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God, Who Touches Earth with Beauty

Author: Mary S. Edgar, 1889-1973 Meter: 8.5.8.5 Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: Daniel 12:3 Topics: Beauty; God Creator; Holy Spirit; Ministry; Renewal; Strength; Transformation Used With Tune: SACRED REST

God, we praise you, God, we bless you!

Author: Christopher M. Idle, b. 1938 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 30 hymnals Scripture: Daniel 12:2 Lyrics: 1 God, we praise you, God, we bless you! God, we name you sovereign Lord! Mighty King whom angels worship, Father, by your Church adored: all creation shows your glory, heaven and earth draw near your throne, singing 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts, and God alone!' 2 True apostles, faithful prophets, saints who set their world ablaze, martyrs, once unknown, unheeded, join one growing song of praise, while your church on earth confesses one majestic Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God, our hope eternally. 3 Jesus Christ, the King of glory, everlasting Son of God, humble was your virgin mother, hard the lonely path you trod. By your cross is sin defeated, hell confronted face to face, heaven opened to believers, sinners justified by grace. 4 Christ, at God's right hand victorious, you will judge the world you made; Lord, in mercy help your servants for whose freedom you have paid. Raise us up from dust to glory, guard us from all sin today; King enthroned above all praises, save your people, God, we pray! Topics: Easter II Year C Used With Tune: REX GLORIÆ Text Sources: Te Deum Laudamus

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God, Who Touchest Earth with Beauty

Author: Mary S. Edgar Hymnal: The Hymnbook #102 (1955) Meter: 8.5.8.5 Scripture: Daniel 12:3 Topics: Aspiration; God Nature, in; Nature; Purity of Life; God the Father in Nature Tune Title: BULLINGER

God, Who Touchest Earth with Beauty

Author: Mary S. Edgar, 1889-1973 Hymnal: Hymns of the Saints #172 (1982) Scripture: Daniel 12:3 Topics: Beauty; Change; Commitment; Earth; God the Creator; God's Love; Nature; New Life; Purity and Piety; Strength; Supplication Languages: English Tune Title: SACRED REST

God, who touchest earth with beauty

Author: Mary S. Edgar, 1889- Hymnal: The Hymnal #359 (1956) Scripture: Daniel 12:3 Topics: Activity; Beauty; Purity; Repentance; Holy Spirit; Living the Saintly Life Guidance Tune Title: SACRED REST

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Henry J. Gauntlett

1805 - 1876 Person Name: Henry John Gauntlett, 1805-1876 Scripture: Daniel 12:3 Composer of "IRBY" in Singing the Faith Henry J. Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, July 9, 1805; d. London, England, February 21, 1876) When he was nine years old, Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) became organist at his father's church in Olney, Buckinghamshire. At his father's insistence he studied law, practicing it until 1844, after which he chose to devote the rest of his life to music. He was an organist in various churches in the London area and became an important figure in the history of British pipe organs. A designer of organs for William Hill's company, Gauntlett extended the organ pedal range and in 1851 took out a patent on electric action for organs. Felix Mendelssohn chose him to play the organ part at the first performance of Elijah in Birmingham, England, in 1846. Gauntlett is said to have composed some ten thousand hymn tunes, most of which have been forgotten. Also a supporter of the use of plainchant in the church, Gauntlett published the Gregorian Hymnal of Matins and Evensong (1844). Bert Polman

Jerry D. Godwin

b. 1944 Scripture: Daniel 12 (Author St. 1,3,4) of "By All Your Saints Still Striving" in Moravian Book of Worship

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Scripture: Daniel 12:12 Composer of "[We are waiting, waiting for the Coming One]" in Sifted Wheat Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman