For The Beauty of the Earth - Folliot Sandford Pierpoint / Christian Hymn Song / a capella Music Genre Hymn Written 1864 Text Folliott S. Pierpoint Based on Ephesians 5:20 Melody "Dix" by Conrad Kocher Ephesians 5:20 New American Standard Bible 20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our God and Father; History Pierpoint was 29 at the time he wrote this hymn; he was mesmerized by the beauty of the countryside that surrounded him. It first appeared in 1864 in a book of Eucharistic Hymns and Poems entitled "Lyra Eucharistica, Hymns and Verses on The Holy Communion, Ancient and Modern, with other Poems. It was written as a Eucharistic hymn - hence the title of "The Sacrifice of Praise", the refrain "Christ, our God, to Thee we raise, This, our sacrifice of praise", and as is seen throughout the original text of 1864, especially the last two lines which had replaced the Refrain in verse 8. This is how it appears in ...