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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

Dale A. Witte

Composer (tone) of "[O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth]" in Christian Worship
Dale A. Witte

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