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God, Who Touchest Earth With Beauty

God, who touchest earth with beauty

Author: Mary S. Edgar (1925)
Published in 67 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI, Recording

Representative Text

1 God who touches earth with beauty,
make my heart anew.
With your Spirit recreate me
pure and strong and true.

2 Like your springs and running water,
make me crystal pure.
Like your rocks of tow’ring grandeur,
make me strong and sure.

3 Like your dancing waves in sunlight,
make me glad and free.
Like the straightness of the pine trees,
let me upright be.

4 Like the arching of the heavens,
lift my thoughts above.
Turn my dreams to noble action,
ministries of love.

5 God who touches earth with beauty,
make my heart anew.
Keep me ever, by your Spirit,
pure and strong and true.

Source: Voices Together #550

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Author: Mary S. Edgar

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Text Information

First Line: God, who touchest earth with beauty
Title: God, Who Touchest Earth With Beauty
Author: Mary S. Edgar (1925)
Meter: 8.5.8.5
Place of Origin: Canada
Language: English
Notes: Spanish translation: See "Dios, que el mundo has hermoseado" by George Paul Simmonds
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)
Audio

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #500

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #500

Chalice Hymnal #514

Chalice Hymnal #514

Common Praise (1998) #422

Common Praise (1998) #422

Community of Christ Sings #568

Community of Christ Sings #568

Hymnal #511

Hymnal #511

Hymns of the Saints #172

Hymns of the Saints #172
Audio

Lift Up Your Hearts #736

Lift Up Your Hearts #736

The Book of Praise #667

The Book of Praise #667
Text

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #32

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #32

Together in Song #610

Together in Song #610
Text

Voices Together #550

Voices Together #550

Voices United #310

Voices United #310
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