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Who Wrote "How Great Thou Art"?
Answer: Carl G. Boberg and R.J. Hughes
Lyrics
Verse 1
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe
displayed.
(Chorus)
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou
art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou
art!
Verse 2
And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my
sin.
(Chorus )
Verse 3.
When Christ shall come, with shout of
acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great
Thou art!"
(Chorus)
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How Great Thou Art - Hymn History
Although this beautiful hymn is often associated with the
crusades of Billy Graham, it originated
in nineteenth-century
Europe.
In 1886, Swedish pastor Carl Boberg was caught in a sudden
thunderstorm while visiting a beautiful country estate. As the storm
passed, giving way to the sweet
sunlight, Boberg composed the nine original stanzas of this hymn.
In time the hymn was translated into German and Russian. It was noticed by
a British missionary who
was serving in the
Ukraine.
That missionary, Stuart K. Hine, often sang the song with his wife as
they ministered there. Later they translated three stanzas into English
from the Russian and Hine
himself added a fourth... and the rest is Christian Music History...
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