407 See the Shining Dewdrops
Anonymous
No information is at hand concerning the origin of this children’s poem on the theme, “God is good.”
MUSIC. The melody appeared anonymously in Kleiner Liederschatz, a small but useful book of songs for use in German schools and homes. The book was compiled and edited by several Kansas teachers and school friends who preferred to withhold their names. It was first published in 1901, Newton, Kansas.
The arrangement was made especially for the Hymnary, by E. Shippen Barnes, in 1939.
For comments on Barnes see Hymn 48.