For the Beauty of the Earth

Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1864) • English

Primary Scripture: Genesis 1-2

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.

Chorus

Christ, our Lord, to you we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 2

For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light,

Chorus

Christ, our Lord, to you we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 3

For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth, and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild,

Chorus

Christ, our Lord, to you we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 4

For yourself, best gift divine, to the world so freely given, agent of God's grand design: peace on earth and joy in heaven.

Chorus

Christ, our Lord, to you we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

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