For the Beauty of the earth

[carole]

Ends with...Chirst our Lord to Thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise.
What's in the middle?

[steveliu]

Here it is Carole. Words by F.S. Pierpoint, Music by Conrad Kocher:

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.

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Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful 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.

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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.

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4.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild.

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5.
For Thy Church, that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love.

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6.
For the martyrs' crown of light,
For Thy prophets' eagle eye,
For Thy bold confessors' might,
For the lips of infancy.

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7.
For Thy virgins' robes of snow,
For Thy maiden mother mild,
For Thyself, with hearts aglow,
Jesu, Victim undefiled.

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8.
For each perfect gift of Thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven.

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Most hymnals only use 4 verses--I got the complete lyrics from from the great site Cyberhymnal.Com.

Hope it helps. God bless!
Steve

[Guest]

Wow I didn't know there were more verses than what we usually sing. and the hymn we have only has about half of those words and then it changes.

[Guest]

and you know what i else i noticed? the verses in our hymns we use are all switched around.