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Elmer, Richard M. "'How Great Thou Art! "The Vicissitudes of a Hymn." The Hymn 9 (January 1958):18–20. A discussion of the two translations of the text by E. Gustav Johnson and Hine. Richardson, Paul A. "How Great Thou Art." Church Musician 39 (August 1988):9–1 1. A Hymn of the Month article on the text by Carl Boberg as translated by Hine.
Precious Memories is the thirteenth studio album and the first gospel album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on February 28, 2006 on the Arista Nashville label. This project began at The Rukkus Room Recording Studios when Alan Jackson recorded a song for his Father-In-Law’s funeral.
How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry is a live album of the Grand Ole Opry special of the same name, and features Alan Jackson, Loretta Lynn and Brad Paisley among others. Track listing
Of his works, "O store Gud" ('O Great God'), upon which "How Great Thou Art" is based, the best known. The song is a natural romantic description of God's creation, which in each chorus ends with the songwriter wanting to cry out that God is great. It was written after Boberg experienced a thunderstorm at the Kalmar Strait. [4]
Amy Grant recorded it as part of the medley "What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Old Rugged Cross/How Great Thou Art" on her 2002 studio album Legacy... Hymns and Faith, and later included on her 2015 compilation album Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith. Alan Jackson (2006, Precious Memories) Brad Paisley (2008, Play) Ronnie Milsap (2009, Then Sings ...
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
How Great Thou Art" - 3:51 "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - 4:12 "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)" - 5:17 "Kneel at the Feet of Jesus" - 2:34 "Just as I Am" - 3:40 "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" - 6:59 "Farther Along" - 5:21 "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" - 3:19 "In the Garden" - 5:05
It was released on March 26, 2013, via Alan's Country Records and EMI Nashville. [2] [3] The album is a follow-up to Jackson's 2006 album Precious Memories. [4] [5] Of the album, Jackson said, "Denise and I had made a list of 30 to 40 songs to do for that first album. We had so many that we didn't get to, I thought we'd go in and do a few more ...