HYMNS, OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE LESSON 16 Lwer Level All Things Bright and Beautiful PACING: 1 day ESSENTIAL QUESTION, BIG IDEA, and STANDARDS: See Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian ritage. CONCEPT: Christian hymns are a cherished and valuable legacy, expressing emtins and experiences f Gd s peple thrugh many centuries. OBJECTIVES: Learn text and tune f an imprtant hymn f faith. Interpret spiritual meaning f hymn. Understand and cmmunicate imprtant facts abut life f authr f wrds and/r cmpser f music. VOCABULARY: hymn, hymn writer, hymnal, text, tune, cmpser, verse, stanza RESOURCES: Links t perfrmances f hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful Vcal sl, nature vide with wrds(3:34), https://www.yutube.cm/watch?v=iunqmvwaxlc Cntemprary wrship team, nature PwerPint with wrds (4:11), https://www.yutube.cm/watch?v=idxdfgngzy Child singing, alternate tune, PwerPint f children s bk with wrds (2:40), https://www.yutube.cm/watch?v=ft_dqoegpc Chir, Jhn Rutter versin, nature PwerPint with wrds (2:50), https://www.yutube.cm/watch?v=wlhv80qpuui Hayley Westenra, sl, Jhn Rutter versin, begins singing at 1:20, https://www.yutube.cm/watch?v=eyvkgvywt4 Children s chir, Jhn Rutter versin, cnducted by Jhn Rutter (2:51), https://www.yutube.cm/watch?v=bjbktntuv30 ACTIVITIES: Eir give each student a printed cpy f hymn, display hymn fr class electrnically r have students find hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful (#93) in Seventhday Adventist Hymnal. Read wrds thrugh tger. Discuss what wrds mean. Review meaning f specific wrds t clarify students understanding: purpleheaded muntain. Play a recrding f hymn fr students. (See links abve) Use discussin questins fund in Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian ritage. Sing hymn tger. Discuss its frm, meldy and rhythm. Nte hw many verses r stanzas it has. Des it have a Refrain? Discuss hw it can be sung t several different meldies. music is in ur hymnal is nt same tune sme r hymnals have. Read r tell stry f Cecil Frances Alexander wh wrte wrds f this hymn, using bigraphical sketch fund in this lessn. Discuss with students hw Cecil was very timid and shy abut her talents when she was a girl. Hw did her far and her family encurage her? Is re anyne amng students in yur class may be shy abut ir gifts? Hw culd yur class encurage persn? Discuss with students hw Mrs. Alexander and her sister started a schl fr deaf ver 150 years ag. It shuld be nted this was a very big deal in thse days! A little research will shw fr many centuries deaf peple were cnsidered nnpersns and nt given ir rights, nt allwed t marry r have prperty. Review stry by cmpleting Lessn 16 Review.
Sing hymn, fcusing n its expressive qualities and memrizatin f at least first stanza. Learn sign language fr first stanza f hymn. Chse a venue t perfrm hymn. If n pprtunity is fund fr a perfrmance at schl, church r r cmmunity event, cnsider videtaping a perfrmance fr future use. Create psters fr a bulletin bard display featuring aspects f hymn stry r wrds f hymn in a calligraphic style with handdrawn illustratins. Use activities fund in Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian ritage. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER STUDENTS: Create a chral reading f hymn. Create a special arrangement f hymn, utilizing vcal r instrumental sls r ensembles, etc. Create a skit telling stry f hymn writer r circumstances under which hymn was written. This may be presented t yunger students in a wrship r at Sabbath Schl r church. ASSESSMENT: re is a Lessn 16 Review included. Als, any f fllwing assessments may be used: teacher bservatin, discussin, perfrmance, teachercreated wrksheets. ANSWER KEY: (10 pints) All Things Bright and Beautiful 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. True 10. False
