A Sunday Hymn
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth , over and around us lies; 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; For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight; For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild; For your church, that evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering up on every shore her pure sacrifice of love; For yourself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given, for that great, great love of yours, peace on earth, and joy in heaven: Lord of all, to you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. Christ our God, to thee we raise this our sacrifice of praise. For the Beauty of the Earth words by Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864 Conrad...