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</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</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'</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</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</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</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</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</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</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</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;</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</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</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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborates upon:

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

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