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To Bless the Earth, God Sendeth

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1. To bless the earth, God sendeth From His abundant store The waters of the springtime, Enriching it once more. The seed by Him provided Is sown o’er hill and plain, And with the gentle showers Doth bless the springing grain. 2. The year with good He crownest, The earth His mercy fills, The wilderness is fruitful, And joyful are the hills; With corn the vales are covered, The flocks in pastures graze; All nature joins in singing A joyful song of praise. Used With Tune: FAR OFF LANDS Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 171

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CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 354 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Melchior Vulpius Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13234 53654 32356 Used With Text: To Bless the Earth (Psalm 65)

FAR OFF LANDS

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 28 hymnals Tune Sources: Hemmets Koral Bok, 1921 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 51543 21554 35421 Used With Text: To Bless the Earth, God Sendeth

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To Bless the Earth (Psalm 65)

Hymnal: Glory to God #38 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6 First Line: To bless the earth God sends us Lyrics: 1 To bless the earth God sends us from heaven's abundant store the waters of the springtime, enriching it once more. 2 The seed by God provided is sown o'er hill and plain, and then come gentle showers to bless the springing grain. 3 God crowns the year with goodness; the earth God's mercy fills; the wilderness is fruitful, and joyful are the hills. 4 With grain the fields are covered; the flocks in pastures graze; all nature joins in singing a joyful song of praise. Topics: Care of Creation; Creation; Providence Scripture: Psalm 65 Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

To Bless the Earth

Hymnal: The Presbyterian Hymnal #200 (1990) Meter: 7.6.7.6 First Line: To bless the earth God sends us Lyrics: 1 To bless the earth, God sends us From heaven's abundant store The waters of the springtime, Enriching it once more. 2 The seed by God provided Is sown o’er hill and plain, And then come gentle showers To bless the springing grain. 3 God crowns the year with goodness, The earth God's mercy fills, The wilderness is fruitful, And joyful are the hills. 4 With grain the fields are covered, The flocks in pastures graze; All nature joins in singing A joyful song of praise. Topics: Blessings to Earth Scripture: Psalm 65 Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

Psalm 65 (To Bless the Earth)

Hymnal: Voices United #783 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 First Line: To bless the earth God sends us Lyrics: 1 To bless the earth, God sends us from heaven's abundant store the waters of the springtime, enriching it once more. 2 The seed by God provided is sown o’er hill and plain, and then come gentle showers to bless the springing grain. 3 God crowns the year with goodness, the earth God's mercy fills, the wilderness is fruitful, and joyful are the hills. 4 With grain the fields are covered, the flocks in pastures graze; all nature joins in singing a joyful song of praise. Topics: Easter 2 Year C; Easter 6 Year C Scripture: Psalm 65 Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

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Melchior Vulpius

1570 - 1615 Person Name: Melchoir Vulpius Composer of "CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Born into a poor family named Fuchs, Melchior Vulpius (b. Wasungen, Henneberg, Germany, c. 1570; d. Weimar, Germany, 1615) had only limited educational opportunities and did not attend the university. He taught Latin in the school in Schleusingen, where he Latinized his surname, and from 1596 until his death served as a Lutheran cantor and teacher in Weimar. A distinguished composer, Vulpius wrote a St. Matthew Passion (1613), nearly two hundred motets in German and Latin, and over four hundred hymn tunes, many of which became popular in Lutheran churches, and some of which introduced the lively Italian balletto rhythms into the German hymn tunes. His music was published in Cantiones Sacrae (1602, 1604), Kirchengesangund Geistliche Lieder (1604, enlarged as Ein schon geistlich Gesanglmch, 1609), and posthumously in Cantionale Sacrum (1646). Bert Polman