Great hills may tremble and mountains may crumble

Author: Carolina Sandell

Caroline W. Sandell Berg (b. Froderyd, Sweden, 1832; d. Stockholm, Sweden, 1903), is better known as Lina Sandell, the "Fanny Crosby of Sweden." "Lina" Wilhelmina Sandell Berg was the daughter of a Lutheran pastor to whom she was very close; she wrote hymns partly to cope with the fact that she witnessed his tragic death by drowning. Many of her 650 hymns were used in the revival services of Carl O. Rosenius, and a number of them gained popularity particularly because of the musical settings written by gospel singer Oskar Ahnfelt. Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish soprano, underwrote the cost of publishing a collection of Ahnfelt's music, Andeliga Sänger (1850), which consisted mainly of Berg's hymn texts. Bert Polman  Go to person page >

Translator (sts. 1, 4): E. Lincoln Pearson

(no biographical information available about E. Lincoln Pearson.) Go to person page >

Translator (sts. 2, 3): Bryan Jeffery Leech

Bryan Jeffrey Leech was born in Middlesex, England in 1931. He came to the United States in 1955 and studied at Barrington College and North Park Seminary. He was ordained in 1961 and served in the Covenant Church. He composed more than 500 songs. Dianne Shapiro Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Great hills may tremble and mountains may crumble
Author: Carolina Sandell
Translator (sts. 1, 4): E. Lincoln Pearson
Translator (sts. 2, 3): Bryan Jeffery Leech
Language: English
Copyright: © 1950, 1973 by Covenant Press.

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Hymns of the Saints #153

The Covenant Hymnal #416

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