Text:For the Beauty of the Earth
Author:Folliott S. Pierpoint
Tune:DIX
Adapter:William H. Monk
Composer:Conrad Kocher

54. For the Beauty of the Earth

Text Information
First Line: For the beauty of the earth
Title: For the Beauty of the Earth
Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint (1864, alt.)
Refrain First Line: Lord of all, to thee we raise
Meter: 77.77.77
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Topic: God: Adoration and Praise; God: Creator
Tune Information
Name: DIX
Composer: Conrad Kocher (1838)
Adapter: William H. Monk (1861)
Meter: 77.77.77
Key: G Major or modal


Text Information:

Originally written as a joyful communion hymn, Pierpoint's text had as its refrain, 'Christ, our God, to thee we raise, this our sacrifice of praise'


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