Song How Great Thou Art

Then sings my soul my saviour god to thee how great thou art how great thou art.

Song how great thou art. How great thou art. The story behind how great thou art. An english missionary named stuart hine was responsible for this while he was working in ukraine and heard a congregation sing the song in russian. It was translated into english from the russian by english missionary stuart k.

As late as 1954 how great thou art remained all but unknown in the u s but with mana music s backing the song eventually landed in the hands of george beverly shea famed soloist in. And when i think that god his son not sparing. Sent him to die i scarce can take it in. How great thou art lyrics.

That on the cross my burden gladly bearing he bled and died to take away my sin. However how great thou art did not gain worldwide popularity until it was performed by george beverly shea on a billy. When i look down from lofty mountain grandeur. Hine who also added two original verses of his own.

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Authoritative information about the hymn text how great thou art with lyrics midi files audio recordings printable scores piano resources and products for worship planners. Hine was a bristish methodist missionary on a mission trip in ukraine in 1931 when he heard the russian translation of a german song inspired by carl boberg s poem o store gud o great god. How great thou art is a christian hymn based on a swedish traditional melody and a poem written by carl boberg 1859 1940 in mönsterås sweden in 1885. The hymn became translated to german then russian and then into english.

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