For the Beauty of the Earth

Verse 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 Thee we raise

This our grateful psalm of praise.

Verse 2

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.

Verse 3

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.

Verse 4

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.