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GRATEFUL PRAISE

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. Waring Stebbins Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Centuries Incipit: 53451 12332 15456 Used With Text: For the beauty of the earth

For the beauty of the earth

Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint Appears in 630 hymnals Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Centuries Used With Tune: GRATEFUL PRAISE

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For the beauty of the earth

Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint Hymnal: Gloria #34 (1916) Hymnal Title: Gloria Languages: English Tune Title: GRATEFUL PRAISE

For the beauty of the earth

Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint Hymnal: Hymns of the Centuries #34 (1913) Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Centuries Languages: English Tune Title: GRATEFUL PRAISE

1835 - 1917 Person Name: Folliott S. Pierpoint Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Centuries Author of "For the beauty of the earth" in Hymns of the Centuries In the spring of 1863, Folliott S. Pierpoint (b. Bath, Somerset, England, 1835; d. Newport, Monmouthshire, England, 1917) sat on a hilltop outside his native city of Bath, England, admiring the country view and the winding Avon River. Inspired by the view to think about God's gifts in creation and in the church, Pierpont wrote this text. Pierpont was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, England, and periodically taught classics at Somersetshire College. But because he had received an inheritance, he did not need a regular teaching position and could afford the leisure of personal study and writing. His three volumes of poetry were collected in 1878; he contributed hymns to The Hymnal Noted (1852) and Lyra Eucharistica (1864). "For the Beauty of the Earth" is the only Pierpont hymn still sung today. Bert Polman ================== Pierpoint, Folliott Sandford, M.A., son of William Home Pierpoint of Bath, was born at Spa Villa, Bath, Oct. 7, 1835, and educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, graduating in classical honours in 1871. He has published The Chalice of Nature and Other Poems, Bath, N.D. This was republished in 1878 as Songs of Love, The Chalice of Nature, and Lyra Jesu. He also contributed hymns to the Churchman's Companion (London Masters), the Lyra Eucharistica, &c. His hymn on the Cross, "0 Cross, O Cross of shame," appeared in both these works. He is most widely known through:— "For the beauty of the earth." Holy Communion, or Flower Service. This was contributed to the 2nd edition of Orby Shipley's Lyra Eucharistica, 1864, in 8 stanzas of 6 lines, as a hymn to be sung at the celebration of Holy Communion. In this form it is not usually found, but in 4, or sometimes in 5, stanzas, it is extensively used for Flower Services and as a Children's hymn. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)