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All that's good, and great, and true

Overview of Godfrey Thring's hymn "All that's good, and great, and true," written on nature's harmony.

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"All that's good, and great, and true" is a hymn of praise written by Godfrey Thring in 1863. Composed in seven four-line stanzas, it was first published in his Hymns Congregational and Others (1866, No. 24) under the title "Nature's Harmony."

Thring included the text in Hymns and Lyrics (1874) and later in his Church of England Hymn Book (1882), where it was designated as a children's hymn.

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