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;

Lord of all, to Thee we raise

This our grateful psalm of praise.

For the wonder 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 Thee we raise

This our grateful psalm of praise.

For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child;

Friends on earth and friends above,

Pleasures pure and undefiled;

Lord of all, to Thee we raise

This our grateful psalm of praise.

For Thy Church that evermore

Lifts her holy hands above,

Off'ring up on ev'ry shore

Her pure sacrifice of love;

Lord of all, to Thee we raise

This our grateful psalm of praise.