All Things Bright And Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
And all things wise and wonderful;
The Lord God made them all.
Each little flow’r that opens up,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors and
He made their tiny wings.
The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning light
That brightens up the sky.
The cold wind in the wintertime,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden now,
He made them ev’ry one.
He gave us eyes to see them all,
And lips that we might tell
How great is the Almighty God
Who has made all things well.
CECIL ALEXANDER and her husband, William, a parish minister in Londonderry, Ireland, served in a rural area. She visited the poor families and gathered the children around her for instruction in the Bible, the catechism, and the Apostles’ Creed. When she published a collection of her songs, almost all for children, she donated the profits to support disabled children in her area.
“All Things Bright and Beautiful” was written to help children understand the phrase, “I believe in God the Father, Maker of Heaven and earth.” Often when we think of God the Creator, we consider the vast galaxies of space and the mighty billowing oceans, but this hymn, written for boys and girls, talks of little flowers with glowing colors, little birds with tiny wings, purple-headed mountains, ripe fruits in the garden, and meadows where we play.
In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
John 1:1-3
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