Bible Translators Theologians Kristian Ostergaard (February 5, 1855 – October 9, 1931) was a Danish-American Lutheran pastor, educator, author and hymnwriter.
[1] [2] Kristian Ostergaard was born at Østergård in the Hjerm parish of Viborg County, now Struer Municipality, Region Midtjylland, Denmark.
[4] In 1885, he returned to Denmark, where he founded a Folk high school in Støvring (now Rebild municipality in Region Nordjylland).
Ostergaard's novels also reflected a debate in Danish society involving the influences of N. F. S. Grundtvig and George Brandes.
Translated into English by Jens Christian Aaberg (1877-1970) as That Cause Can Never Be Lost Nor Stayed, it was published in Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark during 1945.