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All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 328 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 104 First Line: Each radiant flower that opens Lyrics: Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. 1 Each radiant flower that opens, each vibrant bird that sings, God made their glowing colours, God made their lively wings. [Refrain] 2 The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun, the ripe fruit in the garden, God made them every one. [Refrain] 3 The rocky mountain splendour, the loon's wild, haunting call, the great lakes and the prairies, the forest in the fall. [Refrain] 4 God gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is the Creator, who has made all things well. [Refrain] Topics: Creation; Creation; Canada Used With Tune: ALL THINGS BRIGHT

All Creatures of Our God and King

Author: St. Francis of Assisi; William H. Draper Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 265 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 104 Lyrics: 1 All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voice and with us sing: Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou burning sun with golden beam, thou silver moon with softer gleam, O praise him, O praise him, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 2 Thou rushing wind that art so strong, ye clouds that sail in heaven along, O praise him, Alleluia! Thou rising morn in praise rejoice, ye lights of evening, find a voice: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 3 Thou flowing water, pure and clear, make music for thy Lord to hear, Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou fire so masterful and bright that givest us both warmth and light, O praise him, O praise him, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 4 All ye who are of tender heart, forgiving others, take your part, sing his praises, Alleluia! Ye who long pain and sorrow bear, praise God and on him cast your care, O praise him, O praise him, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 5 Let all things their Creator bless, and worship him in humbleness, O praise him, Allleuia! Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son and praise the Spirit, Three in One, O praise him, O praise him, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Topics: God in Creation God's Work in Nature; Adoration of God; God Creator Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Angel-voices ever singing

Author: Francis Pott, 1832-1909 Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.4.3 Appears in 379 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 104:31 Lyrics: 1 Angel-voices ever singing round thy throne of light, angel-harps for ever ringing, rest not day nor night; thousands only live to bless thee and confess thee Lord of might. 2 Thou who art beyond the farthest mortal eye can scan, can it be that thou regardest songs of sinful man? Can we know that thou art near us, and wilt hear us? Yea, we can. 3 Yea, we know that thou rejoicest o'er each work of thine; thou didst ears and hands and voices for thy praise design; craftsman's art and music's measure for thy pleasure all combine. 4 In thy house, great God, we offer of thine own to thee; and for thine acceptance proffer all unworthily hearts and minds and hands and voices in our choicest psalmody. 5 Honour, glory, might, and merit thine shall ever be, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, blessèd Trinity. Of the best that thou hast given earth and heaven render thee. Topics: Proper 15 Year B; Dedication Festival; St. Michael and All Angels Used With Tune: ANGEL VOICES

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ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 51 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Henry Monk (1823-1889) Scripture: Psalm 104 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13465 31327 76513 Used With Text: All things bright and beautiful

ASPINWALL

Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Gabriel Scripture: Psalm 104 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51111 53215 52222 Used With Text: A Meditation on Providence

ANGEL VOICES

Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.4.3 Appears in 43 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edwin George Monk 1819-1900 Scripture: Psalm 104:31 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 35651 65312 34235 Used With Text: Angel-voices ever singing

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Almighty Creator on Earth and Above

Author: Robert H. Grant Hymnal: Worship in Song #25 (1996) Meter: 10.10.11.11 Scripture: Psalm 104 Lyrics: 1 Almighty Creator on earth and above, We gratefully sing your power and your love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. 2 We tell of your might, we sing of your grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space; Your chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, And dark is your path on the wings of the storm. 3 Your bountiful care what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In you do we trust, nor find you to fail, Your mercies how tender, how firm to the end, Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer and Friend. Topics: Creation; God's Care; God's Love; God's power; Grace; Light; Mercy; Nature; Praise; Singing (or Song); Trust Tune Title: LYONS

Alleluia (Duncan)

Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #552 (2013) Scripture: Psalms 103-106 First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Lyrics: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Responses To Prayer; Short refrains; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration Languages: English Tune Title: ALLELUIA DUNCAN

Alleluia, Alleluia

Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #564 (2013) Scripture: Psalms 103-106 Lyrics: Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. Topics: Responses To Prayer; Short refrains; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration Languages: English Tune Title: ALLELUIA SOUTH AFRICA

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Cecil Frances Alexander

1818 - 1895 Person Name: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Scripture: Psalm 104:1-4 Author of "All things bright and beautiful" in Common Praise As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandments, and prayer, writing in simple language for children. Her more than four hundred hymn texts were published in Verses from the Holy Scripture (1846), Hymns for Little Children (1848), and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional ( 1858). Bert Polman ================== Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hymns, Hymns Ancient & Modern, and other collections. Some of the narrative hymns are rather heavy, and not a few of the descriptive are dull, but a large number remain which have won their way to the hearts of the young, and found a home there. Such hymns as "In Nazareth in olden time," "All things bright and beautiful," "Once in Royal David's city," "There is a green hill far away," "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult," "The roseate hues of early dawn," and others that might be named, are deservedly popular and are in most extensive use. Mrs. Alexander has also written hymns of a more elaborate character; but it is as a writer for children that she has excelled. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Alexander, Cecil F., née Humphreys, p. 38, ii. Additional hymns to those already noted in this Dictionary are in common use:— 1. Christ has ascended up again. (1853.) Ascension. 2. His are the thousand sparkling rills. (1875.) Seven Words on the Cross (Fifth Word). 3. How good is the Almighty God. (1S48.) God, the Father. 4. In [a] the rich man's garden. (1853.) Easter Eve. 5. It was early in the morning. (1853.) Easter Day. 6. So be it, Lord; the prayers are prayed. (1848.) Trust in God. 7. Saw you never in the twilight? (1853.) Epiphany. 8. Still bright and blue doth Jordan flow. (1853.) Baptism of Our Lord. 9. The angels stand around Thy throne. (1848.) Submission to the Will of God. 10. The saints of God are holy men. (1848.) Communion of Saints. 11. There is one Way and only one. (1875.) SS. Philip and James. 12. Up in heaven, up in heaven. (1848.) Ascension. 13. We are little Christian children. (1848.) Holy Trinity. 14. We were washed in holy water. (1848.) Holy Baptism. 15. When of old the Jewish mothers. (1853.) Christ's Invitation to Children. 16. Within the Churchyard side by side. (1848.) Burial. Of the above hymns those dated 1848 are from Mrs. Alexander's Hymns for Little Children; those dated 1853, from Narrative Hymns, and those dated 1875 from the 1875 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern. Several new hymns by Mrs. Alexander are included in the 1891 Draft Appendix to the Irish Church Hymnal. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============= Alexander, Cecil F. , p. 38, ii. Mrs. Alexander died at Londonderry, Oct. 12, 1895. A number of her later hymns are in her Poems, 1896, which were edited by Archbishop Alexander. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) See also in:Hymn Writers of the Church

Anonymous

Person Name: Unknown Scripture: Psalm 104:3 Composer of "DUNDEE" in Glory to God In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Fred R. Anderson

b. 1941 Scripture: Psalm 104 Author of "Bless the Lord, My Soul and Being" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

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