My first hymn ever was written in 2009 for the Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ. Their annual meeting was themed around creation care, and they had a hymn contest. The winners of the contest were to have their hymns sung during the weekend. This was the closing hymn of the opening worship, and has a theme of penitence for our misuse of our world, along with hope for healing of that damage.
I have always loved Sibelius' tune Finlandia, to which this is set. I think it is one of the most beautiful hymn tunes that exists, and evokes the grandeur of creation.
This is still my most popular, most sung, and most distributed hymn. It is free to use and copy by all nonprofit organizations. Connect with me if you are commercial. This hymn is distributed via a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution Non Commercial license. You are free to use, adapt, and reproduce this as long as you attribute me and do not sell it or the derivative work.
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