Lucerna Laudoniæ is a hymn tune by David Evans ("E. Arthur") (1874–1948), commonly used for the text

For the beauty of the earth "For the Beauty of the Earth" is a Christianity, Christian hymn by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917). History Pierpoint was 29 at the time he wrote this hymn; he was mesmerized by the beauty of the countryside tha ...

, composed in 1927.

Composition and publication

Lucerna Laudoniæ was composed under the pseudonym "Edward Arthur" and published in the Revised Church Hymnary in 1927. It is said to have been inspired by the view from a hill near the composer's home town of

Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ...

. The copyright was held by

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...

, until copyright expired at the end of 2018.

Other uses

Although the hymn tune was written for the text

, it has also more recently been used for ''Martyrs, you were Christ below'' in "Hymns for the Church" (the official hymnal of the Anglican Church of

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

). It has also been used as an alternative tune for the text ''God of mercy, God of grace'' by

Henry Francis Lyte Henry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was a Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet. Biography Youth and education Henry Francis Lyte was the second son of Thomas and Anna Maria (née Oliver) Lyte, whose family came orig ...

References

{{authority control Hymn tunes 1927 songs