1829 - 1904 Hymnal Number: 248 Author of "God, who made the earth" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 Rhodes, Sarah Betts, née Bradshaw, wife of a Sheffield merchant, wrote "God Who made the earth" (Sunday School Festival) for the Sheffield Sunday School Union Whitsuntide Festival, 1870. The tune also was by Mrs. Rhodes. The hymn is in several collections, including the Methodist Sunday School Hymnbook, 1879, &c.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Sarah Betts Rhodes