For The Beauty Of The Earth

For the beauty of the earth: For the glory of the skies
For the love which from our birth: Over and around us lies

Refrain: Lord of all to thee we raise: This our hymn of grateful praise

For the wonder of each hour: Of the day and of the night
Hill and vale and tree and flower: Sun and moon and stars of light

For the joy of ear and eye: For the heart and mind's delight
For the mystic harmony: Linking sense to sound and sight

For the joy of human love: Brother, sister, parent, child
Friends on Earth and friends above: For all gentle thoughts and mild

For Thy Church, that evermore: Lifteth holy hands above
Offering up on every shore: Her pure sacrifice of love

Experts from "For the Beauty of the Earth" By Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864.
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