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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" was penned by Thomas Chisholm, on an ordinary day in 1923.

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The Story Behind the Hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

On an ordinary day in 1923, Thomas Chisholm scribbled out the poem, Great Is Thy Faithfulness.

Passed from friend to friend, to composer, to publisher, to evangelist, and eventually to the countless people in church pews well past the time of Thomas' death, this short, simple song became world-famous.

This man and his four stanzas provide us with a remarkable illustration of God's Word in the book of 2 Corinthians, when he tells us, "My power is made perfect in weakness" (1 Corinthians 12:9).

Thomas Chisholm was not . . .

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Theme Verse
Great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:23 NIV
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The History of Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author
Hymnwriter Thomas Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky.
Lyrics Written
Thomas Chisholm wrote his poem “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.”
Music Composition
William Runyan (1870-1957), a musician at Moody Bible Institute, composed music for Chisholm’s hymn.
Publishing
Hope Publishing Company in Chicago published “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.”
Hymn Broadcasted
Evangelist Billy Graham heard the hymn broadcasted on Moody Radio.
Hymn Publicized
George Beverly Shea (1909-2013), a famous singer at the Billy Graham Crusades, introduced the hymn to evangelistic meetings in Great Britain.
Author’s Death
Thomas Chisolm died in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
Age of the Hymn
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” entered the public domain in the United States.
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The Story Behind the Song
Article: 7 Min

A Hymn for Ordinary Christians

by Bob Kauflin at Worship Matters

Verse
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 ESV

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
 
great is your faithfulness. 
 

Verse
JAMES 1:17 NKJV

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

Article: 5 Min

Thomas O. Chisholm

by Charles Gabriel and William Reynolds at Hymnology Archive

Quote

God’s faithfulness
means that God
will always do
what he has said
and fulfill what
he has promised.

Article: 10 Min

Seeing God’s Faithfulness in the Ordinary Life of Thomas Chisholm

by Chosen People Ministries

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Make it
your goal to
live a quiet life,
minding
your own
business
and
working with your hands

1 Thessalonians 4:11 NLT
Verse
1 John 1:9 ESV

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Verse
EXODUS 34:6-7 ESV

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.” 

Quote

God has given me
many 
wonderful
displays of his
providing care,
which have filled
me with astonishing
gratefulness.

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“The Lord
is my portion,”
says my soul
“therefore
I will
hope in him.”

Lamentations 3:24 ESV
Quote

For truth and promise richly stored 
For me within thy holy Word, 
For light and comfort they afford, 
I thank thee, heavenly Father!  

Verse
1 THESSALONIANS 5:23-24 NLT

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful. 

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