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Christian hymn

How Corking Thou Fine art
Key	A Major
Genre	Hymn
Written	1885
Text	Carl Boberg
Linguistic communication	Swedish
Based on	Psalm eight
Meter	eleven.10.11.10 with refrain
Melody	How Great 1000 Art
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"How Great M Fine art" is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional tune and a poem written by Carl Boberg (1859–1940) in Mönsterås, Sweden, in 1885. It was translated into German language and then into Russian; it was translated into English from the Russian by English missionary Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own. The hymn was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during the Billy Graham crusades.^[1] It was voted the British public'southward favourite hymn by BBC'southward Songs of Praise. ^[two] "How Nifty Thou Art" was ranked second (after "Astonishing Grace") on a listing of the favourite hymns of all time in a survey by Christianity Today magazine in 2001.^[3]

Origin [edit]

Boberg wrote the poem "O Store Gud" (O Neat God) in 1885 with nine verses.^[4]

Inspiration [edit]

The inspiration for the verse form came when Boberg was walking home from church building near Kronobäck, Sweden, and listening to church bells. A sudden storm got Boberg's attention, and so just every bit suddenly every bit it had made its appearance, it subsided to a peaceful calm which Boberg observed over Mönsterås Bay.^[five] Co-ordinate to J. Irving Erickson:

Carl Boberg and some friends were returning home to Mönsterås from Kronobäck, where they had participated in an afternoon service. Soon a thundercloud appeared on the horizon, and soon lightning flashed across the heaven. Strong winds swept over the meadows and billowing fields of grain. The thunder pealed in loud claps. Then rain came in cool fresh showers. In a footling while the storm was over, and a rainbow appeared. When Boberg arrived home, he opened the window and saw the bay of Mönsterås like a mirror before him… From the woods on the other side of the bay, he heard the song of a thrush… the church bells were tolling in the quiet evening. It was this series of sights, sounds, and experiences that inspired the writing of the vocal.^[6]

According to Boberg'due south great-nephew, Bud Boberg, "My dad'south story of its origin was that information technology was a paraphrase of Psalm eight and was used in the 'underground church' in Sweden in the late 1800s when the Baptists and Mission Friends were persecuted."^[7] The author, Carl Boberg himself gave the following information almost the inspiration backside his poem:

It was that time of twelvemonth when everything seemed to exist in its richest colouring; the birds were singing in trees and everywhere. Information technology was very warm; a thunderstorm appeared on the horizon and soon there was thunder and lightning. Nosotros had to hurry to shelter. But the storm was soon over and the articulate sky appeared. When I came home I opened my window toward the sea. In that location evidently had been a funeral and the bells were playing the tune of "When eternity'southward clock calls my saved soul to its Sabbath remainder". That evening, I wrote the song, "O Store Gud".^[seven]

Publication and music [edit]

Boberg beginning published "O Shop Gud" in the Mönsterås Tidningen (Mönsterås News) on 13 March 1886 .^[7]

The poem became matched to an former Swedish folk melody and sung in public for the first-known occasion in a church building in the Swedish province of Värmland in 1888.^[viii] Eight verses appeared with the music in the 1890 Sions Harpan.^[seven]

In 1890 Boberg became the editor of Sanningsvittnet (The Witness for the Truth). The words and music were published for the first time in the 16 Apr 1891 edition of Sanningsvittnet. Instrumentation for both pianoforte and guitar was provided by Adolph Edgren (born 1858; died 1921 in Washington, D.C.), a music teacher and organist, who later migrated to the United States.^[ix]

Boberg afterward sold the rights to the Svenska Missionsförbundet (Mission Covenant Church of Sweden). In 1891 all ix verses were published in the 1891 Covenant songbook, Sanningsvittnet.^[7] These versions were all in 3/4 time. In 1894 the Svenska Missionsförbundet sångbok ^{[10] [ better source needed ]} published "O Store Gud" in 4/4 fourth dimension as information technology has been sung ever since).^[9]

In 1914, the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America published four verses of O store Gud! in their hymnal, De Ungas Sångbok: utgiven för Söndagsskolan Ungdomsmötet och hemmet. ^[11] The Swedish version that appeared in this edition was:

