The Covenant Hymnal ‎#56

56. For the Beauty of the Earth

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Text Information

• First Line: For the beauty of the earth
• Title: For the Beauty of the Earth
• Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Lord of all, to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Scripture:
  Psalm 19:1-6
  ;
  Hebrews 13:15
  ;
  James 1:17
• Topic: Children's Hymns; Creation and Earth; Ecology; God the Creator; Descants

Tune Information

• Name: DIX
• Composer (descant): Sydney H. Nicholson, 1875-1947
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
• Key: G Major
• Source: adapted in 1861 from a chorale by Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872
• Copyright: © Hope Publishing Company
• Notes: A higher setting can be found at 192