Mil Gracias por Tu Orden

Author: Ernest K. Emurian

Born: February 20, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: January 23, 2004, Alexandria, Virginia. Buried: Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Son of an Armenian immigrant pastor, Emurian attended Davidson College, North Carolina (BA); Union Theological Seminary, Virginia (BD); and Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey (ThM). Randolph-Macon College of Virginia also conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on him in 1971. Emurian served as pastor of the Cherrydale United Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia, for 19 years, until retiring in 1981. He wrote some 19 books and 60 hymns, as well as hymn tunes, anthems, and popular songs. His works include: Hymn Festivals Hymn Stories for Programs The… Go to person page >

Translator: Daniel Díaz R.

Pseudonym See also : Robleto, Adolfo Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Mil gracias por tu orden
Title: Mil Gracias por Tu Orden
Author: Ernest K. Emurian (1968)
Translator: Daniel Díaz R. (1977)
Language: Spanish
Copyright: Letra © Copyright 1968 Ernest K. Emurian

Tune

LANCASHIRE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed the tune in 1835 for use at a missions festival at Blackburn, Lancashire, England. For that festival, which celebrated the three-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation in England, the tune was set to Reginald Heber's (PHH 249) “From Greenland's Icy Mountains.”…

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