Tu Reino, Oh Dios, Ha Menester

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Tu reino, oh Dios, ha menester

Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer; Translator: George Paul Simmonds
Tune: MANOAH (Greatorex)
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Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer

Presbyterian minister and hymnographer Calvin Weiss Laufer was born today in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania in 1874. Following his graduation from Union Seminary in 1900 he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry and led congregations in New York and New Jersey for several years. Laufer had a generally cheerful outlook on his Christian life, and his first two books, Key-Notes of Optimism (1911) and The Incomparable Christ (1914) expressed that viewpoint. A review of the first book spoke of the "crisp and stirring note in these sermonettes which is well calculated to rouse the mind of readers and banish dejection." His books were popular in their time but today are seen as somewhat superficial. He later began to work with the Presbyt… Go to person page >

Translator: George Paul Simmonds

Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon Go to person page >

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First Line:	Tu reino, oh Dios, ha menester
Title:	Tu Reino, Oh Dios, Ha Menester
English Title:	Thy Work, O God, Needs Many Hands
Author:	Calvin Weiss Laufer
Translator:	George Paul Simmonds
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	Public Domain; Spanish translation © Copyright 1964. The Rodeheaver Co., Owner. Usado con permiso.

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MANOAH (Greatorex)

MANOAH was first published in Henry W. Greatorex's Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1851). This anthology (later editions had alternate titles) contained one of the best tune collections of its era and included thirty-seven original compositions and arrangements by compiler Greatorex as well as m…

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