39 Questions
Who wrote the words to the Anglican hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?
Cecil Frances Alexander
Who composed the hymn tune commonly sung with 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?
William Henry Monk
When was the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' first published?
1848
What is another popular tune for the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?
Royal Oak
What influenced Cecil Frances Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?
Psalm 104
What does the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborate upon?
The clause of the Apostles' Creed describing God as 'maker of heaven and earth'
What is the main focus of William Paley's Natural Theology?
God as the designer of the natural world
Where is the possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by' attributed to?
Bellarena House in County Londonderry
What is the possible interpretation of the third verse in Alexander's hymn?
Expression of the equality of rich and poor in the eyes of God
Where did Alexander visit in 1848, with claims that it inspired her hymn?
Dunster in Somerset and Grabbist Hill
What does the hymn 'The rich man in his castle,/The poor man at his gate' assert?
The social positions have been ordained by God
What does William Paley cite as examples of complexity of design in his Natural Theology?
Wings and eyes
Where is Sir John Heygate's account of the hymn's inspiration from?
Benevenagh and Grabbist Hill
What does Alexander's Verses for Holy Seasons (1846) state about the rich and the poor?
"Their prayers to God are of equal importance: 'He listens, and He answers all'"
What is the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' commonly sung to?
A hymn tune composed by William Henry Monk
What inspired Cecil Frances Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' according to the text?
Both Psalm 104 and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's work
What does the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborate upon?
The clause of the Apostles' Creed describing God as the maker of heaven and earth
Where was the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' first published?
In Mrs. Cecil Alexander's Hymns for Little Children
What does the text suggest may have influenced Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?
'The 29th of May', a 17th-century English folk tune
Who composed the hymn tune commonly sung with 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?
William Henry Monk
What does William Paley's Natural Theology argue for?
The complexity of design and God as the Divine Watchmaker
Which location is attributed as a possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by'?
Benevenagh and the River Roe near Bellarena House in County Londonderry
What is the possible interpretation of the third verse in Alexander's hymn?
A theological view supporting the existing social order upheld by Divine providence
What influenced Cecil Frances Alexander's composition of the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'?
Her travels to Wales, Ireland, and England
Where did Alexander visit in 1848, with claims that it inspired her hymn?
All of the above
What does Alexander's Verses for Holy Seasons (1846) state about the rich and the poor?
The equality of rich and poor in the eyes of God
What is another possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by'?
The landscape of Grabbist Hill and the River Avill near Dunster Village in Somerset
'The rich man in his castle,/The poor man at his gate' asserts:
Their social positions have been ordained by God
'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborates upon:
'wings' and 'eyes' as examples of complexity of design'
What does the hymn's third verse make reference to?
The rich man in his castle and the poor man at his gate
Where is the possible inspiration for Alexander's hymn text 'The purple-headed mountain, The river running by' attributed to?
Wales, Ireland, and England
Who is credited with a more credible account linking the hymn to specific locations in County Londonderry?
Sir John Heygate
What is the main focus of William Paley's Natural Theology?
Arguing for God as the designer of the natural world
What does the hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' elaborate upon?
The complexity of nature and God as the Divine Watchmaker
What has been interpreted as an expression of the theological view that society is ordered and upheld by Divine providence?
The hymn's third verse
What does Alexander's Verses for Holy Seasons (1846) state about the rich and the poor?
'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
Where did Alexander visit in 1848 with claims that it inspired her hymn?
Llanwenarth House in Govilon, Monmouthshire
What does Sir John Heygate attribute 'the purple headed mountain' and 'the river running by' to?
'the purple headed mountain' to nearby Benevenagh, and 'the river running by' to the River Roe which flows past Bellerena House
What does an alternative interpretation of the third verse suggest about the equality of rich and poor?
That Alexander was expressing the equality of rich and poor in the eyes of God
Learn about the history and origins of the Anglican hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' by Cecil Frances Alexander, along with the different hymn tunes it is commonly sung to.
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