Thomas O. Chisholm wrote the poem in 1923 about God's faithfulness over his lifetime. Chisholm sent the song to William Runyan in Kansas, who was affiliated with both the Moody Bible Institute and Hope Publishing Company. Runyan set the poem to music, and it was published that same year by Hope Publishing Company and became popular among church groups.[1] The Biblical lyrics reference Lamentations 3:22-23.[2] The song was exposed to wide audiences after becoming popular with Dr. William Henry Houghton of the Moody Bible Institute and Billy Graham, who used the song frequently on his international crusades.[3] Since the middle 20th century, this hymn has been the university hymn of Cairn University.
^McIntyre, Dean. Hymns, Public Domain, and Copyright. United Methodist Church Discipleship Ministries. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness
March 15, 2024
great, faithfulness, popular, christian, hymn, written, thomas, chisholm, 1866, 1960, with, music, composed, william, runyan, 1870, 1957, baldwin, city, kansas, thomas, chisholmgenrehymnbased, onlamentations, 23meter11, with, refrainmelody, faithfulness, willi. Great Is Thy Faithfulness is a popular Christian hymn written by Thomas Chisholm 1866 1960 with music composed by William M Runyan 1870 1957 in Baldwin City Kansas U S Great Is Thy Faithfulnessby Thomas ChisholmGenreHymnBased onLamentations 3 23Meter11 10 11 10 with refrainMelody Faithfulness by William M RunyanPublished1923 by Hope PublishingThe phrase great is thy faithfulness comes from the Old Testament Book of Lamentations 3 23 These exact words occur in both the King James Bible and the Revised Standard Version History editThomas O Chisholm wrote the poem in 1923 about God s faithfulness over his lifetime Chisholm sent the song to William Runyan in Kansas who was affiliated with both the Moody Bible Institute and Hope Publishing Company Runyan set the poem to music and it was published that same year by Hope Publishing Company and became popular among church groups 1 The Biblical lyrics reference Lamentations 3 22 23 2 The song was exposed to wide audiences after becoming popular with Dr William Henry Houghton of the Moody Bible Institute and Billy Graham who used the song frequently on his international crusades 3 Since the middle 20th century this hymn has been the university hymn of Cairn University In 2019 the song entered the public domain in the United States 4 References edit Steve Benner 1 Archived 2010 06 10 at the Wayback Machine 1999 2003 accessed February 16 2012 Lamentations 3 22 23 Kenneth W Osbeck 101 hymn stories Kregel Publications 1982 pg 83 2 McIntyre Dean Hymns Public Domain and Copyright United Methodist Church Discipleship Ministries Retrieved January 19 2019 External links editLyrics on Hymnal net nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article Great Is Thy Faithfulness Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Great Is Thy Faithfulness amp oldid 1170654325, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
