The Wonder Working Name

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There is a sacred name, a blessed hallowed name

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [There is a sacred name, a blessed hallowed name]
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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line:	There is a sacred name, a blessed hallowed name
Title:	The Wonder Working Name
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Refrain First Line:	Jesus is the name we love the best