1914 Swedish-American version	Literal English translation
Stanza 1: O store Gud, när jag den verld beskådar Som du har skapat med ditt allmaktsord, Hur der din visdom leder lifvets trådar, Och alla väsen mättas vid ditt bord: Refrain: Då brister själen ut i lofsångsljud: O store Gud, O store Gud! Då brister själen ut i lofsångsljud: O shop Gud, O shop Gud!	Stanza i: O corking God, when I look at that globe As you have created with your give-and-take of omnipotence, How your wisdom guides the threads of life, And all beings are saturated at your table: Refrain: Then the soul bursts forth into praise: O bang-up God, O slap-up God! Then the soul bursts along into praise: O great God, O great God!
Stanza 2: När jag betraktar himlens höga under, Der gyllne verldsskepp plöja etern blå, Och sol och måne mäta tidens stunder Och vexla om, som tvänne klockor gå: Refrain	Stanza two: When I consider the high wonders of heaven, There golden world ships plow the ether blue, And sunday and moon mensurate the moments of time And switch, as ii bells go: Refrain
Stanza 3: När jag hör åskans röst i stormen brusa Och blixtens klingor springa fram ur skyn, När regnets kalla, friska vindar susa Och löftets båge glänser för min syn: Refrain	Stanza 3: When I hear the vocalization of thunder in the storm roaring And the blades of lightning run out of the heaven, When the cold, fresh winds of the pelting whistle And the bow of the promise shines for my sight: Refrain
Stanza iv: När sommarvinden susar över fälten, När blommor dofta omkring källans strand, När trastar drilla i de gröna tälten Ur furuskogens tysta, dunkla rand: Refrain	Stanza 4: When the summer wind blows over the fields, When flowers smell effectually the source embankment, When thrushes tease in the green tents From the quiet, dark stripe of the pino forest: Refrain

English translations [edit]

Due east. Gustav Johnson (1925) [edit]

The first literal English translation of O store Gud was written by Eastward. Gustav Johnson (1893–1974),^[12] then a professor of North Park College, Illinois. His translation of verses 1, two, and 7-9 was published in the Us in the Covenant Hymnal as "O Mighty God" in 1925.^{[9] [13] [xiv]}

The beginning iii Covenant hymnals in English used Johnson'southward translation, with The Covenant Hymnal (1973) including all nine verses of Boberg'south original poem. There was a want to replace Johnson'due south version with the more pop version of British missionary Stuart K. Hine'due south "How Great Thou Art". Wiberg explains:

Given the popularity of Stuart Hine'due south translation of How Slap-up Thou Art in the late 60s and early 70s, the Hymnal Commission struggled with whether to go with the more popular version or retain E. Gustav Johnson's translation. Withal, economics settled the result inasmuch every bit nosotros were unable to pay the exorbitant cost requested by the publishing house that owned the copyright despite the fact that the original belonged to the Covenant.^[14]

The version that appeared in the 1973 edition of The Covenant Hymnbook was:

O mighty God, when I behold the wonder
Of nature'southward beauty, wrought by words of thine,
And how yard leadest all from realms up yonder,
Sustaining earthly life with dearest benign,

Refrain:
With rapture filled, my soul thy name would laud,
O mighty God! O mighty God! (repeat)

When I behold the heavens in their vastness,
Where golden ships in azure issue forth,
Where sunday and moon go on watch upon the fastness
Of changing seasons and of fourth dimension on earth.

When crushed by guilt of sin before thee kneeling,
I plead for mercy and for grace and peace,
I feel thy balm and, all my bruises healing,
My soul is filled, my heart is fix at ease.

