Thursday, June 24, 2010

How Great Thou Art...


O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hand hath made,
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
thy power throughout the universe displayed:


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 hear 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 the cross my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin: 

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!

From Wikipedia:

Carl Boberg, The Author of the Poem which was later put to music said:
"It was that time of year when everything seemed to be in its richest colouring; the birds were singing in trees and everywhere. It was very warm; a thunderstorm appeared on the horizon and soon thunder and lightning. We had to hurry to shelter. But the storm was soon over and the clear sky appeared.

"When I came home I opened my window toward the sea. There evidently had been a funeral and the bells were playing the tune of 'When eternity's clock calling my saved soul to its Sabbath rest.' That evening, I wrote the song, 'O Store Gud.'"

This is the partial story of the Hymn we love so much...to read more go to Wikipedia.  It would seem that the song has progressed over the course of many years giving us the gem we know today.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is one of my favorite hymns. In fact, it was played at our wedding.

Vee said...

The stories behind the hymns are always amazing. Thank you for so perfectly complementing this classic with your pretty pictures. A little hug today just because...

Barb said...

Wow, I didn't know. I love that song.

Hugs, Barb ♥

Elena said...

I just love reading the stories behind the hymns!

Vickie said...

Becky - this is absolutely my favorite hymn. I can't think of another that makes my heart swell so much with thankfulness and joy and my eyes fill up with tears of gratefulness. Thanks for sharing this today and with such beautiful pictures. I hope you're having a good week! ENjoying reading your chicken drama, too! Vickie

Nicole and Macho said...

How Great Thou Art was my Grandma's favorite hymn to sing in church. It always makes me think of her- so thank you for that :)

Tamara Jansen said...

Definitely one of my favorites too!

Terry @ La Bella Vie said...

I thank you so much for this, I so needed to God is still listneing in my life right now and this just proves that he is...

Thank you!
Terry