God, who made the earth

God, who made the earth. Sarah Betts Rhodes* (1829-1904). This hymn was printed in The Methodist Sunday School Hymn Book (1879) with the signature ‘S’. It was not in SofP, but the British composer Evelyn Sharpe (1884-1969) wrote a tune for it, PLATT’S LANE, which was in Songs of Praise for Boys and Girls (1930) and other SofP books. It was included in SofPE, with this tune, and in CP with a tune, BEECHWOOD, by Josiah Booth (1852-1929) written for these words in The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891). Another tune for these words is SOMMERLIED by Carey Bonner*. The hymn originally had seven stanzas, the first four neatly and simply summing up the processes of Creation from Genesis...