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"How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on an original Swedish hymn entitled "O Store Gud" written in 1885 by Carl Boberg (1859–1940). The English version of the hymn and its title are a loose translation by the English missionary Stuart K. Hine from 1949.
Of his works, "O store Gud" ('O Great God'), upon which "How Great Thou Art" is based, the best known. The song is a natural romantic description of God's creation, which in each chorus ends with the songwriter wanting to cry out that God is great. It was written after Boberg experienced a thunderstorm at the Kalmar Strait. [4]
The RIAA certification for How Great Thou Art was updated to platinum on March 27, 1992. [39] In 2008, Sony Music released a remastered version of How Great Thou Art that included three bonus tracks. [43] In 2010, the Presley collector label Follow That Dream released a version that also contained all the outtakes from the recording sessions. [44]
The lyrics to the hymn are as follows: [1] [2] [3] "Jacob's Dream", artwork on the campus of Abilene Christian University. Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song shall be nearer, my God, to Thee, Chorus: Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! Though like the wanderer, the sun gone ...
Thou art good and doest good continually. I thank thee that thou has taken such Care of me this Night, and that I am alive and well this Morning. Save me, O God, from Evil, all this Day long, and let me love and serve thee forever, for the Sake of Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen.
Jesus has made multiple comments about his crucifixion multiple times before His execution happened; He told His disciples "21 [9] From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that He must be killed and ...
“as a father of 2, and a veteran, i was caught by surprise by the dialogue about life, meaning, and purpose, and this song playing,” another person wrote in the comments. “have not cried in ...
Satan accuses me in vain, and I am own'd a child. 5 Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, my Prophet, Priest, and King, my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring. 6 Weak is the effort of my heart, and cold my warmest thought; but when I see Thee as Thou art, I'll praise Thee as I ought, 7 Till then I would Thy love proclaim