For the Beauty of the Earth DIX Designed for children in grades 1-6, contents include: Teaching Steps Hymn Score Author and Composer Information Hymn Activities Instrumental Descant Dramatic Reading Groing in Grace, a division of Celebrating Grace, Inc..groing-in-grace.com (877) 550-7707 6501 Peake Road, Building 800 Macon, GA 31210 681010297 Hymn Discovery Series
is a thoughtful list of many things for hich e should be thankful. Thankfulness is an essential character trait in nurturing a lifestyle of orship. In our materialistic orld, it is important for us to help children develop a sense of gratitude for every good and perfect gift comes from God! KIDPages Use these pages: With children ho arrive early In a small learning group As a take-home page. If a page is sent home, suggest that parents and children ork on the puzzle together. Author/Composer Match Use this page to introduce children to the author and composer of For the Beauty of the Earth. Have children dra a box around the ords that apply to Pierpoint, circle the ords that apply to Kocher, and underline the ord that applies to both Pierpoint and Kocher. ThanksPuzzle Have children complete the crossord puzzle using ords from For the Beauty of the Earth. Descant A descant for handbells or Choirchimes. Psalm 148: A Song of Creation Dramatic Reading Enlist and rehearse to readers to present this dramatic reading based on Psalm 148 before singing the hymn. Author/Composer Match Ansers: ACROSS 1. glory 5. around 6. beauty 7. skies 8. earth 9. Lord 11. love DOWN 1. hymn 2. praise 3. grateful 4. raise 6. birth 10. over ThanksPuzzle Ansers: Pierpoint (box around the ords): author communion England gift poet thanksgiving Kocher (circle around the ords): composer four-part Germany harmony organist seventeen Both Pierpoint and Kocher (underlined): teacher
For the Beauty of the Earth 341 1. For the beau ty of the earth, for the glo ry of the skies, 2. For the on der of each hour of the day and of the night, 3. For the joy of hu man love, broth er, sis ter, par ent, child, 4. For the church that ev er more lift eth ho ly hands a bove, 5. For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind s de light, 6. For Thy self, best Gift Di vine! to our orld so free ly given; for the love hich from our birth o ver and a round us lies: hill and vale, and tree and floer, sun and moon, and stars of light: friends on earth, and friends a bove, for all gen tle thoughts and mild: of fering up on ev ery shore her pure sac ri fice of love: for the mys tic har mo ny link ing sense to sound and sight: for that great, great love of Thine, peace on earth, and joy in heaven: Lord of all, to Thee e raise this our hymn of grate ful praise. WORDS: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864 DIX MUSIC: Conrad Kocher, 1838; adapt. William Henry Monk, 1861 77.77.77
Author/Composer Match Learn more about the author (ho rote the ords) and the composer (ho composed the music) by reading the information belo. Then, look at the ords in the middle of the page. Dra a box around the ords that apply to Pierpoint, circle the ords that apply to Kocher, and underline the ord that applies to both Pierpoint and Kocher. grateful praise Conrad Kocher (1786-1872) Composer (composed the music) Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917) Author (rote the ords) Folliott Pierpoint as a teacher and poet ho lived in England. He rote this hymn of thanksgiving for a communion service. Pierpoint expresses gratitude for the natural orld around us, then expresses thanks for families, friends, senses, and the church. The final stanza addresses thanks to Christ himself as a gift to us. Conrad Kocher as born in Germany. He as trained as a teacher. He loved the music of classical composers such as Mozart and Haydn. He as an organist and began composing music hen he as only seventeen years old. He founded the School for Sacred Song hich encouraged the use of four-part harmony singing in the church.
Thanks Puzzle reminds us of all the good and perfect gifts that come from God. We should alays be grateful for everything God gives to us. Complete the crossord puzzle using clues for ords from the hymn. The ords are in the Word Bank. DOWN 1. a song to God 2. to sing God s greatness 3. to be thankful 4. to lift up 6. born 10. opposite of under around beauty birth WORD BANK earth hymn glory Lord grateful love over praise raise skies ACROSS 3. majesty or greatness 5. on all sides 6. pretty or lovely 7. blue space overhead 8. our planet 9. Master 11. great affection
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Psalm 148: A Song of Creation Dramatic Reading Reader 1: Hallelujah! Reader 2: Praise God from the heavens; praise God from the skies! Praise God, all you angels; Praise God, all you multitudes in heaven! Reader 1: Praise God, sun and moon; praise God, all you tinkling stars! Praise God, you skies above, and you aters high above the clouds! Reader 2: Let every created thing give praise to God, for God spoke everything into existence, and set them in place forever and ever. Reader 1: Praise God from the earth, you creatures in the ocean depths, fire and hail, sno and frost, and stormy ind that follos God s command! Reader 2: Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Wild animals and all cattle, small creeping animals and flying birds! Leaders of the earth and all peoples, rulers and judges of the earth! Young men and omen alike, young and old, together! Reader 1: Let them praise the name of God! Reader 2: For God s name alone is exalted; God s glory is above earth and heaven. God has strengthened all people. Reader 1: Honor comes to the faithful ones ho follo close to God. Reader 1 and 2: Hallelujah! Paraphrase based on Psalm 148