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Behind the Song Sunday: In The Garden

July 27, 2014 One comment

Dr. Adam Geibel, a music publisher, asked pharmacists and composer, C. Austin Miles, to write a hymn that would bring hope. Miles retreated to ” a cold, dreary and leaky basement in New Jersey that didn’t even have a window in it let alone a view of a garden,” according to his great-granddaughter. Miles turned to his Bible and read […]

Behind the Song Sunday: How Great Thou Art

July 20, 2014 Leave a comment

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Today How Great Thou Art is a staple in the protestant church and often requested for funerals. The song did not gain popularity until after celebrating its fiftieth birthday. Cliff Barrows, the song leader for the Billy Graham crusades brought How Great Thou Art to international fame in the 1940s and 1950s during the London Crusades. The text was written […]

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Behind the Song Sunday: In The Garden

Behind the Song Sunday: How Great Thou Art