of this, but this video gives you an idea what an average persons in the 1930s would have been able to listen to on their home talking machine. This record belonged to my Grandparents - Frederick and Genevieve Robertson.
"Den Store Hvide Flok" sung by Per Biørn. Arranged by Edvard Grieg. Recorded January 13, 1915 on Columbia 78 RPM Record E2247. Traditional Norwegian Folk Hymn
Translation of Text:
The Great White Host
The great, white host we see,
As a thousand mountains full of snow,
With a forest around of waving palms,
Before the throne. Who are they?
It is the multitude that
Has through the great tribulation come
And washed themselves in the Lamb's blood
For heaven's holiness.
There they now go to church
With unheard-of jubilation
In the high choir where God abides
Amidst all of the angels' songs.
lyricstranslate.com
Played on a Victrola Talking Machine with a Tungs-Tone Stylus. Videography by Dane C. Sorensen.
There are probably far better sounding recordings of this, but this video gives you an idea what an average persons in the 1930s would have been able to listen to on their home talking machine. This record belonged to my Grandparents - Frederick and Genevieve Robertson.
