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About a hymn this coming Sunday;  Many and Great, O God, Are Thy Works.  Author Info; Joseph R. Renville, 1842; trans. Philip Frazier, 1929, alt.

Informational Notes:   First came the evocative Dakota chant, bearing a French name (“the lake that speaks”) for the site of a Native American mission in western Minnesota.That was where the original seven-stanza text based on Jeremiah 10:12–13 was written in the Dakota language to fit the tune. Note:  Fort King Presbyterian Church holds in good standing…

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From our research team;  April 23, 1997; Elizabeth N “Tootsie” (Cooper) Yelvington, a beloved member (#949) of the Fort King Presbyterian Church in Ocala, FL was called to heaven. Today, she is added to our “Virtual Cemetery” (a work in progress).

findagrave link Elizabeth N. “Tootsie” (Cooper)  Yelvington​BIRTH — 16 Oct 1917Monroe County, ArkansasDEATH  23 Apr 1997 (aged 79)Ocala, Marion County, FloridaBURIAL  Crittenden Memorial ParkCrittenden County, ArkansasMEMORIAL ID — 9717884