![]() ![]() Paley cited wings and eyes as examples of the complexity of design, analogous to that of a watch, with God as the Divine Watchmaker. For example, the hymn's second verse alludes to "wings" and verse 7 refers to "eyes". ![]() The hymn may have been inspired as well by a verse from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: "He prayeth best, who loveth best All things great and small For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all." Alternatively, inspiration may have come from William Paley's Natural Theology, published in 1802, that argues for God as the designer of the natural world. All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts". It may have been inspired by Psalm 10:24-25: "Oh Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. It consists of a series of stanzas that elaborate upon verses of the Apostles' Creed. James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful / All Things Wise and Wonderful: Three James Herriot Classics 2 likes Like His favourite ploy was to push his leg round the corner of the table and withdraw it repeatedly just as the cat pawed at it. ![]() Cecil Alexander's Hymns for Little Children. The hymn was first published in 1848 in Mrs. The Story Behind All Things Bright and Beautiful ![]()
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