For The Beauty Of The Earth' written by Folliot S.
Pierpoint and revised by Orby Shipley in 1864 has the essence of
Thanksgiving Day in its beautiful lyrics. Hummed to the tune composed by
Conrad Kocher for 'Dix' in 1838, its several versions have been sung to
the alternate tunes of 'England's Lane' adapted by Geoffrey Shaw in
1919, 'Ratisbon' by Johann G. Werner in 1815 and 'Warden' composed by
James Turle in1844. 'We Gather Together' was originally a Dutch song of
praise written in 1597 to celebrate a war victory. Eduard Kremser
translated it to Latin in 1877 and to English by Theodore Baker in 1894.
The lyricist Leonard Bacon wrote 'O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand' in
1833 and is played to the tune of 'Duke Street' composed by John Hatton
in 1793. 'Come, Ye Thankful People, Come' was penned by Henry Alford in
1844 for 'Psalms and Hymns' and is sung to the tune of 'St. George's
Windsor' composed by George J. Elvey in 1858. 'Guide Me, O Thou Great
Jehovah' was originally penned by William Williams in 1745 and was
translated from Welsh to English to 'Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer' by
Peter Williams in 1771. It is sung to the tunes of 'Cwm Rhondda'
composed by John Hughes in 1907 or alternatively to those of 'Guide Me'
composed by George W. Warren in 1884, 'Pilgrimage' by George J. Elvey
and 'Zion' by Thomas Hastings in 1830.
The Welsh version of the hymn was sung in the 1941 Academy Award
winning movie 'How Green Was My Valley?' while its English version was
sung at the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997. The other hymns and songs
in our collection includes 'Now Thank We All Our God' written by Martin
Rinkart in circa 1636, 'Lone Pilgrim' written and composed by Bob Dylan,
'Faith Of Our Fathers' written by Frederick W. Faber in 1849, 'Count
Your Blessings' by Johnson Oatman, Jr., in 1897, 'I'm A Pilgrim' written
by Mary S. Shindler in 1841 and 'Thanks To God' written in Swedish by
August L. Storm in 1891 and translated to English by Carl E. Backstrom.
'Ten Thousand Thanks To Jesus' was written by Matilda C. Day while
'Lord Jesus, We Give Thanks To Thee' was penned by Christoph Fischer in
1597. 'O Lord, Our Father, Thanks To Thee' was the German song by
Cyriacus Schneegass written in 1597 and later got translated to English
by August Crull in 1880. Our collection also includes 'Give Thanks To
God The Lord' by Susan H. Peterson in 1999, 'Now Yield We Thanks And
Praise' written by Howard C. Robbins, 'Creation's Lord, We Give Thee
Thanks' written by William D. Hyde in 1903 and 'To Thee, O God, We
Render Thanks' that appeared as a paraphrase of Psalm 75.
