Glory to God ‎#24

24. God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens

Text Information

• First Line: God, who stretched the spangled heavens
• Title: God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
• Author: Catherine Cameron (1967, alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Genesis 1:1
  ;
  Genesis 1:16
  ;
  Psalm 136:3-9
  ;
  Isaiah 44:24
• Topic: Creation; Guidance; Providence; Social Concerns
• Copyright: © 1967 Hope Publishing Company

Tune Information

• Name: HOLY MANNA
• Composer (attributed to): William Moore (1825)
• Harmonizer: Charles Anders (1969)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Harm. © 1969 Contemporary Music I: Hymns (admin. Augsburg Fortress)
• Notes: (alternate harmonization, 396)

Text Information:

The crux of this text comes in the second stanza: if we dare to claim God-given abilities, we need also to show God-like compassion for the human needs that confront us daily. The earthy shape note tune provides a further reminder that we must not lose our heads in the clouds.