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The hymn is prominently featured in the pilot episode of the comedy programme Mr. Bean, where the title character is in church when the congregation sings "All Creatures of Our God and King", but he has no hymnal and his neighbour, Mr. Sprout, refuses to share due to Mr. Bean annoying him repeatedly. Consequently, he mumbles through most of the ...
Especially since the early 1900s, versions of the tune have been used for many denominations, languages, and hymn texts. [10] Some of these alternate texts are particularly notable, including alphabetically: "All Creatures of Our God and King", [6] a paraphrase of Canticle of the Sun – by William Henry Draper, in 1919.
The hymn "All Creatures of Our God and King" contains a paraphrase of Saint Francis' song by William H. Draper (1855–1933). Draper set the words to the 17th-century German hymn tune " Lasst uns erfreuen ", for use at a children's choir festival sometime between 1899 and 1919.
All Creatures of Our God and King; All for Jesus, All for Jesus; All Glory, Laud and Honour; All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name; All My Hope on God is Founded; All Things Bright and Beautiful; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; And did those feet in ancient time; Angel Voices, Ever Singing; As with Gladness Men of Old; At the Name of Jesus; Awake My Soul ...
In the 20th century, the writer James Herriot used lines from the hymn as titles for his series of veterinary story collections, All Creatures Great and Small (1972), All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974), All Things Wise and Wonderful (1977) and The Lord God Made Them All (1981).
William Henry Draper (19 December 1855 – 9 August 1933) was an English hymnodist and clergyman who composed about sixty hymns. He is most famous for " All Creatures of Our God and King ", his translation of " Canticle of the Sun " by Francis of Assisi .
On a hot summer day in 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators calling for civil rights joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
All Creatures of Our God and King; All for Jesus, All for Jesus; All Glory, Laud and Honour; All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name; All My Hope on God is Founded; All Things Bright and Beautiful; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; Amazing Grace; And Can It Be; And did those feet in ancient time; Angel Voices, Ever Singing; At the Name of Jesus