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How Great Thou Art “Store Gud” A Poetic Tribute
Carl Boberg, a young Swedish minister, wrote this hymn in poetic phrase while walking home from a church service in a thunder storm, nearly a hundred years ago. Imagine his surprise when he heard his poem sung to an old Swedish tune. Some forty years later a Russian pastor named Stuart Hine caught in a similar thunder-storm added to this magnificent hymn. Both men, lovers of God, opened their ordinary lives to leave a great heritage for the upcoming generations.
Melody of Tears, Joy Comes In The Morning
flowing droplets of promised delight, dispensing
cleansing, pulling moisture, effervescent trails
washing removing sadness with rays shining
ascending with waves, pulsating, overflowing
cleansing, pulling moisture, effervescent trails
among narrow passages, releasing, sparkling
ascending with waves, pulsating, overflowing
through cavernous openings of translucent color
