Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord ; and there is none else.
“How Great Thou Art” was a poem inspired by a thunderstorm. Author and editor, Carl Boberg was a member of the Swedish Parliament from 1912 to 1931.
The poem was later set to a Swedish folk tune. In 1907 Manfred von Glehn translated it into German, and five years later a Russian pastor, Ivan Prokhanoff, made a Russian adaptation.
In the early 1920s Stuart K. Hine, a missionary in Poland, learned the Russian version, wrote original English lyrics, and made his own arrangement of the Swedish melody.
J. Edwin Orr introduced Hine’s translation of “How Great Thou Art” to audiences in the United States.
A short time later, in 1957, it began its orbit around the world by way of the Billy Graham New York City Crusade where it was sung 99 times.
How Great Thou Art
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“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!
“When through the woods, and forest glades I wander, — And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees. — When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur — And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.
“And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing; — Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in; — That on a Cross, my burdens gladly bearing, — He bled and died to take away my sin.
“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!"
Carl Boberg
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