Hymn - "For the Beauty of the Earth"; Choir, Congregation, Pipe Organ

[619everyday]

Im filling in for a friend of mine this Sunday at his church.. This is the hymn.. Never heard of it before.. but with the blessings of your ministry it will be successful.. I site read through it.. but its always good to hear it before hand as well... thanks again be blessed

[joenwayne]

@619everyday

Thanks for viewing and your kind comments.

[alfiesgirluk]

I prefer this tune to the newer one..............as I children we had to sing this in morning assembly. I didn't like it then but I love it now

[joenwayne]

@alfiesgirluk

Thanks for your comments and for viewing.

Greetings to you in the UK from New Jersey, USA.

[kenpalmer1965]

Hello. I didn't know you were on here. Is that you playing the organ? This is one magnificent sounding organ!

[joenwayne]

@kenpalmer1965 Yes, 'tis me playing. This video is before I got a wide-angle lens for the camcorder, so I'm just off the video to the left.

[kenpalmer1965]

Another great favorite of mine! Your collection of vidoes is quite magnificent!

[joenwayne]

@kenpalmer1965 You're most kind - thank you!

[Aritul]

This is precisely the version for which I was looking. Thanks for posting it.

[joenwayne]

@Aritul You're welcome.

Thanks for viewing and your comments.

Cheers,

Wayne

[everslaw]

What is the source of these non-traditional lyrics? I like them very much.

[joenwayne]

@everslaw

The hymn text is by Virginia Sargent. I'm no longer at the church so I don't have access to nor remember the source from which they came. They are a nice alternate text.

Thanks for viewing and your comments.

Cheers,

Wayne

[alexanuchid]

Great choir !!!!Keep on good work !

[joenwayne]

Thanks for your kind comments and for viewing.

Greetings to you in Thailand from New Jersey, USA.

[rymeintrinseca]

I love this hymn sung to this tune - so much nicer

[joenwayne]

Thanks for viewing and your comments.

Greetings to you in the UK from New Jersey, USA.

[anglicansag]

I've never seen a Processional Cross with tassels.........

[joenwayne]

I wouldn't exactly call them tassels. It's draped fabric.

Thanks for your comments and for viewing.

[bestminstrel]

As a church organist, I must say that you play exquisitely well, and I just love the stop registrations you used on the hymn. I like when other organists aren't afraid to "pull out the stops," and really build up the hymn and take it somewhere different in each stanza. Great job, I loved this video, and your playing as well! Bravo!

[julorg]

Great !

I wish we had some tunes like this one in France... :-(

[joenwayne]

You mean like:

"Il est ne, le divin Enfant", et

"Noel nouvelet, Noel chantons ici"?

Merci pour vos commentaires et remercie pour regarder.

[julorg]

Yes we have some like these, but so much more that are very bad...

[ServusGrueziHallo]

Well, julorg, you live right next door to Germany, which has very many great processional and religious hymns. Borrow a few of them.

[ServusGrueziHallo]

Maybe you would like "Grosser Gott wir Loben Dich".

[someonespadre]

@ServusGrueziHallo The PECUSA hymnal has German hymns in it including some by some guy named "Luther" ;-)

[fluteceleste]

thankx i really appreciate that one!! keep on posting the good stuff!

[joenwayne]

Thanks. Some other hymns posted recently with Bairstow harmonizations on the last stanza.