All Things Bright and Beautiful

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All Things Bright and Beautiful is a well-known 19th-century Christian hymn celebrating the beauty of God's creation.

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instanceOf Christian hymn
hymn
religious song
approximatePublicationDecade 1840s
associatedWith Cecil Frances Alexander’s collection of hymns for children
Victorian-era hymnody
author Cecil Frances Alexander NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ireland
United Kingdom
firstLine All things bright and beautiful NERFINISHED
genre Christian hymnody
hasAdaptation choral arrangements
contemporary Christian music recordings
orchestral arrangements
organ arrangements
hasCharacteristic didactic religious text
simple, memorable refrain
hasCulturalRole popular children’s hymn
traditional English hymn
hasForm strophic hymn
influencedBy Christian doctrine of creation NERFINISHED
intendedAudience Christian congregations
children
isAbout praise of God through observation of nature
language English
lyricist Cecil Frances Alexander NERFINISHED
notableFor use in school assemblies
widespread popularity in English-speaking churches
publicationCentury 19th century
refrain All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
subject God as Creator NERFINISHED
gratitude to God
natural world
theme beauty of nature
divine creation
praise of God as Creator
usedIn Anglican worship
Christian hymnals worldwide
Methodist worship
children’s church services
various Protestant denominations

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Cecil Frances Alexander wrote All Things Bright and Beautiful