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In some hymnbooks, the tune used is "David's Harp" (by Robert King). [8] [16] This was first used to accompany a setting of Psalm 101 in Henry Playford's 1701 book The Divine Companion. It was first used for Wesley's hymn in the 1906 English Hymnal, and is also used in Songs of Praise (1925) and the 1933 Methodist Hymn Book. [12]
The hymn was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during Billy Graham's crusades. [1] It was voted the British public's favourite hymn by BBC 's Songs of Praise . [ 2 ] " How Great Thou Art" was ranked second (after " Amazing Grace ") on a list of the favourite hymns of all time in a survey by Christianity Today magazine in 2001 ...
The first Billy Graham evangelistic campaign, held September 13–21, 1947, in the Civic Auditorium in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was attended by 6,000 people. He would rent a large venue, such as a stadium, park, or street. [1] As the sessions became larger, he arranged a group of up to 5,000 people to sing in a choir.
Revelation 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [ 3 ]
Billy Graham returned to Australia in 1968, 1969, and 1979. [15] He visited New Zealand in 1969. [26] In 1996, Franklin Graham led a crusade in Sydney and other Australian cities. [15] To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1959 crusade, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association released a DVD in 2009.
This song became an altar call song in the Billy Graham crusades in the latter half of the twentieth century. Graham used the title of the hymn as the title of his 1997 book - Just as I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham. [9] Michael W. Smith sang the song in a tribute to Graham at the 44th GMA Dove Awards. [10]
The song may be an allusion to both the apple tree in Song of Solomon 2:3 which has been interpreted as a metaphor representing Jesus, and to his description of his life as a tree of life in Luke 13:18–19 and elsewhere in the New Testament including Revelation 22:1–2 and within the Old Testament in Genesis.
The song was first published in William Eleazar Barton's 1899 Old Plantation Hymns [1] but was described in writings prior to this publication. [2] [3] [4] In 1940, it was included in the Episcopal Church hymnal, making it the first spiritual to be included in any major American hymnal.