Proceeds from the song, out Jan. 26, will benefit humanitarian aid in Ukraine. By Jessica Nicholson In 1957, less than a decade after writer Stuart K. Hine wrote the 1949 hymn “How Great Thou Art,” ...

From a 19 th century Swiss poet to Ukrainian missionaries to a singing cowboy, this is the improbable story of one of the world’s best-known hymns. If you’ve heard two hymns in your life, chances are ...

Watch the latest incredible video from The Piano Guys, who are filming beautiful music in front of all seven wonders of the world. Only one month after their cover of ...

(RNS) — The well-known and beloved-by-many words of “How Great Thou Art” have had a long and varied trajectory from Swedish poem to German hymn to a tradition at Billy Graham crusades. In celebration ...

‘How Great Thou Art’ is a Christian hymn which started life as a poem set to a Swedish melody. The poem, ‘O Store Gud’ (O Great God), was written by the Swedish poet and lay minister, Carl Boberg, in ...

Grammy Award-winning songwriter and worship leader Matt Redman has written hundreds, maybe thousands of songs in his celebrated career. For his latest release, however, he only wrote one verse that ...

ANNOUNCER: This program is available with Passport because of your generous donation to your local PBS station. Thank you. NARRATOR: How Great Thou Art, A Sacred Celebration. From gospel to hymns, ...

Southern Sweden was the place where "How Great Thou Art" had its beginning in 1886. It was written in the home of author and editor, Carl Boberg, a member of the Swedish Parliament from 1912 to 1931.

American Idol celebrated Easter Sunday with a special "Songs of Faith" episode on Sunday night (April 20), and Carrie Underwood's performance was arguably the crown jewel of the whole evening.