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 beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.
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For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight.
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For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.
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For Thy Church, that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love.
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For the martyrs’ crown of light,
For Thy prophets’ eagle eye,
For Thy bold confessors’ might,
For the lips of infancy.
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For Thy virgins’ robes of snow,
For Thy maiden mother mild,
For Thyself, with hearts aglow,
Jesu, Victim undefiled.
Refrain
For each perfect gift of Thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven.
Refrain
Words by Folliot S. Pierpoint ~
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Hi Ellen,
Thanks for sharing this beautiful picture and hymn. Praise God for the beauties of His creations, His love for us and many blessings.
I thank God that He enables us to meet through blogging. I enjoyed your WFW posts.
Thanks for your Friendship and encouragements. I have two awards to share with you (Share The Love Award and Friendship Award). Do come over when you have time. Take care and God bless you and family always!
With appreciation and prayers,
Nancie
Nancie! Thank you, I appreciate your thoughts and prayers!!
Wonderful hymn…..thanks for sharing.
Good morning Ellen B.,
I hope your weekend has gone well and that you’ve had plenty of fun! You sure do have a lot of weddings going on around you…there so wonderful!
Another beautiful picture and hymn. What kind of camera do you use? Your pictures are always so stuning! Does that have 1 “N” or 2?
I am exhausted today and when sweet hubby woke and announced that he wasn’t going to church today I simply said, “ok.” Maybe after I do my posting I’ll take a nap (smile).
Have a lovely blessed Sunday.
Cori G.
I like this hymn! It truly describes that thankfulness we should have for his creation and to whom we should direct our praise!
Sunday Serenity…perfect!
A beautiful hymn, Ellen! I could spread my blanket on the ground right there and spend all afternoon! A little lunch, a book and the sounds of God’s earth! How delightful!
Happy Sunday, Ellen…
I just now am able to catch up on your blog! So many posts, wow!
Love that hymn. I didn’t know there are SO many stanzas. I am going to be quite busy this week learning those words. 😉
Oh, I LOVE that picture, by the way!
What a lovely tribute to this hymn!
So much nicer and more meaningful than, ‘smelling the color 9’.