And when at last the mists of time accept vanished
And I in truth my religion confirmed shall see,
Upon the shores where earthly ills are banished
I'll enter Lord, to dwell in peace with thee.^{[15] [14]}

In 1996 Johnson's translation was replaced in The Covenant Hymnal—A Worshipbook considering "E Gustav Johnson's version, while closer to the original, uses a more archaic language."^[fourteen] Nonetheless, according to Glen V. Wiberg:

While there was sympathy on the commission for retaining this older version, a compromise led to preserving information technology in printed form on the opposite page of How Great Thou Art, hymn 8. The new version with fresher language and some hit metaphors seems uneven and incomplete.^[xiv]

Stuart Chiliad. Hine (1949 version) [edit]

British Methodist missionary Stuart Wesley Keene Hine (25 July 1899 – fourteen March 1989)^{[16] [17] [18]} was defended to Jesus Christ in the Salvation Regular army by his parents. Hine was led to Christ past Madame Annie Ryall on 22 February 1914, and was baptised soon thereafter. Hine was influenced greatly by the teachings of British Baptist evangelist Charles Spurgeon.^[sixteen]

Hine commencement heard the Russian translation of the German version of the vocal while on an evangelistic mission to the Carpathian Mountains, then of the Soviet'due south Ukrainian SSR, in 1931.^[sixteen] Upon hearing it, Hine was inspired to create his English paraphrase known equally "How Keen Thou Fine art".^[xiv] According to Michael Ireland, "Hine and his wife, Mercy, learned the Russian translation, and started using it in their evangelistic services. Hine too started re-writing some of the verses --- and writing new verses (all in Russian) --- as events inspired him."^{[seven] [16]}

Verse three [edit]

One of the verses Hine added was the current third poetry:

And when I call back that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I deficient can accept it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to accept away my sin.

Michael Ireland explains the origin of this original verse written by Hine:

It was typical of the Hines to inquire if at that place were whatsoever Christians in the villages they visited. In one case, they constitute out that the only Christians that their host knew near were a man named Dmitri and his married woman Lyudmila. Dmitri'south wife knew how to read -- evidently a fairly rare thing at that time and in that place. She taught herself how to read because a Russian soldier had left a Bible behind several years earlier, and she started slowly learning past reading that Bible. When the Hines arrived in the village and approached Dmitri's house, they heard a strange and wonderful sound: Dmitri's wife was reading from the gospel of John nearly the crucifixion of Christ to a houseful of guests, and those visitors were in the very deed of repenting. In Ukraine (as I know first hand!), this act of repenting is done very much out loud. And so the Hines heard people calling out to God, saying how unbelievable it was that Christ would die for their own sins, and praising Him for His dear and mercy. They just couldn't barge in and disrupt this obvious work of the Holy Spirit, so they stayed outside and listened. Stuart wrote down the phrases he heard the Repenters use, and (even though this was all in Russian), it became the tertiary verse that we know today: "And when I think that God, His Son not sparing, Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in."^[seven]

The Hines had to leave Ukraine during the Holodomor or Famine Genocide perpetrated on Ukraine by Joseph Stalin during the winter of 1932–33, and they also left Eastern Europe at the outbreak of the 2d Globe War in 1939, returning to Britain, where they settled in Somerset.^{[7] [19]} Hine continued his evangelistic ministry building in Britain working among the displaced Polish refugee community.^[9]

Poetry 4 [edit]

The fourth poetry was another innovation of Stuart Hine, which was added subsequently the Second Earth State of war. His concern for the exiled Polish community in Uk, who were broken-hearted to return home, provided function of the inspiration for Hine's final verse.^[9] Hine and David Griffiths visited a camp in Sussex, England, in 1948 where displaced Russians were being held, just where merely two were professing Christians.^[xvi] The testimony of 1 of these refugees and his anticipation of the second coming of Christ inspired Hine to write the fourth stanza of his English language version of the hymn.^[16] According to Ireland:

One man to whom they were ministering told them an amazing story: he had been separated from his wife at the very end of the war, and had not seen her since. At the time they were separated, his married woman was a Christian, merely he was not, but he had since been converted. His deep want was to find his wife and then they could at terminal share their faith together. But he told the Hines that he did not think he would ever see his married woman on earth once again. Instead he was longing for the solar day when they would meet in sky, and could share in the Life Eternal there. These words once more inspired Hine, and they became the ground for his quaternary and final verse to 'How Great Thousand Art': "When Christ shall come with shout of acclaim to have me habitation, what joy shall make full my heart. And then we shall bow in apprehensive adoration and there proclaim, My God How Great Chiliad Art!"^[vii]

Optional verses past Hine [edit]

In Hine's book, Not You lot, merely God: A Testimony to God's Faithfulness,^[20] Hine presents two additional, optional verses that he copyrighted in 1953 every bit a translation of the Russian version,^[xvi] that are generally omitted from hymnals published in the United States:

O when I meet ungrateful human being defiling
This bounteous earth, God's gifts so expert and neat;
In foolish pride, God'due south holy Proper name reviling,
And even so, in grace, His wrath and judgment wait.

