Moravian Book of Worship ‎#538

538. For the Beauty of the Earth

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,

Refrain:
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, [Refrain]

3 For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child.
friends on earth, and friends above,
pleasures pure and undefiled, [Refrain]

4 For your church that evermore
lifts its holy hands above,
off'ring up on ev'ry shore
its pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: For the beauty of the earth
• Title: For the Beauty of the Earth
• Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1864, alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7. Trochaic
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Psalm 33:4-9
  ;
  Psalm 104
  ;
  Psalm 145:10-13
  ;
  Psalm 148
  ;
  Ecclesiastes 3:11
  ;
  Colossians 1:15-19
  ;
  James 1:17
• Topic: Adoration and Praise; Church--Foundation and nature; Family Life; God--Creator; Love for Others

Tune Information

• Name: DIX
• Composer: Konrad Kocher (1838)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7. Trochaic
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: 581 H in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns