<P> "How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on a Swedish traditional melody and a poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg (1859--1940) in Mönsterås, Sweden in 1885 . It was translated into German and then into Russian and became a hymn . It was translated into English from the Russian by English missionary Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own . The composition was set to a Russian melody . It was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during the Billy Graham crusades . It was voted the United Kingdom's favourite hymn by BBC's Songs of Praise . "How Great Thou Art" was ranked second (after "Amazing Grace") on a list of the favourite hymns of all time in a survey by Today's Christian magazine in 2001 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "How Great Thou Art" Play media Yolanda Adams performs "How Great Thou Art" at the White House Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement in 2010 . "How Great Thou Art" audio only file </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing these files? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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