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From All that Dwell Below the Skies

January 7, 2018 By Annette1 4 Comments

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I have to admit that I am not as familiar with this hymn “From All that Dwell Below the Skies” as I am some, but I do know the tune and remember singing it often enough that it comes easy to my ears.  This hymn surprisingly was written by a number of different folks.

Isaac Watts wrote vs 1-2, Someone unknown vs 3 (though some say Robert Spence wrote this one as well), and then Robert Spence wrote vs 4 (and others say as editor he added the last two from an unknown author).  In my hymn book I only have the first three stanzas. 

Isaac Watts: A smart lad born into a Puritan family, he was writing poetry at age 6, he became a believer at age 15.  He was a man of poor health, called to the clergy, poet and hymn writer. He wrote his music in order to reach the ordinary Christian believer. He wrote nearly 30 theological treatises; essays on psychology, astronomy, and philosophy; three volumes of sermons; the first children’s hymnal; and a textbook on logic that served as a standard work on the subject for generations. (source)

Robert Spence: was the editor of  A Pocket Hymn-Book, Designed as a Constant Companion for the Pious in 1781.  I haven’t learned a lot else about him.

 

Lyrics

From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator’s praise arise;
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,
Through every land, by every tongue.

Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends Thy Word.
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring,
In songs of praise divinely sing;
The great salvation loud proclaim,
And shout for joy the Savior’s name.

In every land begin the song;
To every land the strains belong;
In cheerful sounds all voices raise,
And fill the world with loudest praise.

Add Alleluia, Alleluia after every second line for
 Lasst Une Erfreuen tune that I am most familiar with

I don’t tend to sing this hymn to the following tune, but it is an alternative. 🙂

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  1. Lori H @ At Home says

    January 13, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    Another I am not familiar with. Enjoyed the lyrics.

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    • ANetInTime says

      January 13, 2018 at 2:21 pm

      Lyrics are good arent they?

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  2. Toni Cross says

    March 15, 2019 at 2:33 pm

    Curious what denomination are you? This is sung in the AME church, I’m 99% sure all Methodist varieties, after the scripture and just before the decalogue. It’s also part of the Baptist order of sevice too. I’m pretty sure it’s in a few other protestant denominations, but I haven’t been to enough or recently to remember which. It’s usually the second tune, Duke Street, that’s wrong the tune in the AME order of service is Woodworth (Just As I Am) though I have heard the other, Lasst… Some place uses Duke Street, could be Baptist or UMC. The lyrics come from Psalm 117. Isaac Watts is called the “Father of English Hymnody”.

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    • Annette1 says

      March 15, 2019 at 8:22 pm

      I’m reformed (so like Presbyterian) in my background. Thanks for the information on how you use this hymn in the methodist church.

      Reply

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