Together in Song ‎#137

137. 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.

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,
for all gentle thoughts and mild, [Refrain]

5 For each perfect gift divine
to our race so freely given,
graces all of your design,
flowers of earth and buds of heaven, [Refrain]

6 For the church that evermore,
lifting holy hands above,
offers up on every shore
the pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: For the beauty of the earth
• Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 1835-1917 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Christ, our God, to you we raise
• Meter: 77.77.77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  1 Thessalonians 5:12-21
  ;
  Ecclesiastes 3:9-15
  ;
  Genesis 1:14-31
  ;
  Hebrews 13:12-16
  ;
  James 1:14-18
  ;
  Jeremiah 33:10-11
  ;
  Psalm 104:23-33
  ;
  Psalm 116:12-19
• Topic: Creation; Environment; Eucharist; God's Love to Us; Joy; Opening Hymn; Our Love to Others; Our Sacrifice; Providence; Worship: Gathering; Worship: The Offering

Tune Information

• Name: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE
• Composer: David Evans ('E Arthur'), 1874-1948
• Meter: 77.77.77
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Music from the "Revised Church Hymnary" 1927 by permission of Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain