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Text: | For the Beauty of the Earth |
Author: | Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 1835-1917 |
Tune: | DIX |
Composer: | Konrad Kocher, 1786-1872 |
1 For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
2 For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon and stars of light:
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
3 For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind's delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight:
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
4 For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above;
For all gentle thoughts and mild:
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
5 For your Church, that evermore
Lifts its holy hands above,
Off'ring up on ev'ry shore
Its pure sacrifice of love:
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
6 For yourself, best gift divine!
To this world so freely giv'n;
Word incarnate, God's design,
Peace on earth and joy in heav'n:
Lord of all, to you we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For the beauty of the earth |
Title: | For the Beauty of the Earth |
Author: | Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 1835-1917 (alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Lord of all, to you we raise |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1994 |
Topic: | Community; Creation; Gratitude(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DIX |
Composer: | Konrad Kocher, 1786-1872 (adapt.) |
Meter: | 77 77 77 |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Adapted 1861 from a chorale by Konrad Kocher, 1786-1872 |