Publications
The magazine Hidden Treasures, the books and the songbooks we publish, with their editions and translations. All titles listed here can be read in the literature portal.
How this catalogue is organised
Under its statutes, the foundation’s purpose is to promote the teaching that Johan O. Smith stood for, primarily as expressed in his articles in the magazine and in his letters. His writings are therefore at the centre of our catalogue. Alongside them we publish the authors who carried the work forward, biographies of these authors, and a small number of classic Christian texts.
To keep things clear, we distinguish between:
- Works: a text by one author, listed under its original Norwegian title.
- Volumes: the separate books of a work published in several parts.
- Year: the year of the Norwegian edition available in the portal. For older works this is usually the year of first publication.
- Translations: editions of the same work in other languages, listed next to the original.
Hidden Treasures magazine
1912–
Hidden Treasures magazine
Published continuously since January 1912. Every issue is in the literature portal.
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Editions in other languages
20 other languages
Books
28 titles in Norwegian, of which 19 are also available in English. Grouped by author, in order of publication.
Johan O. Smith (1871–1943)
Founder and editor of the magazine, 1912–1943. His collected writings bring together his articles and letters; the three Bible commentaries were published separately.
Johan O. Smiths samlede skrifter
Efeserbrevet
Ruts bok – med henblikk på det indre liv
Hebreerbrevet utarbeidet av Johan O. Smith
Stykker og referater i fornyet utgave fra Skjulte Skatter
Aksel Smith (1881–1919)
Co-founder of the magazine with his brother Johan.
Vill i troen The publisher’s first book of its own
Fire trinn i den troendes utvikling
Elias Aslaksen (1888–1976)
Johan O. Smith’s closest co-worker from 1919; he wrote in almost every issue of the magazine for over fifty years.
Jeg er korsfestet med Kristus
Kristus åpenbaret i kjød
Hvile i Gud
Elias Aslaksens siste taler
Sigurd Bratlie (1905–1996)
Evangelist and writer; a regular contributor to the magazine from the 1930s.
Nåden i Jesus Kristus
Bruden og skjøgen
Den nye pakt og lovløshetens hemmelighet
Så stor en frelse
Guds evangelium
Kåre J. Smith (born 1944)
Chief editor of the magazine since 1998.
Hyrde og profet
Biographies, by Kjell Arne Bratli (born 1948)
Biographies of the authors who shaped the magazine. Available as e-books in Norwegian.
Classic Christian writers
From its first year, the publisher has also published texts by Christian writers from other times and places.
Bønnen
Songbooks
Our songbooks bring together songs by writers from many countries. Some were written in Norwegian, others in another language and then translated. Each songbook is published in a Norwegian edition and in several other languages; its English edition is listed next to it below.
Herrens Veier
Mandelblomsten
“So may the singers, the music makers, / And they who minister God’s holy Word / Grow up as pillars in God’s assembly, / That we become just as our precious Lord.”
— Johan Oscar Smith, song no. 101 in Herrens Veier, quoted in the preface written by Kåre J. Smith (2007).
“We are children only once in life. Childhood never comes again. What you do as a child will stay in your memory as long as you live. (…) Be good in your home. Leave yourself good memories.”
— Quote of Johan O. Smith, written in the preface of Mandelblomsten. Almond Blossom 1939
Translations
Translations are provided on a voluntary basis, and the availability of content in other languages may vary depending on capacity. Most of our content is available in more than 20 languages in addition to Norwegian: