November 2025 - "Thanks to God (For My Redeemer)"

August Ludvig Storm - ca. 1889

This month's tab is an arrangement of a hymn of Thanksgiving for all of life's blessings titled “Thanks to God For My Redeemer”. The original Swedish words were written by August Ludvig Storm in 1891 under the title “Tack, o Gud, för vad som varit”. Storm was an officer in the Swedish Salvation Army at the time, and was inspired to write the poem after a profound experience of personal spiritual renewal. The hymn is a poetic litany of unwavering gratitude, expressing thanks not only for blessings but also for trials, losses, and challenges.

Johann Alfred Hultman was an evangelist, singer, and composer. Born in Småland, Sweden, he emigrated to the United States with his family as a young child and was raised in a Swedish farming community in Iowa. He started translating and adapting Swedish hymns for English-speaking congregations as a young man, often composing new melodies for them to fit the English words. He is credited with translating, adapting, and composing melodies for over 500 Swedish hymns in his lifetime, many of which appear in hymnals of all different denominations. The hymn had a resurgence in popularity in the 1960’s when it was a featured hymn sung by George Beverly Shea as part of the Billy Graham Crusades

Here’s a link to a YouTube video of an instrumental piano arrangement of this hymn:

Wishing you all a blessed Thanksgiving!

—Tull

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