All Things Bright and Beautiful Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander (18181895) Cecil (seh suhl) Frances* was brn abut 200 years ag in Ireland, third daughter f Majr Jhn Humphreys. She began writing petry when she was a little girl. But she was nearsighted, timid and shy and didn t want her far t see her pems. One day he saw a bulge under rug in a back rm f his hme. lked t see what it was and fund papers n which 9yearld Cecil had written pems. shwed girl s petry t a famus pet wh said she was a brn writer and shuld be encuraged. S Majr Humphreys called family tger and prudly read alud little Cecil s pems. n put ut a bx with a slt in tp. Whenever Cecil wuld finish a pem, she was t put it in bx. n each Saturday evening, family wuld take ut what Cecil had written and read it alud. family wuld make helpful and encuraging cmments. It was just what she needed, and within a few years she was knwn thrughut British Empire. Cecil Frances married a minister, William Alexander, wh had respnsibility f many Irish churches. She lved peple in ir parish. She regularly visited and cared fr pr families. She develped a district nurse service t help peple. And she and her sister started a schl fr deaf. In Lndnderry, she als set up a Girls Friendly Sciety, a srt f club t help girls and yung wmen wh wanted t better mselves. Girls as yung as eight years ld met and enjyed recreatin and simple refreshments. y wuld sew, read and sing tger. Mrs. Alexander wrte abut 400 hymns in her lifetime and a number f bks. She dnated all her prfits frm her bks t supprt disabled children. r bk Hymns fr Little Children had sng All Things Bright and Beautiful in it. She wrte it t teach children abut Gd, Creatr f everything in heaven and earth. It is a very beautiful descriptin f all things Gd has made flwers with glwing clrs, little birds with tiny wings, purpleheaded muntains, ripe fruit in garden, and many r things. She als wrte Once in Ryal David s City (#149) t teach children abut stry f Jesus birth and re is a Green Hill Far Away (#164) t teach children abut crucifixin f Jesus. r husband wrte, Frm ne pr hme t anr she went. Christ was ever with her, and in her, and all felt her influence. She was very humble and didn t care fr praise r flattery. But lng after her death, she was hnred with a blue histry plaque in her hmetwn. *Like Frances Crsby and Frances Havergal, she was called Fanny.
Student Name: Hymns, Our Christian ritage Lessn 16 Review Scre: 10 All Things Bright and Beautiful Wrds by Cecil Frances Alexander 1. In what cuntry did Cecil Frances Alexander live? a. United States f America b. Ireland c. Sweden 2. Where did 9yearld Cecil hide her petry? a. Under bed b. Under her pillw c. Under a rug 3. What happened every Saturday evening in Humphreys hme? a. y ate ppcrn and watched a mvie b. y read Cecil s latest pems c. y had a pillw fight 4. Why did Cecil Frances Alexander write All Things Bright and Beautiful? a. She wanted children t understand abut Gd, Creatr b. She was a great nature lver c. She needed t earn sme mney 5. Anr hymn Cecil Frances Alexander wrte fr children was a. Fr Beauty f Earth b. Jyful, Jyful We Adre e c. Once in Ryal David s City 6. What was ccupatin f man Cecil married? a. was a farmer b. was a businessman c. was a minister 7. Hw did Mrs. Alexander shw her lve fr peple f her husband s parish? a. She sent m flwers and cards b. She visited m and cared fr ir sick c. She sang her sngs t m 8. What did Mrs. Alexander nt d when helping peple f parish? a. Started a Girls Friendly Sciety b. Started a schl fr deaf c. Charged m fr nursing services 9. True r False. r husband admired wrk she did with peple and felt Christ was always with her. 10. True r False. Mrs. Alexander enjyed cmpliments and praise f peple she helped.
All Things Bright and Beautiful Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848 English traditinal meldy Adapt. by Martin Shaw, 1915 & # œ 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w *1.All things bright and beau ti ful, All crea tures great and small, 4 & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ U All things wise and wn der ful Lrd Gd made m all. Fine œ 2.Each 3. 4. 5. 8 & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ lit tle flwer pur ple head cld gave wind us in eyes ed t pens, mun tain, win ter, see m, Each And lit riv pleas lips tle er ant bird run sum we ning mer might sings; by, sun, tell œ œ Hw 12 & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ made ir sun ripe great set, fruits is glw and in Gd ing Al cl mrn gar might rs, ing den, y, Wh made ir brightens made m has made œ œ œ œ w ti up ev all ny ery things wings. sky, ne. well. D.C. * Stanza 1 t be sung as refrain after stanzas 25.