The final English version of "How Great Thou Art" was published in 1949 and quickly spread among Britian, Africa, India, and America. The forth verse of "How Great Thou Art" was inspired by displaced Russians who experienced great loss and looked forward to seeing their loved ones again in heaven - "When Christ shall come with shoult of acclamation to take me home, what joy shall fill my heart."
Stuart Hine and his family left Ukraine as famine and World War Two began, and settled in Somerset, Britain, where he continued to serve as a missionary to Polish refugees. The third verse was inspired by the conversion of villagers in Russia who cried out to God loudly as the repented and realized God's love and mercy - "And when I think that God, His Son not sparing, sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in." Hine began to translate the song to English and added several verses. Hine was a Bristish Methodist missionary on a mission trip in Ukraine in 1931 when he heard the Russian translation of a German song inspired by Carl Boberg's poem "O Store Gud" (O Great God). When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,Īnd take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.Īnd then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!" That on a Cross, my burdens gladly bearing, Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeurĪnd see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.Īnd when I think, that God, His Son not sparing When through the woods and forest glades I wander,Īnd hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees. Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, O Lord my God, When I, in awesome wonder,Ĭonsider all the worlds Thy Hands have made
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