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| Short Name: | Joseph Renville |
| Full Name: | Renville, Joseph, 1779-1846 |
| Birth Year: | 1779 |
| Death Year: | 1846 |
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
Texts by Joseph Renville (7) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Spirit God, the things which are yours | Joseph R. Renville (Author) | English | 2 |
| Many and great, O God, are your works | Joseph R. Renville, 1779-1846 (Paraphraser) | English | 30 |
| Muchas y grandes tus obras, Dios | Joseph R. Renville (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
| Muchas y grandes uts obras, Dios (Antiphonal response) | Joseph Renville (Author (antiphon)) | Spanish | 3 |
| Wakantanka ohinniyan | Joseph Renville (Author) | 2 | |
| Wakantanka taku nitawa | Joseph Renville (Author) | Dakota | 2 |
| When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers | Joseph R. Renville (Author (refrain)) | English | 1 |
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