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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.
Carl Gustav Boberg (16 August 1859 – 7 January 1940) was a Swedish poet, preacher, government official and member of parliament, best known for writing the Swedish-language poem "O Store Gud" ('O Great God') from which the English language-hymn "How Great Thou Art" is derived.
After Wessel's death, he was officially credited with having composed the music as well as having written the lyrics for the "Horst Wessel Song". Between 1930 and 1933, however, German critics disputed this, pointing out that the melody had a long history. "How Great Thou Art" is a well-known hymn of Swedish origin [26] with a similar tune for ...
But as the use of thou in non-dialect English began to decline in the 18th century, [22] its meaning nonetheless remained familiar from the widespread use of the latter translation. [23] The Revised Standard Version of the Bible, which first appeared in 1946, retained the pronoun thou exclusively to address God , using you in other places.
The English Hymnal (1906) has a translation attributed to "Y.H.", referring to Bridges' translations for the Yattendon Hymnal, of which he was the editor. Karen Lynn Davidson (born 1943) wrote another English translation, titled "O savior, thou who wearest a crown", which is published in Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [4]
He’s great in Heavens on the throne, In blades of grass on earth He is great. Oh Lord, Thou art Glorious everywhere, At night, by day Thy shining is the same. Thy lamb with golden fleece Symbolizes Thee for us; With ten-strings psaltery We burn incense for Thee. Accept our thanksgiving As a fragrant offering. Thou illume mortals by the sun,
How Great Thou Art (hymn) → How Great Thou Art – The three albums listed at How Great Thou Art are all named for the hymn, and came after its existence. Given that they are derived from the hymn and not vice versa, and given the page hits for the hymn vs. the albums, it's pretty clear that the hymn is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and should be moved ...
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