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Many and Great, O God

Author: Joseph R. Renville; Philip Frazier Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers Refrain First Line: Many and great, O God, are your works Topics: Advent; Ascension; Children; Christmas Season; Circumcision of Jesus; Creation; Enemies; Family; God as Son of Man; Gospel; Holy Trinity; Morning; Name of Jesus; Nature; Providence; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (You shall not misuse the name); Trinity; Worship Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: [Many and great, O God, are your works]
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[Many and great, O God, are your works]

Appears in 54 hymnals Tune Sources: Refrain tune: traditional Dakota Tune Key: b minor or modal Incipit: 11156 55434 42121 Used With Text: Many and Great, O God
[Many and great, O God, are your works]

[O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Kurt J. Eggert; Dale A. Witte Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13455 17657 65451 Used With Text: O LORD, Our Lord
[O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth]

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O LORD, Our Lord

Hymnal: Christian Worship #8A (2021) First Line: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers Refrain First Line: O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth Topics: Advent; Ascension; Children; Christmas Season; Circumcision of Jesus; Creation; Enemies; Family; God as Son of Man; Gospel; Holy Trinity; Morning; Name of Jesus; Nature; Providence; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (You shall not misuse the name); Trinity; Worship Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth]
O LORD, Our Lord

Many and Great, O God

Author: Joseph R. Renville; Philip Frazier Hymnal: Christian Worship #8C (2021) First Line: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers Refrain First Line: Many and great, O God, are your works Topics: Advent; Ascension; Children; Christmas Season; Circumcision of Jesus; Creation; Enemies; Family; God as Son of Man; Gospel; Holy Trinity; Morning; Name of Jesus; Nature; Providence; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (You shall not misuse the name); Trinity; Worship Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [Many and great, O God, are your works]
Many and Great, O God

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Joseph Renville

1779 - 1846 Person Name: Joseph R. Renville Author (refrain) of "Many and Great, O God" in Christian Worship Joseph R. Renville’s mother was Dakota and his father, French. An explorer, fur trader, and Congregational minister, Renville helped found the Lac qui Parle Mission in Minnesota in 1835. This song, which is also known as the “Dakota Hymn,” was sung by thirty-eight Dakota prisoners of war as they were led to execution at Mankato, Mennesota, on December 26, 1862. This song was first published in the Dakota Indian Hymnal (1916). Sing! A New Creation
Joseph Renville

Kurt John Eggert

1923 - 1993 Person Name: Kurt J. Eggert Composer (refrain) of "[O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth]" in Christian Worship A Lutheran music scholar
Kurt John Eggert

Philip Frazier

1892 - 1964 Paraphraser (refrain) of "Many and Great, O God" in Christian Worship A full blood­ed Sioux, Fra­zier was born in a te­pee, com­ing from a line of mis­sion­ar­ies. His grand­fa­ther was Ar­te­mas Eh­na­ma­ni, a San­tee Da­ko­ta who was con­vert­ed to Chris­ti­an­ity by mis­sion­ar­ies while in pri­son af­ter the U.S.-Da­ko­ta con­flict of 1862. Eh­na­ma­ni be­came pas­tor of the larg­est Da­ko­ta church, Pil­grim Pres­by­ter­ian. Philip at­tend­ed the San­tee In­di­an School, Yank­ton Col­lege Aca­de­my, the North­field Mount Her­mon School in Mas­sa­chu­setts, and Dart­mouth College (leaving the lat­ter to join the army). He re­ceived de­grees from Ob­er­lin Col­lege (1922), Chi­ca­go Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (BDiv 1925), and Dart­mouth College, Ha­no­ver, New Hamp­shire (DD 1964). Ordained in 1926, he min­is­tered among the Sioux, and at the end of his life, was su­per­vis­or of the Sioux In­di­an Mis­sion of Stand­ing Rock Re­ser­va­tion, North Da­ko­ta. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)
Philip Frazier

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