For the Beauty of the Earth contains instrumental hymns and melodies reflecting back to early Church history. The music has been arranged and performed in a traditional early American acoustic style, appropriate for these hymns that have their roots in the 1800′s and earlier.

In addition to the traditional hymns on this recording, there are a few tracks included with an early Church History theme. These include Winter Quarters, A Thousand Miles, Sunday Morning in the Valley, and Nauvoo.

Musicians

• John Wright: fiddle on “Sunday Morning in the Valley,” “A Thousand Miles,” “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet/We Are All Enlisted,” and “The Spirit of God.”
• Angela Pace: co-wrote “Nauvoo” and “A Thousand Miles” with Mark. She sings on “Nauvoo” and “A Thousand Miles.”
• Nate Olson: fiddle on “Nauvoo” and bassoon on “How Firm a Foundation” and “Sunday Morning in the Valley.”
• Dennis H. McMaster: Uilleann Pipes on “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet/We Are All Enlisted,” and “The Spirit of God.”
• Lauren Cundick: flute on the “Primary Medley.”
• Cherie Call: harmony voice on “Nauvoo.”

All other parts are performed by Mark Geslison and Geoff Groberg.