![]() ![]() You could sing this as an opening hymn, after a litany about creation and God’s providence for His people, or as a closing hymn. It can be sung as a hymn of praise during any service, but fits particularly well in services focusing on creation, providence, or stewardship. This hymn is very easily learned by children, and is a very popular Sunday School song or children’s choir piece. Fernando Ortega has a very simple and beautiful piano-led version of the hymn. Watch out for weightiness – keep the tempo moving and the instrumentation light. This light and lilting tune requires bright foundation stops or instrumentation, such as guitars, recorders, flutes, or upper-register piano. TERRA BEATA, Latin for “beautiful world” was originally a traditional English folk tune. The Worshiping Church and Worship and Rejoice end verse two with, “He trusts us with his world, to keep it clean and fair – all earth and trees, all skies and seas, his hand the wonders wrought.” A number of hymnals, including the Baptist Hymnal 1991, end the third stanza with “The battle is not done Jesus who died shall be satisfied, And earth and heaven be one.” Tune: There are also a number of changes in the text. For example, The Worshiping Church uses the first four lines of verse two as the first half of verse two, and the last four of verse two as the first half of verse three. There are a number of variations in how the phrases are arranged. Some hymnals, such as the Presbyterian Hymnal and The Psalter Hymnal include only two verses. ![]() Babcock wrote this poem in sixteen stanzas of four lines each.
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