also taking some poetic license with the title. It first appeared in "Twelve Folksongs and Spirituals" (1968), compiled and arranged by Johnson. The pairing is so natural that many assume it is the tune's original text, and vice versa. References Connection to Augsburg Fortress bio of D N Johnson See article on the hymn, "Earth and All Stars" which credits David N. Johnson as the composer of the melody: https://www.reformedworship.org/article/june-1990/hymn-month 1922 births 1987 deaths American classical organists American male organists Texas classical music American male classical composers American classical composers Composers for pipe organ Classical composers of church music Curtis Institute of Music alumni Trinity University (Texas) alumni 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century organists 20th-century American male musicians United States Army personnel of World War II Male classical organists