According to, brokering wrote his hymn in 1964 for the. Earth and all stars is hymn 412 in the 1982 episcopal hymnbook. These creative, reassuring and beautiful texts can be sung to wellknown hymns and songs in worship, groups. All songbooks, a choir book for lent, a classic christmas caroling songbook, a new. September earth and all stars let them praise the name of the lord. Earth, stars, trumpets, pipes, classrooms, bands, and wisdom are all reasons to praise god in this popular contemporary hymn, illustrated and brought to life in the midst of the city. Earth and all stars, hymn 412 uplifting the spirits. Flowers and trees, loud rustling leaves, sing to the lord a new song. All ages will enjoy this collection of songs by the author of earth and all stars and love, love, love. O victory, loud shouting army, sing to the lord a new song. All ages will enjoy this collection of songs by the author of earth and all.
Bloomington, minnesota, november 7, 2009 was a lutheran pastor with german roots, an author of more than forty books, and a poet and hymn writer known especially for two hymn texts, earth and all stars and alleluia. Earth and all stars loud rushing planets ehymnbook. It quotes psalm 96 which was part of the lectionary today, oct. Johnsons own setting of his tune, which, like the wyton piece, is published by augsburg. The hymn was initially published in 1968 as part of a folksong collection and finally made it into a lutheran hymnal in 1969. Hymn arrangement for organ on earth and all stars composed and played by jeffrey b. I sang the hymn growing up from the lutheran book of worship.
Singing the hymn, i thought the message was that earth and all stars. Sue mitchell wallace lists the hymn in her hymn prisms hope publishing co. Herb brokering, a treasure among hymn writers of our time, has selected 170 of the best of his hymn and song texts for this volume. Earth and all stars behnke concordia publishing house.
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