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 ...

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,” ...

‘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 ...

Songwriters and hit worship singers including Matt Maher, Chris Tomlin, and Mitch Wong come together to celebrate the hymn’s 75th anniversary. Cliff Barrow’s announcement at Billy Graham’s New York ...

(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 ...

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, ...

The power of the hymn, based on a Swedish poem, and now an Elvis classic, is explored. With Connie Smith. From September 2010. Show more An examination of the enduring popularity of the hymn, How ...

Carrie Underwood's Easter Sunday performance on ‘American Idol’ of ‘How Great Thou Art’ captivated audiences. Dressed in a flowing pink gown, Underwood delivered an emotional rendition of the hymn, ...

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.