A CHRISTMAS GIFT
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TO THE AMERICAN HOME
AND THE YOUTH OF AMERICA
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BY
Former President Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America. Author of "Eternal Life and Everlasting
Joy" and "Lectures."
TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH BY
G. S. STRANDVOLD
TO THE AMERICAN HOME
AND THE YOUTH OF AMERICA
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BY
Former President Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America. Author of "Eternal Life and Everlasting
Joy" and "Lectures."
TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH BY
G. S. STRANDVOLD
BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
Copyright, 1920, by Richard G. Badger
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All Rights Reserved
Made in the United States of America
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The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
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All Rights Reserved
Made in the United States of America
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The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
INTRODUCTION
THE present volume is a translation from theDanish language of one of Rev. Mr. Gravengaard'sbooks which in its original form has attaineda success among Danes in the United Statesand Americans of Danish descent which is quite unprecedentedin the annals of Danish immigrant literature,secular and religious. The book has passedthrough two large editions and has even found widereading in far-off Denmark.
The work of rendering this volume into Englishhas been a source of unlimited joy because of theclarity of the author's message; the form in whichhe has clothed his thoughts, and the immediatehumanistic touch evident from beginning to end.It is the hope of the translator that an equal measureof satisfaction and delight may accrue to thepublic who now for the first time may enjoy theopportunity of becoming familiar with Mr. Gravengaard'swritings in the language of the UnitedStates.
The Translator