But we have seen a whole congregation in tears as they sang that fine old hymn, "Taking the parting hand." Who ever saw a tear start at the bidding of a choir? It was not the pathos of the poetry ...

Hine wrote the 1949 hymn "How Great Thou Art," vocalist George Beverly Shea introduced the song to U.S. audiences during one of preacher Billy Graham's crusades at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Watts has been described as “the liberator of English hymnody” as his hymns moved people away from simply singing Old Testament psalms, inspiring people to sing from the heart, with great ...