How Great Thou Art is a hymn that praises the incredible beauty of God’s creation, culminating in a declaration of His greatness: “How great Thou art!” There are some Bible verses below that align with the themes of awe and worship found in the song How Great Thou Art and are suitable for a call to worship.
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How Great Thou Art Lyrics (1949)
VERSE 1
O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hand hath made
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
CHORUS
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee
How great Thou art, How great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee
How great Thou art, How great Thou art
VERSE 2
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze
VERSE 3
But when I think that God, his Son not sparing
Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin
VERSE 4
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, “My God, how great Thou art!”
How Great Thou Art (Hymn) Lyrics and Music by Hine, Stuart K., 1899-1989 /© 1949 and 1953 Stuart Hine Trust CIO Stuart K. Hine Trust (Admin by Capitol CMG Publishing)
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How Great Thou Art Call to Worship Bible verses
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is the great God, And the great King above all gods. Psalms 95:1-3
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? Psalms 8:3-4
He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm. By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand? Job 26:12-14
Christ Bled and Died to Take Away my Sin
Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed. You were like sheep that had lost their way, but now you have been brought back to follow the Shepherd and Keeper of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25 GNB
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29 GNB
The Story Behind How Great Thou Art
Stuart K. Hine, a British Methodist missionary, encountered the Russian translation of a German hymn based on Carl Boberg’s poem “O Store Gud” (O Great God) while on a mission trip in Ukraine in 1931.
Moved by the experience, Hine translated the song into English and added additional verses. Observing Russian villagers experience God’s love and mercy and repent, served as the inspiration for the third verse. Hine and his family later fled Ukraine as the Great Famine and World War Two developed, settling in Somerset, Britain, where he carried on his missionary work among Polish refugees.
The desire of exiled Russians to be reunited with their loved ones in paradise inspired the fourth verse of “How Great Thou Art”. The hymn’s final English translation was released in 1949 and quickly became well-known in America, Africa, India, and Britain.
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