MORNING HYMN - FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

I often wake up with a hymn n my mind and this morning when I drew back the curtains the one that came into it was 'For the Beauty of the Earth' which I share with you today.

 

For the beauty of the earth,

For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies,

Gracious God, to Thee we raise

This our sacrifice of praise. 

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)

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)

For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child,

Friends on earth and friends above,

For all gentle thoughts and mild

(refrain)

For each perfect gift of Thine

To our race so freely given,

Graces human and divine,

Flowers of earth and buds of heaven:

(refrain)

(Folliott Sandford Pierpoint)