உம் கிருபை தயவும் மகா பெரிது

உம் கிருபை தயவும் மகா பெரிது (Um kirupai tayavum makā peritu)

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm; Translator: John Barathi
Tune: FAITHFULNESS (Runyan)
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Author: Thomas O. Chisholm

Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much as Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)… Go to person page >

Translator: John Barathi

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Text Information

First Line: உம் கிருபை தயவும் மகா பெரிது (Um kirupai tayavum makā peritu)
Title: உம் கிருபை தயவும் மகா பெரிது
English Title: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm
Translator: John Barathi
Language: Tamil
Refrain First Line: மகா பெரியது, உம் கிருபை தயவும்,
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

FAITHFULNESS (Runyan)

William Marion Runyan (b. Marion, NY, 1870; d. Pittsburg, KS, 1957) composed FAITHFULNESS for Chisholm's text in Baldwin, Kansas, in 1923. Twenty years later Runyan wrote: Mr. Chisholm and I were devoted co-workers, and I wrote harmonies to some 20 or 25 of his poems. This particular poem held such…

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