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For the Beauty of the Earth

Words and music by Folliott Pierpoint · 1864

Key of F · 92 BPM · 4/4 · Creation,Praise · James 1:17

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

Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 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.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 3

For the
joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind's delight,
For the
mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 4

For the
joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on
earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

Verse 5

For Thy
Church, that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Off'ring up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.

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