Who wrote for the beauty of the earth hymn?

Among hymnbooks published by members of the Lord’s church during the twentieth century for use in churches of Christ, the song appeared in the 1937 Great Songs of the Church No. 2 edited by E. L. Jorgenson; the 1948 Christian Hymns No. 2 and the 1966 Christian Hymns No. 3 edited by L. O. Sanderson; the 1963 Abiding Hymns edited by Robert C. Welch; and the 1963 Christian Hymnal edited by J. Nelson Slater. Today it may be found in the 1971 Songs of the Church, the 1990 Songs of the Church 21st C. Ed., and the 1994 Songs of Faith and Praise all edited by Alton H. Howard; the 1977 Special Sacred Selections edited by Ellis J. Crum; the 1978/1983 (Church) Gospel Songs and Hymns edited by V. E. Howard; the 1986 Great Songs Revised edited by Forrest M. McCann; and the 1992 Praise for the Lord edited by John P. Weigand; in addition to Hymns for Worship; and the 2007 Sacred Songs of the Church edited by William D. Jeffcoat. Some of these books also use the tune with "All Things Praise Thee."

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Where was for the beauty of the earth written?
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Folliott Sandford Pierpoint was born in Bath, England in 1835. After being educated at Queens College in Cambridge, he taught at Somersetshire College. He contributed hymns to various publications and published at least two song books.

He wrote numerous poems, but For the Beauty of the Earth is the only one he is remembered for today. The hymn was originally written as a Eucharistic hymn. The Eucharist is what we refer to as The Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion.

The phrase, “Christ our God to thee we raise, This our sacrifice of praise,” reflected the idea of sacrifice in the Mass. Those words were later changed to “Lord of all, to thee we raise, This our hymn of grateful praise.”

He was twenty-nine when he wrote For the Beauty of the Earth. The song was inspired by the beauty of the countryside that surrounded him. Pierpoint wrote praises of God for the beauties all around him into the lyrics. Take for instance beauty of the earth and sky, beauty of each hour, and the joy of human love that he incorporates into the lyrics.

The original poem contained eight stanza’s at four lines each. Usually four to six stanza’s are published in the current denominational hymnals.

For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night

The text from the original poem was changed for the 1916 hymnbook “Hymns Ancient and Modern” to make it a more general hymn.

Conrad Kocher composed the tune “Dix” in 1838.

Three years after Pierpoint released “For the Beauty of the Earth” William Chatterton’s Dix used the same tune for the song, “As with Gladness, Men of Old,” in the Christmas Carol.

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For the beauty of the earth (Rutter)

Choral composition by John Rutter, a setting of the hymn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"For the beauty of the earth" is a sacred choral composition by John Rutter, a setting of the hymn of the same name by Folliott S. Pierpoint. The work was published by Oxford University Press in 1980. Recorded several times, it has been described as "one of Rutter's more popular, enduring anthems".[1]

Choral composition by John Rutter, a setting of the hymn

Quick facts: "For the beauty of the earth", Written, Text,... ▼"For the beauty of the earth"Anthem by John RutterWritten1864 (1864)Text"For the Beauty of the Earth"LanguageEnglishComposed1978 (1978)DedicationRosemary Heffley and the Texas Choral Directors AssociationPublished1980 (1980)ScoringSATB (or SA or TTBB) choir with keyboard or orchestraClose ▲

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Choral composition by John Rutter, a setting of the hymn

Where was for the beauty of the earth written?

This hymn of thanksgiving was written by Anglican educator and poet Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835–1917) and first published in the 2nd edition of Lyra Eucharistica (London, 1864 | Fig. 1), a collection of hymns in six categories intended for use at Communion.