When burdens press, and seem beyond endurance,
Bowed down with grief, to Him I lift my face up;
And then in honey He brings me sweet assurance:
'My child! for thee sufficient is my grace'.

Subsequent history [edit]

In 1948 Hine finished composing the final verse. Hine finalised his English translation in 1949,^[21] and published the final 4 poetry version in his own Russian gospel magazine Grace and Peace that aforementioned year.^[9] As Grace and Peace was circulated amid refugees in fifteen countries around the world, including North and Southward America, Hine's version of O store Gud (How Cracking Grand Art) became pop in each country that it reached. British missionaries began to spread the song around the globe to former British colonies in Africa and Bharat in approximately its electric current English language version.

According to Hine, James Caldwell, a missionary from Central Africa, introduced Hine'south version to the United States when he sang it at a Bible conference of the Stony Brook Assembly in Stony Beck, New York, on Long Island in the summer of 1951.^[ix]

Hine published hymns and evangelical literature in various languages,^[19] including Eastern Melodies & Hymns of other Lands (1956)^[22] and The Story of "How Corking Thou fine art": How it came to be written ... With complete album of hymns of other lands ... Russian melodies, Eastern melodies, etc (1958).^[23] Hine died on fourteen March 1989. His memorial service was held at the Gospel Hall on Martello Road, Walton-on-Naze, Essex, England, on 23 March 1989.^[16]

Manna Music version (1955) [edit]

A program note from a Gustavus Adolphus Higher, Minnesota, concert tells listeners that J. Edwin Orr (fifteen January 1912 – 22 April 1987) of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California discovered the song being sung in a pocket-sized village near Deolali, India by a choir of the Naga tribe from Assam near Burma. The tribesmen had arranged the harmony themselves, and a Mennonite missionary had transcribed it.^[ix]

Orr was so impressed with the vocal that he introduced it at the Forest Home Christian Conference Middle in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California founded in 1938 by Henrietta Mears (23 October 1890 – xix March 1963) in the summer of 1954. Mears' publishing company, Gospel Light Printing, published Hine's version of the vocal in 1954.^[vii] Notwithstanding, co-ordinate to Manna Music's website,

Dr. Orr'due south theme for the week of the conference was "Think not what smashing things y'all can do for God, but think first of any you can exercise for a great God." And so he introduced the song at the commencement of the conference and it was sung each 24-hour interval. Attending the Forest Dwelling college-age conference were Hal Spencer and his sister, Loretta, son and daughter of Tim Spencer, who was a songwriter and publisher of Christian music. Hal and Loretta borrowed the song sheet from Dr. Orr and brought it home and gave information technology to their begetter.^[24]

Their begetter was Vernon 'Tim' Spencer (13 July 1908 – 26 April 1974),^{[25] [26]} a converted cowboy, and former member of The Sons of the Pioneers, who had founded the newly established Manna Music of Burbank, California in 1955.^{[9] [27]} Spencer negotiated with Hine for the buy of the song.^{[9] [28]}

The Manna Music editors inverse "works" and "mighty" in Hine'south original translation to "worlds" and "rolling" respectively. According to Manna Music, "Shortly it is considered, and has been for several years, to exist the most popular Gospel song in the world."^[28]

The first time "How Neat 1000 Fine art" was sung in the United States was at the aforementioned Forest Abode conference in 1954, led by Dr. Orr. In honor of this consequence, Forest Home had the words to the song carved on a polished Redwood plaque. This plaque hangs on the wall of Hormel Hall at Forest Abode to this day, enabling people to sing it at any fourth dimension, to help in learning the song, and to enhance hearts to the Lord in impassioned praise.

The start major American recording of "How Nifty Chiliad Art" was by Bill Carle^[24] in a 1958 Sacred Records album of the same name (LP 9018).^[29] He reprised the song on his "Who Hath Measured the Waters In the Hollow of His Paw" album (Sacred Records LP 9041) later that yr.^[29]

Billy Graham Evangelistic Crusades [edit]

The Manna Music version of the song was popularised as the "signature song" of the 1950s Billy Graham Crusades.^[30] It was popularized by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during Baton Graham crusades.^[1] Co-ordinate to Republic of ireland:

Every bit the story goes, when the Billy Graham team went to London in 1954 for the Harringay Crusade, they were given a pamphlet containing Hine'southward work. "At first they ignored it, but fortunately non for long," said [Bud] Boberg. They worked closely with Hine to fix the vocal for use in their campaigns. They sang it in the 1955 Toronto campaign, but information technology didn't really catch on until they took it to Madison Square Garden in 1957. According to Cliff Barrows (Dr. Graham's longtime associate), they sang it i hundred times during that campaign because the people wouldn't let them stop."^[7]

The pamphlet had been given to Shea by his friend Andrew Gray, who worked with the Pickering and Inglis publishing firm,^[31] on Oxford Street in London in 1954. Barrows, who likewise had been given a re-create, had Paul Mickelson (died 21 October 2001)^[32] suit the song for use in the 1955 Toronto Crusade.^[33] George Beverly Shea's recording of the hymn ranks number 204 on the top recordings of the 20th century according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Evangelist Billy Graham said: "The reason I similar 'How Groovy Thou Art' is because it glorifies God. It turns Christian's eyes toward God, rather than upon themselves. I use information technology equally ofttimes as possible because it is such a God-honoring song."^[24]

Christiansen translation (1956) [edit]

A translation exists by Avis B. Christiansen, retaining the "O Store Gud" melody with an arrangement by Robert J. Hughes. This version, titled "Lord, I Admire Thee", appears in the 1958 hymnal Songs for Worship.^[34]

Bayly translation (1957) [edit]

The hymn was translated in 1957 for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship by Joseph T. Bayly (5 April 1920 – 16 July 1986), and set to the music of Josephine Carradine Dixon. According to Bud Boberg, the grandson of the younger blood brother of the original author of the poem:

"It's a quite literal translation from Boberg, but I suspect that he had the Hine work at hand because he uses the phrase 'how great 1000 art.' Also, the music past Josephine Carradine Dixon is similar to Hine's. He added 2 verses of his own."^[7]

Other translations [edit]

German translation (1907) [edit]

The vocal was first translated from Swedish to High german by a wealthy Baltic German Baptist nobleman, Manfred von Glehn (built-in 1867 in Jelgimaggi, Estonia; died 1924 in Brazil),^{[35] [36]} who had heard the hymn in Estonia, where there was a Swedish-speaking minority. It was commencement published in Blankenburger Lieder.^[9] The song became pop in Germany, where "Wie groß bist Du" is the common championship (the outset line is "Du großer Gott").^[seven]

Russian translation (1912) [edit]

Eventually, the German version reached Russian federation where a Russian version entitled "Velikiy Bog" (Великий Бог - Smashing God)^[37] was produced in 1912 past Ivan S. Prokhanov (1869–1935),^[38] the "Martin Luther of Russia",^[9] and "the about prolific Protestant hymn writer and translator in all of Russia" at that time^[seven] in a Russian-linguistic communication Protestant hymnbook published in St. Petersburg (later on Leningrad), Kymvali (Cymbals).^[ix] An enlarged edition of this hymnbook entitled "Songs of a Christian", including "Velikiy Bog" was released in 1927.^[nine]

Spanish translation (1958) [edit]

The hymn was translated into Castilian past Pastor Arturo W. Hotton, from Argentina, in 1958 by the name of "Cuán grande es Él". He was an Evangelical leader of the Plymouth Brethren denomination. By the 1960s information technology began to be sung past many Evangelical churches in the Castilian-speaking globe.

