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[Great are Thy mercies, Heavenly Father]

Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bliss Wiant Tune Sources: Chinese melody Incipit: 35566 13561 11232 Used With Text: Great Are Thy Mercies

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Great Are Your Mercies, Heavenly Father

Author: Tzu-chen Chao; Frank W. Price Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Praise and Adoration The Goodness and Providence of God; God Gifts of God; Responses to God Praise and Worship; The Christian Life Faith and Trust Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34 Used With Tune: SONG OF THE HOE Text Sources: Chinese
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Tian shang de fu qin da ci bei (Great are your mercies)

Author: Chao Tzu-chén, 1888-1979; Frank W. Price Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Tian shang de fu qin da ci bei ya (Great are your mercies, heavenly Father) Topics: God the Creator Used With Tune: [Tian shang de fu qin da ci bei ya]

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Great are Thy mercies, Heavenly Father

Author: T. C. Chao; Frank W. Price Hymnal: Chinese Christian Hymns #23 (1953) Languages: English Tune Title: SONG OF THE HOE

Great Are Your Mercies, Heavenly Father

Author: Tzu-chen Chao; Frank W. Price Hymnal: Hymns from the Four Winds #7 (1983) Topics: Praise and Adoration The Goodness and Providence of God; God Gifts of God; Responses to God Praise and Worship; The Christian Life Faith and Trust Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34 Languages: English Tune Title: SONG OF THE HOE

Great Are Your Mercies

Author: Tzu-chen Chao, 1888-1979; Frank W. Price, 1895-1974 Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #566 (1998) Meter: 9.9.6.5.7.3 First Line: Great are your mercies, heavenly Father Topics: Discipleship; Trust Scripture: Psalm 103 Languages: English Tune Title: SONG OF THE HOE

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Bliss Wiant

1895 - 1975 Translator of "Great Are Thy Mercies" in Hymns for Primary Worship Bliss Wiant (1895-1975) was educated at Wittenberg College and Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A. 1920), Boston University (M.A. 1936), and Peabody College (Ph.D. 1946). He also studied at Harvard University and Union Theological Seminary, New York City After ordination (1923), Wiant became head of the music department at Yenching University, Peking (1923-1951). He was pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Delaware, Ohio (1953-1955), then minister of music at Mahoning Methodist Church, Youngstown, Ohio. After serving with the Methodist Board of Education, he became director of music at Scarritt College. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993 =============================== Letter from Mildred Bliss to Mary Louise VanDyke (8 January 1987) outlining activity in the 1960s and 1970s is available in the DNAH Archives.

Lujia Xu

b. 1931 Arranger of "CHU-TOU-GE" in Sound the Bamboo

T. C. Chao

Author of "Great are Thy mercies, Heavenly Father" in Chinese Christian Hymns
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