N. P. Gravengaard was president of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church inÂ
America from 1911 to 1918 and author of A Christmas Gift. He doesn’t have his own wikipedia page, but there are lots of links to his book, which I haven’t read. I’m guessing he hasn’t read mine either.Â
This explains why the newspaper clipping, about baptism, is in Danish. I’m Danish impaired (probably why I am such a terrible Lutheran), and Google translate renders it thusly:
Naar vi skal overføre Evangeliets Ord paa vore Dages Forhold, saa vil det først sige, at vi skal føre vore smaa Børn hen til Daaben. Der er han levende og virkelig til Stede i sit Ord. (Mt. 10.13-16)
Men sker der da noget i Daaben? Ja, der gør. Vi genfødes til et evigt Liv. Ligesom vi fødes ind i denne Verden med alt, hvad den har at byde paa, saaledes fødes vi ind i Guds Rige. "Uden nogen bliver født paany, kan han ikke se Guds Rige ... Sandelig, sandelig siger jeg dig, uden nogen bliver født af Vandog Aand, kan han ikke komme ind i Guds Rige." (Joh. 3, 3-5)
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Din Daabsdag er uden Sammenligning dit Livs største Dag.
Well, that’s the Danish as best as I can type it. In English, it kinda probably goes like this:
When we need to transfer the word of the gospel in our day conditions, so it will only say that we must keep our little ones to baptism. There he is living and truly present in his Word. (Mt. 10.13 to 16)
But happens when something in baptism? Yes, there is. We are reborn to eternal life. Just as we are born into this world with everything it has to offer on so we are born into the kingdom of God. "No one is born again, he can not see the kingdom of God ... Truly, I say to you, unless one is born of Vandog Spirit, he can not enter the kingdom of God." (Jn. 3, 3-5)
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Your baptism is beyond comparison thy womb biggest day.
Lutheran baptismal piety had to come from somewhere, I suppose.
I have no idea when this was published, though were I to guess, it was probably from 100 years ago, more or less. And probably from a Danish-language newspaper in the United States.