For the Beauty of the Earth [#ForTheBeautyOfTheEarth #BeautyOfTheEarth]
For the Beauty of the Earth [#ForTheBeautyOfTheEarth #BeautyOfTheEarth] | Christian Instrumental Music!
For the Beauty of the Earth [#ForTheBeautyOfTheEarth #BeautyOfTheEarth]
Song based on the Bible verse:
Isaiah 6:3
And one cried to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”
Song written by:
Original in English: Folliott S. Pierpoint
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
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
2
For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night
Hill and vale and tree and flower
Sun and moon and stars of light
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
3
For the joy of human love
Brother sister parent child
Friends on earth and friends above
For all gentle thoughts and mild
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
4
For Thy Church that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
5
For the joy of ear and eye
For the heart and mind’s delight
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
6
For Thyself best Gift Divine
To our race so freely given
For that great great love of Thine
Peace on earth and joy in Heaven
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
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
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
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
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
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
4
For the joy of human love
Brother sister parent child
Friends on earth and friends above
For all gentle thoughts and mild
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
5
For Thy Church that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
6
For the martyrs’ crown of light
For Thy prophets’ eagle eye
For Thy bold confessors’ might
For the lips of infancy
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
7
For Thy virgins’ robes of snow
For Thy maiden mother mild
For Thyself with hearts aglow
Jesu Victim undefiled
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise
8
For each perfect gift of Thine
To our race so freely given
Graces human and divine
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven
Lord of all to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise