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Hymns · 1848

All Things Bright and Beautiful

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Chorus
All things bright and beau­ti­ful,
All crea­tures great and small,
All things wise and won­der­ful:
The Lord God made them all. (Genesis 1:5-21, John 1:3, Neh. 9:6, Acts 17:24, Col. 1:16)

Verse 1
Each lit­tle flow­er that op­ens, (Genesis 1:11)
Each lit­tle bird that sings, (Genesis 1:21, Ps. 104:12)
He made their glow­ing col­ors,
He made their ti­ny wings.

Verse 2
The rich man in his cas­tle,
The poor man at his gate,
He made them, high or low­ly, (Prov. 22:2, Job 34:19)
And or­dered their es­tate. (I Sam. 2:7)

Verse 3
The pur­ple head­ed mount­ains, (Gen. 1:9-10, Amos 4:13)
The river run­ning by, (Ps. 104:5-10)
The sun­set and the morn­ing (Gen. 1:5, Gen. 1:16-18)
That bright­ens up the sky.

Verse 4
The cold wind in the win­ter,
The plea­sant sum­mer sun,
The ripe fruits in the gar­den, (Gen. 1:11)
He made them ev­ery one.

Verse 5
The tall trees in the green­wood, (Gen. 1:12)
The mea­dows where we play,
The rush­es by the wa­ter,
To ga­ther ev­ery day.

Verse 6
He gave us eyes to see them, (Prov. 20:12)
And lips that we might tell
How great is God Al­migh­ty,
Who has made all things well. (Mark 7:37)