Erik Routley (1982) [edit]

Eminent British hymnologist Erik Routley (born 31 October 1917; died 1982)^[39] so disliked both the hymn and its melody, he wrote a new text, "O Mighty God" and re-harmonised the Swedish tune in 1982. This was one of his last works before his death. His translation was included as hymn 466 in Rejoice in the Lord: A Hymn Companion to the Scriptures (1985).^{[14] : Wibeg incorrectly refers to Routley as Eric Rowley. [40] [41]}

"O Store Gud" became more than popular in Sweden after the dissemination of "How Slap-up Thou Fine art" in English. Swedish gospel singer Per-Erik Hallin has credited Elvis Presley's rendition of "How Bully M Fine art" equally a major factor in the revival of "O Shop Gud" in Sweden.^{[42] [ ameliorate source needed ]}

In English language the first line is "O Lord, my God"; and the hymn may appear with that heading, especially in British hymnals, where starting time-line citation is the dominant exercise.^[43] English-language hymnals prevailingly point the tune championship as the Swedish starting time line, O STORE GUD.

Māori version [edit]

In New Zealand, the hymn melody is most widely known through a different hymn called Whakaaria Mai. The Māori verses were composed by Canon Wiremu Te Tau Huata, who served as a chaplain during WWII for the 28th (Māori) Battalion and composed many famous waiata. While set up to the music of "How Great Thou Art", and oftentimes combined with the English version of this hymn, the Māori lyrics are instead a loose translation of the hymn "Abide with Me".^[44] The hymn was popularised by Sir Howard Morrison, who sung information technology at the Royal Control Performance in 1981 upon the occasion of the visit of Queen Elizabeth Ii to New Zealand.^[45] When Morrison released it as a single in 1982, Whakaaria Mai spent six months in the New Zealand national charts, including v weeks in the number one position.^[44]

Whakaaria Mai has subsequently become a mainstay of New Zealand pop culture. It has been covered by numerous New Zealand artists, including Prince Tui Teka, Eddie Low, Temuera Morrison and the Modern Māori Quartet, Stan Walker, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, TEEKS and Hollie Smith. Information technology was as well sung by Lizzie Marvelly at the memorial service of New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu.^{[46] [47]} Following the 2019 terrorist assault in Christchurch, John Mayer opened his Auckland show by performing Whakaaria Mai / How Great Thou Art alongside a kapa haka group equally a tribute to Christchurch.^[48] In 2017, Canon Wiremu Te Tau Huata was awarded the Music Composers Award (Historical) at the 10th Almanac Waiata Māori Music Awards, in part due to his composition of Whakaaria Mai.^[49]

Notable performers [edit]

Among notable renditions of "How Great Thou Art" are recordings by James Edward Cleveland (9 Dec 1962) an American gospel singer, musician, and composer known equally the King of Gospel music, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet,^[fifty] Dixie Carter, Tammy Wynette (1969 album Inspiration), Charlie Daniels, Tennessee Ernie Ford (backed by the Jordanaires),^[51] Bulge Ives, Alan Jackson, Billy Preston, Dolly Parton, Martina McBride, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Roy Rogers,^[52] George Beverly Shea, Carrie Underwood and Connie Smith,^[53] whose "inspiring four-minute rendition ... originally appeared on the otherwise secular album Back in Baby's Arms in 1969". Mahalia Jackson performed "How Great Yard Fine art" in Hamburg in 1961.^[54] A rendition by the Statler Brothers, from their album Holy Bible New Testament, peaked at number 39 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1976.^[55] The hymn became the de facto theme of New Zealand entertainer Sir Howard Morrison, who released it as a single sung in both English language and Maori in 1981.^[44] Later on his decease in 2009, a tribute tour under the title "Sir Howard Morrison: How Bully Thou Art" travelled throughout the state.^[56]

There have been over seventeen hundred documented recordings of "How Great Thou Art".^[24] It has been used on major television programs, in major movement pictures, and has been named as the favorite Gospel song of at least three United States' presidents.^[24]

This hymn was the title track of Elvis Presley's second gospel LP How Great Thousand Art (RCA LSP/LPM 3758),^[57] which was released in March 1967.^[58] The song won Presley a Grammy Honor for "Best Sacred Operation" in 1967, and another Grammy in 1974 for "All-time Inspirational Operation (Non-Classical)" for his live performance album Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis (RCA CPL 1 0606; Released: June 1974) recorded on 20 March 1974 at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.^{[59] [threescore] [61]}

Amy Grant recorded it as office of a medley "What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Quondam Rugged Cross/How Great Thou Art" for her 2002 studio album Legacy... Hymns and Faith, and later included information technology on her 2015 compilation album Exist Still and Know... Hymns & Faith.

