How Great Thou Art

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How Great Thou Art

• Sacred Selections, 1A

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Background

• Based on Swedish hymn, O Store Gud (O Great
  God)
• Poem written in 1885 by Carl Boberg
• Translated into German, then Russian later into
  English (1925 by Gustav Johnson)

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Background

• Our version, written by Stuart H. Kine, ca 1949.
• Based upon events in his life. Vs. 1-2, similar
  to that of Boberg
• Vs. 3 4 based upon other events.
• Over 1700 documented recordings of this hymn.

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Background

• Our version, written by Stuart H. Kine, ca 1949.
• Based upon events in his life. Vs. 1-2, similar
  to that of Boberg
• Vs. 3 4 based upon other events.
• Over 1700 documented recordings of this hymn.

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Background

• While produced in denominational circles, the
  message rings true (Eph. 519, Col. 316)

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Vs. 1 Gods power and awe

• O Lord my God befitting our Creator Lord God
  Psa. 488, 11 Rev. 2122, Gen. 27

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Vs. 1 Gods power and awe

• When I in awesome wonder God is to be held in
  awe
• Psa. 338, 1119, Heb. 1328

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Vs. 1 Gods power and awe

• Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
  descriptive of His power in creation - stars,
  thunderings (cf. Ex. 1916, 2018, Psa. 1813, )
  
• Rom. 120, Psa. 191-6

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Vs. 2 Nature God, peace

• In nature we see Gods handiwork. Penned as the
  result of a walk after a storm in Russia.
• Man creates wonderful things but they cannot
  compare to Gods creation.
• A scene of peace Phil. 47, Col. 315
• Psalm 336-9

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Vs. 3 Gods grace salvation

• Recorded after visiting a Russian village with
  his wife. He wrote down expressions he heard
  during a call to repentance
• And when I think that God His Son not sparing
  John 316, 1 John 49-10

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Vs. 3 Gods grace salvation

• I scarce can take it in
• Considering our place in this universe, we are
  special. Can we fathom His care for us? Rom.
  1133, Eph. 314-18, Psa. 405

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Vs. 3 Gods grace salvation

• That on the cross, my burdens gladly bearing, He
  bled and died to take away my sins
• Jesus died for us! 1 Pet. 224-25, 41, Heb.
  928, John 129

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Vs. 4 Hope for future times

• Penned after WWII in England. Visiting a refugee
  camp, Kine men a believer who had been
  separated from his wife.
• When Christ shall come 2 Cor. 510, 1 Thess.
  413-18, 2 Thess. 17, Ac. 111

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Vs. 4 Hope for future times

• And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
  1 Thess. 416-17, 1 Cor. 1550-56

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Vs. 4 Hope for future times

• Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there
  proclaim, My God, how great Thou art! Phil.
  210-11 every knee shall bow
• Before His throne there is great praise cf.
  Rev. 48, 10 511-14 710-12 194-7
• Are we looking for that day?

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Chorus

• Then sings my soul - With joy we sing in hope
  Jas. 513
• My Savior God to Thee Heb. 1315, Eph. 519
• How Great Thou Art Psa. 1451-7

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Extra verses

• Gods patience - O when I see ungrateful man
  defiling, This bounteous earth, God's gifts so
  good and greatIn foolish pride, God's holy
  Name reviling, And yet, in grace, His wrath and
  judgment wait.

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Extra verses

• Grace sufficient in times of burdens and grief
  When burdens press, and seem beyond endurance,
  Bowed down with grief, to Him I lift my
  faceAnd then in love He brings me sweet
  assurance 'My child! for thee sufficient is my
  grace'.

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How Great is He to you?