This Powerful 'How Great Thou Art' Cover Hits All The Right Notes

Check out this powerful performance of the song ‘How Great Thou Art’ that hits all the right notes! The singer in the video is Collin Raye, and he is doing a great rendition of this gospel classic. This performance is sure to bring you some joy and encouragement today.

‘Oh Lord, my God, when I, in awesome wonder, 
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, 
Thy power throughout the universe displayed’

What a lovely rendition of this hymn from Collin Raye! This country music singer initially recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987, and then made his solo debut in 1991. Between 1991 and 2007, Collin Raye charted 30 singles on the U.S. country charts.

As for the background of ‘How Great Thou Art,’ the journey of how the song came to be is quite interesting. The hymn originated in Sweden in 1886, long before it reached the United States. 

Author and editor Carl Boberg originally wrote ‘How Great Thou Art’ as a poem. Later, those words were set to a Swedish folk tune. Then in 1907, Manfred von Glehn translated it into German, and five years later, a Russian pastor named Ivan Prokhanov created a Russian adaptation.

Then, in the early 1920s, Rev. and Mrs. Stuart Hine left their home in England and went to Poland as missionaries. That’s when they heard the Russian adaptation of ‘How Great Thou Art.’ Reverend Hine decided to write the English lyrics and make his own arrangement of the Swedish melody. After many iterations, we have the beloved ‘How Great Thou Art’ hymn we know today. 

We hope you enjoyed listening to this wonderful version of ‘How Great Thou Art’ today!