On iv Apr 2011, Carrie Underwood performed this song on ACM Presents: Girls Night Out show. She sang together with Vince Gill and received a standing ovation. Information technology was televised on CBS on 22 Apr 2011, and shortly later the prove had ended, her version of "How Bully K Art" single reached No. one spot in iTunes Acme Gospel Song and Height 40 in iTunes All-Genre Songs.^[62] It debuted at the No. 2 position on Billboard Christian Digital songs chart and No. 35 on the Country Digital Songs chart.^{[63] [64]} As of December 2014, it has sold 599,000 digital copies in the USA.^[65] Underwood'south version, featuring Gill, is included on her 2014 compilation album, Greatest Hits: Decade No. one.^[66]

In 2016, old Isley Brother Chris Jasper included a soulful version of the song on his album Share With Me. This is also the year when acapella group Dwelling house Complimentary released their own embrace of the song and it is their 7th track on their vacation anthology, Full of (Fifty-fifty More) Cheer.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2017, Pentatonix and Jennifer Hudson covered the song for the deluxe edition of the holiday album A Pentatonix Christmas.^{[ citation needed ]}

In March 2019, multi-Grammy winning creative person John Mayer debuted his world tour by performing a rendition of the hymn in New Zealand only eight days after the deadly shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.^{[ citation needed ]}

Usually used English lyrics [edit]

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hand hath fabricated.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Refrain:
So sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee:
How great Thou art, how not bad 1000 art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee:
How smashing G fine art, how neat Thou fine art!

When through the wood and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle cakewalk:

And when I call up that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my brunt gladly bearing,
He bled and died to have abroad my sin:

When Christ shall come up with shout of acclamation
And take me dwelling, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how smashing Thou fine art!

Other verses [edit]

Boberg'due south entire poem appears (with primitive Swedish spellings). Presented below are two of those verses which announced (more or less loosely) translated^[67] in British hymnbooks, followed in each case by the English.^[68]

När tryckt av synd och skuld jag faller neder,
Vid Herrens fot och ber om nåd och frid.
Och han min själ på rätta vägen leder,
Och frälsar mig från all min synd och strid.

When burdens press, and seem beyond endurance,
Bowed downwards with grief, to Him I lift my face;
And and so in love He brings me sweet assurance:
'My child! for thee sufficient is my grace'.

När jag hör dårar i sin dårskaps dimma
Förneka Gud och håna hvad han sagt,
Men ser likväl, att de hans hjälp förnimma
Och uppehållas af hans nåd och makt.

O when I see ungrateful homo defiling
This bounteous earth, God's gifts so good and great;
In foolish pride, God'southward holy Name reviling,
And nevertheless, in grace, His wrath and judgment wait.

Swedish hymnals oftentimes include the following verse:^[69]

När jag hör åskans röst och stormar brusa
Och blixtens klingor springa fram ur skyn,
När regnets kalla, friska skurar susa
Och löftets båge glänser för min syn.

When I hear the vocalisation of thunder and storms
and see the blades of thunder striking from the sky
when the cold rain and fresh showers whirl
and the arc of promise shines before my optics.

References [edit]

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Further reading [edit]

• Collins, Ace. Stories Behind the Hymns that Inspire America: Songs that Unite Our Nation. (1000 Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003): 89–96.
• Elmer, Richard M. "'How Great Thou Fine art! "The Vicissitudes of a Hymn." The Hymn 9 (Jan 1958):18–twenty. A give-and-take of the two translations of the text past E. Gustav Johnson and Hine.
• Richardson, Paul A. "How Corking Thou Art." Church Musician 39 (August 1988):nine–1 1. A Hymn of the Month article on the text by Carl Boberg as translated by Hine.
• Underwood, Byron Due east. "'How Great G Art' (More Facts about its Evolution)." The Hymn 24 (Oct 1973): 105–108; 25 (January 1974): 5–viii.

External links [edit]

• "How Peachy Thou Fine art" and the 100-Year-Old Bass.

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