re: What IS "Spirituality"?
Probably impossible to explain to a person that has never experienced anything but the autonomous mechanical motions under the control of a biological computer.
But I think that the person who wrote this song must have had an idea of "spirituality."
This beautiful hymn is a Swedish folk tune with the original lyrics written by Carl Boberg, in 1886. Carl Boberg, a Swedish pastor, was caught in a sudden thunderstorm while visiting a beautiful country estate. As the storm passed, giving way to the sweet songs of birds and a green countryside glistening in the sunlight, Boberg composed the nine original stanzas of this hymn.
O Lord, my God
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.
And when I think that God, His son not sparing
Sent him to die; I scarce can take it in
That on the cross my burdens gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin.
When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim my God, how great Thou art.
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul my savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.
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