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From Thee All Skill and Science Flow
Author: Charles Kingsley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 87 hymnals Topics: In The Beginning The Earth is the Lord's Lyrics: 1 From thee all skill and science flow,
all pity, care, and love,
all calm and courage, faith and hope:
O pour them from above!
2 Impart them, Lord, to each and all,
as each and all shall need,
to rise, like incense, each to thee
in noble thought and deed.
3 And hasten, Lord, that perfect day
when pain and death shall cease,
and thy just rule shall fill the earth
with health and light and peace.
4 When ever blue the sky shall gleam,
and ever green the sod,
and our rude work deface no more
the paradise of God.
Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN
From Thee All Skill and Science Flow
God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
Author: Catherine Cameron Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: In The Beginning The Earth is the Lord's Used With Tune: HOLY MANNA
God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
I Sing th'Almighty Power of God
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 471 hymnals Topics: In The Beginning Creator of Heaven and Earth Lyrics: 1 I sing th'amighty power of God
that made the mountains rise,
that spread the flowing seas abroad,
and built the lofty skies.
I sing the wisdom that ordained
the sun to rule by day;
the moon shines full at his command,
and all the stars obey.
2 I sing the goodness of the Lord
that filled the earth with food;
he form'd the creatures with his word,
and then pronounced them good.
Lord, how thy wonders are displayed
where’er I turn my eye,
if I survey the ground I tread,
or gaze upon the sky!
3 Creatures, as num'rous as they be,
are subject to thy care;
there's not a place where we can flee,
but God is present there.
His hand is my perpetual guard,
he keeps me with his eye;
why should I then forget the Lord,
who is forever nigh?
Scripture: Genesis 1:1-22 Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE
I Sing th'Almighty Power of God
ST. DENIO (JOANNA)
Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 248 hymnals Topics: In The Beginning Creator of Heaven and Earth Tune Sources: Welsh melody, Canaiadau y Cyssegr (1839) Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 16427 51332 11642 Used With Text: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
ST. DENIO (JOANNA)
O Worship the King
Author: Sir Robert Grant Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #2 (1985) Meter: 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5 Topics: In The Beginning Creator of Heaven and Earth Lyrics: 1 O worship the King,
all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing
his power and his love;
our shield and defender,
the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor,
and girded with praise.
2 O tell of his might,
O sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light,
whose canopy, space.
His chariots of wrath
the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path
on the wings of the storm.
3 This earth with its store
of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power
hath founded of old;
hath 'stablished it fast
by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast,
like a mantle, the sea.
4 Thy bountiful care
what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air,
it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills,
it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills
in the dew and the rain.
5 Frail children of dust,
and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust,
nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender,
how firm to the end!
Our maker, defender,
redeemer, and friend.
6 O measureless Might,
ineffable love!
While angels delight
to hymn thee above,
thy humbler creation,
though feeble their lays,
with true adoration
shall sing to thy praise.
Scripture: Psalm 104:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: HANOVER
O Worship the King
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
Author: H. Alford, 1810-1871; Anna L. Barbauld, 1743-1825 Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #18 (1985) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: In The Beginning The Earth is the Lord's Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in
ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide
for our wants to be supplied;
come to God's own temple, come,
raise the song of harvest home!
2 All the blessings of the field,
all the stores the gardens yield,
all the fruits in full supply,
ripen'd 'neath the summer sky,
all that spring with bounteous hand
scatters o'er the smiling land,
all that lib'ral autumn pours
comes from God's o'erflowing stores.
3 We ourselves are God's own field
fruit unto his praise to yield,
wheat and tares together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown:
first the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear;
grant, O harvest Lord, that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
For the Fruits of His Creation
Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #21 (1985) Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Topics: In The Beginning The Earth is the Lord's Lyrics: 1 For the fruits of his creation,
thanks be to God;
for his gifts to ev'ry nation,
thanks be to God;
for the plouging, sowing, reaping,
silent growth while we are sleeping,
future needs in earth's safekeeping,
thanks be to God.
2 In the just reward of labor,
God's will is done;
in the help we give our neighbor,
God's will is done;
in our worldwide task of caring
for the hungry and despairing,
in the harvests we are sharing,
God's will is done.
3 For the harvests of his Spirit,
thanks be to God;
for the good we all inherit,
thanks be to God;
for the wonders that astound us,
for the truths that still confound us,
most of all that love has found us,
thanks be to God!
Scripture: Luke 15:31 Languages: English Tune Title: EAST ACKLAM
For the Fruits of His Creation
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes Topics: In The Beginning The Earth is the Lord's Harmonizer of "WIR PFLUGEN" in Rejoice in the Lord As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
Joseph Haydn
1732 - 1809 Person Name: F. J. Haydn Topics: In The Beginning Creator of Heaven and Earth Composer of "AUSTRIA" in Rejoice in the Lord Franz Joseph Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1732; d. Vienna, Austria, 1809) Haydn's life was relatively uneventful, but his artistic legacy was truly astounding. He began his musical career as a choirboy in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, spent some years in that city making a precarious living as a music teacher and composer, and then served as music director for the Esterhazy family from 1761 to 1790. Haydn became a most productive and widely respected composer of symphonies, chamber music, and piano sonatas. In his retirement years he took two extended tours to England, which resulted in his "London" symphonies and (because of G. F. Handel's influence) in oratorios. Haydn's church music includes six great Masses and a few original hymn tunes. Hymnal editors have also arranged hymn tunes from various themes in Haydn's music.
Bert Polman
Joseph Haydn
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958 Person Name: R. Vaughan Williams Topics: In The Beginning Creator of Heaven and Earth Harmonizer of "LASST UNS ERFREUEN" in Rejoice in the Lord Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928).
Bert Polman
Ralph Vaughan Williams
