A good friend of ours, Bahamian author Paul Bethel, stopped by yesterday afternoon and he and Erskine had an impromptu musical get together, singing "How Great Thou Art". They had never sung together before, but Paul sings in his church.
THE BACKGROUND TO THIS BEAUTIFUL HYMN:
Young Swedish Pastor Carl Boberg and some friends were walking home in 1885 to Mönsterås from Kronobäck, Sweden, where they had participated in an afternoon church service. A thundercloud appeared on the horizon and lightning flashed across the sky. Strong winds swept over the meadows and billowing fields of grain.
The thunder pealed in loud claps. Then rain came in cool fresh showers. In a little while the storm was over, and a rainbow appeared.
When Boberg arrived home, he opened the window and saw the bay of Mönsterås like a mirror before him. From the woods on the other side of the bay, he heard the song of a thrush and the church bells were tolling in the quiet evening. It was this series of sights, sounds, and experiences that inspired his writing of the song "O Store Gud" which became the Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art”.
The English version of the hymn and its title are a loose translation by the English missionary Stuart K. Hine from 1949. The hymn was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during Billy Graham's crusades.
It was voted the British public's
favourite hymn by BBC's Songs of Praise. "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 and in a
nationwide poll by Songs Of Praise in 2019.
(Source: Wikipedia).
Sung here by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Erskine Knowles from The Bahamas and Bahamian author Paul Bethel.
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