All Things Bright and Beautiful Hymn History

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Who wrote the words to the Anglican hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?

  • William Henry Monk
  • Mrs. Cecil Alexander
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Cecil Frances Alexander (correct)

Who composed the hymn tune commonly sung with 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?

  • William Henry Monk (correct)
  • Cecil Frances Alexander
  • Mrs. Cecil Alexander
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

When was the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' first published?

  • 1848 (correct)
  • 1844
  • 1887
  • 17th-century

What is another popular tune for the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?

<p>Royal Oak (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influenced Cecil Frances Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?

<p>Psalm 104 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborate upon?

<p>The clause of the Apostles' Creed describing God as 'maker of heaven and earth' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of William Paley's Natural Theology?

<p>God as the designer of the natural world (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is the possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by' attributed to?

<p>Bellarena House in County Londonderry (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the possible interpretation of the third verse in Alexander's hymn?

<p>Expression of the equality of rich and poor in the eyes of God (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Alexander visit in 1848, with claims that it inspired her hymn?

<p>Dunster in Somerset and Grabbist Hill (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the hymn 'The rich man in his castle,/The poor man at his gate' assert?

<p>The social positions have been ordained by God (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does William Paley cite as examples of complexity of design in his Natural Theology?

<p>Wings and eyes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is Sir John Heygate's account of the hymn's inspiration from?

<p>Benevenagh and Grabbist Hill (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Alexander's Verses for Holy Seasons (1846) state about the rich and the poor?

<p>&quot;Their prayers to God are of equal importance: 'He listens, and He answers all'&quot; (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' commonly sung to?

<p>A hymn tune composed by William Henry Monk (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What inspired Cecil Frances Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' according to the text?

<p>Both Psalm 104 and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's work (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborate upon?

<p>The clause of the Apostles' Creed describing God as the maker of heaven and earth (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where was the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' first published?

<p>In Mrs. Cecil Alexander's Hymns for Little Children (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest may have influenced Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?

<p>'The 29th of May', a 17th-century English folk tune (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who composed the hymn tune commonly sung with 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?

<p>William Henry Monk (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does William Paley's Natural Theology argue for?

<p>The complexity of design and God as the Divine Watchmaker (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which location is attributed as a possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by'?

<p>Benevenagh and the River Roe near Bellarena House in County Londonderry (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the possible interpretation of the third verse in Alexander's hymn?

<p>A theological view supporting the existing social order upheld by Divine providence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influenced Cecil Frances Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?

<p>Her travels to Wales, Ireland, and England (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Alexander visit in 1848, with claims that it inspired her hymn?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Alexander's Verses for Holy Seasons (1846) state about the rich and the poor?

<p>The equality of rich and poor in the eyes of God (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is another possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by'?

<p>The landscape of Grabbist Hill and the River Avill near Dunster Village in Somerset (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The rich man in his castle,/The poor man at his gate' asserts:

<p>Their social positions have been ordained by God (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborates upon:

<p>'wings' and 'eyes' as examples of complexity of design' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the hymn's third verse make reference to?

<p>The rich man in his castle and the poor man at his gate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is the possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by' attributed to?

<p>Wales, Ireland, and England (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with a more credible account linking the hymn to specific locations in County Londonderry?

<p>Sir John Heygate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of William Paley's Natural Theology?

<p>Arguing for God as the designer of the natural world (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborate upon?

<p>The complexity of nature and God as the Divine Watchmaker (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has been interpreted as an expression of the theological view that society is ordered and upheld by Divine providence?

<p>The hymn's third verse (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Alexander's Verses for Holy Seasons (1846) state about the rich and the poor?

<p>'The poor man in his straw-roofed cottage, The rich man in his lordly hall' and states that their prayers to God are of equal importance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Alexander visit in 1848 with claims that it inspired her hymn?

<p>Llanwenarth House in Govilon, Monmouthshire (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Sir John Heygate attribute 'the purple headed mountain' and 'the river running by' to?

<p>'the purple headed mountain' to nearby Benevenagh, and 'the river running by' to the River Roe which flows past Bellerena House (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does an alternative interpretation of the third verse suggest about the equality of rich and poor?

<p>That Alexander was expressing the equality of rich and poor in the eyes of God (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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