william henry draper wrote all creatures of our god and king.
who wrote all creatures of our god and king?
william henry draper
all creatures of our god and king









































"all creatures of our god and king" is an english christian easter hymn by william henry draper, based on a poem by st. francis of assisi. it was first published in a hymn book in 1919.









































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all creatures of our god and king
a world containing creatures who are significantly free (and freely perform more good than evil actions) is more valuable, all else being equal, than a world containing no free creatures at all. now god can create free creatures, but he can't "cause" or "determine" them to do only what is right. for if he does so, then they aren't significantly free after all; they do not do what is right "freely". to create creatures capable of "moral good", therefore, he must create creatures capable of moral evil; and he can't give these creatures the freedom to perform evil and at the same time prevent them from doing so. as it turned out, sadly enough, some of the free creatures god created went wrong in the exercise of their freedom; this is the source of moral evil. the fact that free creatures sometimes go wrong, however, counts neither against god's omnipotence nor against his goodness; for he could have forestalled the occurrence of moral evil only by removing the possibility of moral good.
alvin plantinga's free-will defense