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Author: Avis B. Christiansen; Carl G. Boberg Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creation Refrain First Line: Then all my heart cries out, my God, to Thee Used With Tune: [When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creation]

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[When I, Oh Lord, behold Thy vast creation]

Appears in 192 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: R. J. Hughes Tune Sources: Swedish folk melody Incipit: 55535 55664 66665 Used With Text: Lord, I Adore Thee

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Lord, I Adore Thee

Author: Avis B. Christiansen; Carl G. Boberg Hymnal: 50 Sacred Favorites #18 (1972) First Line: When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creation Refrain First Line: Then all my heart cries out, my God, to Thee Languages: English Tune Title: [When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creation]

Lord, I Adore Thee

Author: Avis B. Christiansen; Carl G. Boberg Hymnal: 20th Century Gospel Songs #1 (1957) First Line: When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creation Refrain First Line: Then all my heart cries out, my God, to Thee Languages: English Tune Title: [When I, O Lord, behold Thy vast creation]

Lord, I Adore Thee

Author: Carl Boberg; A. B. Christiansen Hymnal: Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 #17 (1958) First Line: When I, Oh Lord, behold Thy vast creation Refrain First Line: Then all my heart cries out, My God, o Thee Tune Title: [When I, Oh Lord, behold Thy vast creation]

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Carl Boberg

1859 - 1940 Author of "Lord, I Adore Thee" in Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 Boberg, Carl Gustaf. (Mönsterås, Sweden, August 16, 1859--January 7, 1940, Kalmar). Swedish Covenant. Bible school at Kristinehamn. Editor of Sanningsvittnet 1890-1916, organ of the Evangelical National Foundation. Member of the Swedish Parliament, 1912-1931. Popular speaker and appreciated writer. Published several collections of poetry and a number of hymns. Member of committee responsible for first two hymnals of the Swedish Covenant. Author of "Jesus, Jesus, O det ordet" ("Jesus, Jesus, Name Most Precious"); "Min själ berömmer Gud med fröjd" (My Soul Now Magnifies the Lord"); "O store Gud" ("O Mighty God"). The text now known as "How Great Thou Art" is an English translation of a Russian version based on an earlier German translation of "O store Gud." --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives

Avis B. Christiansen

1895 - 1985 Person Name: A. B. Christiansen Translator of "Lord, I Adore Thee" in Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary