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Born in 1920 in the city of Ramallah, Palestine. In 1940, he went to Lebanon and studied Theology in the American University of Beirut. After that he acquired a degree in eastern philosophy and theology from Calcutta, India 1947. He served in the Arab Evangelical Episcopal Church in Palestine, and worked in the cities of Nables, Rafidia, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Go to person page >
Author: Stuart W. Hine
Stuart K. Hine was born in 1899 in Great Britain. In much of Stuart’s earlier years he and his wife were missionaries in the Western Ukraine of Russia, where they evangelized as Christian workers and singers. In 1931, Stuart K. Hine and his wife returned to Britain and conducted gospel campaigns throughout Great Britain. During those years, Stuart published many song books and wrote many of his beloved gospel songs. Stuart retired from the active ministry but continued to publish his song books and his music and contributed the majority of his income to various missionary endeavors around the world…Stuart K. Hine’s most popular composition is “How Great Thou Art,” which is recognized in many polls as the number one Hymn in America… Go to person page >
Originally in triple meter, the Swedish tune O STORE GUD is in bar form (AAB). The first section has a very limited range of four notes; the more meditative stanzas give way to a dramatic refrain with an expanded range. Sing in parts and observe some rhythmic freedom in the last line of the refrain,…