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Quiz about Gospel Greats  Great is Thy Faithfulness

Gospel Greats -- 'Great is Thy Faithfulness' Quiz


'Great is Thy Faithfulness' is a hymn that was written in 1923 and remains incredibly popular more than 90 years later with Christians around the world. How much do you know about the wording of the popular hymn?

A multiple-choice quiz by Cowrofl. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Cowrofl
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
376,400
Updated
Dec 03 21
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10
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the missing word in the second line of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
There is no _______ of turning with Thee"
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is the missing word in the third line of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Thou changest not, Thy _____________, they fail not"
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the missing word in the fourth line of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"As Thou hast been Thou ________ wilt be."
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the missing word in the second line of the chorus of 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new ________ I see"
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is the missing word in the third line of the chorus 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"All I have needed Thy _______ hath provided --
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!"
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is the missing word in the first line of Verse 2 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Summer and winter, and springtime and _________"
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is the missing word in the second line of Verse 2 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Sun, moon and __________ in their courses above"
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is the missing word in the fourth line of Verse 2 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and ______"
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is the missing word in the first line of Verse 3 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Pardon for sin and a __________ that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide"
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the missing word in the fourth line of Verse 3 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'.

"Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
__________ all mine, with ten thousand beside!"
Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the missing word in the second line of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no _______ of turning with Thee"

Answer: shadow

The missing word is 'shadow'.

'Great is Thy Faithfulness' was written by Thomas Obadiah Chisholm in 1923. He was born in a log cabin in Franklin, Kentucky, in 1866, according to the Website Umcdiscipleship.org. He died in 1960, at age 94.
2. What is the missing word in the third line of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Thou changest not, Thy _____________, they fail not"

Answer: compassions

The missing word is 'compassions'.

Thomas Obadiah Chisholm lacked a formal education, but it didn't hold him back. According to the Website Umcdiscipleship.org, he became a teacher at age sixteen and associate editor of his hometown weekly newspaper, The Franklin Advocate, at age twenty-one.
3. What is the missing word in the fourth line of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "As Thou hast been Thou ________ wilt be."

Answer: forever

The missing word is 'forever'.

In 1893, at the age of thirty-three, Thomas Obadiah Chisholm became an evangelical Christian through the ministry of Henry Clay Morrison, founder of Asbury College and Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, according to Umcdiscipleship.org. Morrison persuaded Chisholm to move to Louisville where he became editor of the Pentecostal Herald.
4. What is the missing word in the second line of the chorus of 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new ________ I see"

Answer: mercies

The missing word is 'mercies'.

According to Umcdiscipleship.org, Chisholm was ordained a Methodist minister in 1903. However, he served only a "single, brief appointment" at Scottsville, Kentucky, due to ill health, the Website reports.
5. What is the missing word in the third line of the chorus 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "All I have needed Thy _______ hath provided -- Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!"

Answer: hand

The missing word is 'hand'.

After leaving the ministry due to poor health, Chisholm moved his family to Winona Lake, Indiana, to recover, Umcdiscipleship.org reports. Later he moved to Vineland, New Jersey, where he sold insurance. "He retired in 1953 and spent his remaining years in a Methodist retirement community in Ocean Grove, New Jersey,".
6. What is the missing word in the first line of Verse 2 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Summer and winter, and springtime and _________"

Answer: harvest

The missing word is 'harvest'.

According to Umcdiscipleship.org, when Thomas Obadiah Chisholm retired in 1953, he had written more than 1,200 poems, 800 of which were published. The Website reports the poems often appeared in religious periodicals such as the Sunday School Times, Moody Monthly, and Alliance Weekly. Many of them were set to music.
7. What is the missing word in the second line of Verse 2 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Sun, moon and __________ in their courses above"

Answer: stars

The missing word is 'stars'.

The Website Umcdiscipleship.org quotes Hymnologist Kenneth Osbeck when telling visitors to the site about the background for 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness'. Osbeck is quoted as saying, "Chisholm had sent a number of his poems to the Rev. William H. Runyan (1870-1957), a musician with the Moody Bible Institute and one of the editors of Hope Publishing Company in Chicago. Runyan wrote of the hymn: 'This particular poem held such an appeal that I prayed most earnestly that my tune might carry over its message in a worthy way, and the subsequent history of its use indicates that God answered prayer'."
8. What is the missing word in the fourth line of Verse 2 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and ______"

Answer: love

The missing word is 'love'.

Umcdiscipleship.org reports 'Great is Thy Faithfulness' was written by Thomas Obadiah Chisholm in Baldwin, Kansas, in 1923, and was first published in Hymnologist Kenneth Osbeck's private song pamphlets. However, it wasn't until 1954 the hymn became a favorite, thanks in part to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

The Website reports George Beverly Shea, the famous Canadian-born singer of the Billy Graham Crusades, introduced 'Great is Thy Faithfulness' at evangelistic meetings in Great Britain and it "immediately became a favorite".
9. What is the missing word in the first line of Verse 3 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Pardon for sin and a __________ that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide"

Answer: peace

The missing word is 'peace'.

Umcdiscipleship.org credits Lamentations 3:22-23 with providing a basis for the chorus of 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. Lamentations 3:22-23, in the NKJV, states: "Through the LORD'S mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."

In writing the chorus for 'Great is Thy Faithfulness', Thomas Obadiah Chisholm opted to write:
"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!"
10. What is the missing word in the fourth line of Verse 3 of the hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness'. "Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, __________ all mine, with ten thousand beside!"

Answer: blessings

The missing word is 'blessings'.

The Website Dailyencouragement.net offers this breakdown of 'Great is Thy Faithfulness' by Thomas Obadiah Chisholm: "In Stanza 1 he writes of God's unchanging character and unfailing compassions. In Stanza 2 he writes of God's faithfulness in maintaining the order of His universe. In Stanza 3 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' (Lamentations 3:-23)."

Here are the words to the classic Gospel hymn 'Great is Thy Faithfulness':

"Great is Thy faithfulness, oh 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.

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!

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.

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!

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!"
Source: Author Cowrofl

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