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Text:For the beauty of the earth
Author:F S Pierpont
Tune:[For the beauty of the earth]
Arranger:Geoff Weaver

9. For the beauty of the earth

1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies,

Refrain:
Christ our God, to you we raise
this our sacrifice of praise,
this our sacrifice of praise.

2 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, [Refrain]

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, [Refrain]

4 For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
pleasures pure and undefiled, [Refrain]

5 For each perfect gift divine
to our race so freely given,
joys bestowed by love's design,
flowers of earth and fruits of heaven. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: For the beauty of the earth
Title: For the beauty of the earth
Author: F S Pierpont
Refrain First Line: Christ our God, to you we raise
Publication Date: 2008
Topic: Praise
Tune Information
Name: [For the beauty of the earth]
Arranger: Geoff Weaver
Key: E♭ Major
Source: China, traditional
Copyright: © The Royal School of Church Music



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