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    The document provides background on the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" written by Thomas Chisolm in 1923 based on the Book of Lamentations in the Bible. It describes how Jeremiah finds renewed hope in God's faithfulness despite his difficulties. Chisolm's hymn reflects on God's unchanging character, faithfulness in creation, forgiveness of sins, and daily strength. The hymn's chorus declares God's great faithfulness.

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    The document provides background on the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" written by Thomas Chisolm in 1923 based on the Book of Lamentations in the Bible. It describes how Jeremiah finds renewed hope in God's faithfulness despite his difficulties. Chisolm's hymn reflects on God's unchanging character, faithfulness in creation, forgiveness of sins, and daily strength. The hymn's chorus declares God's great faithfulness.

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    Great Is Thy Faithfulness

    Thomas A. Chisolm (1866-1960)


    Hymn written in 1923
    Listen to this reading along with background music

    During the fall of Jerusalem the weeping prophet, Jeremiah, describes the evil acts of humankind in such loathsome
    detail that the reader is given to despair.  In his book of Lamentations Jeremiah vividly portrays the emotions and
    feelings of those who actually experienced the catastrophe.  Right in the midst of the ruin, as though he were
    transported into a completely different setting, renewed hope springs up within his heart as Jeremiah looks away
    from the affliction and ruin and contemplates the infinite mercies of God. His perspective turns from the evil peril
    that surrounded him to the eternal promises that renewed him.

    "I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.  I well remember them, and my soul is
    downcast within me.  Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:  Because of the Lord's great love we are not
    consumed, for His compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. I say to myself,
    'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him'" (Lamentations 3:19-24). 

    In 1923 Thomas Chisolm birthed one of the greatest modern hymns regarding the faithfulness of God from this
    golden text.  In stanza one he writes of God's unchanging character and unfailing compassions.  In stanza two he
    writes of God's faithfulness in maintaining the order of His universe.  In stanza three he writes of God's faithfulness
    in forgiving our sins, providing strength for today and hope for tomorrow.  Each stanza leads to the great
    culminating chorus that declares the victorious words of Jeremiah, "Great is Thy faithfulness."

    May we all be transported through prayer and faith from our difficulty to a tranquil state of mind where we too can
    confidently and gratefully proclaim this to be our personal testimony, "Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me."

    Great is Thy faithfulness, O God, my Father,


    There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
    Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not;
    As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be.

    Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,


    Sun, moon and stars in their courses above;
    Join with all nature in manifold witness
    To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

    Pardon for sin And a peace that endureth,


    Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
    Strength for today And bright hope for tomorrow
    Blessings all mine, With ten thousand beside.

    Great is Thy faithfulness


    Great is Thy faithfulness
    Morning by morning new mercies I see
    All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
    Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
    Then Sings My Soul, Volumes 1 & 2
    By Robert J. Morgan / Thomas Nelson
    This set includes Then Sings My Soul Volume 1 and 2.

    Personal Mission Statement: "I am created by God to bring Him glory. Through God's Son Jesus Christ I have
    been redeemed and I make it my life's goal to please the Lord. My mission in life is to honor God through my faith
    and obedience and to prepare myself and all whom I may influence for eternity."

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