1779 - 1846 Person Name: Joseph R. Renville 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 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