For the Beauty of the Earth

Words: Folliott S. Pierpoint · Music: Conrad Kocher, William H. Monk · 1864

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 God, 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:

Verse 3
For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above;
for all gentle thoughts and mild:

Verse 4
For each perfect gift of thine
to our race so freely giv'n:
graces human and Divine,
flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n:

Words: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864, alt. | Music: Conrad Kocher, 1838; harm. William H. Monk, 1861, alt.

Creation · Thanksgiving