| 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,
Father, unto Thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of 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,
Father, unto Thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise! |
| 3 | For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
Pleasures pure and undefiled,
Father, unto Thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise! |
| 4 | For each perfect gift of Thine
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Buds of earth and flowers of heaven,
Father, unto Thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise! Amen. |
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The texts from any two of the above sources (assuming two or more exist) can be selected to appear below side by side by selecting the source name from the drop-down lists:
| 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 grateful psalm of 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 grateful psalm of praise! |
| 3 | For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
Pleasures pure and undefiled,
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our grateful psalm of 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 grateful psalm of praise! Amen. |
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| Book | Reference | Bible Text |
| Psalm | 33:5 | He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. |
| Psalm | 63:3 | Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. |
| Psalm | 68:6 | God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. |
| Psalm | 90:17 | And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. |
| Psalm | 92:4 | For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. |
| Psalm | 96:9 | O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. |
| Ecclesiastes | 3:11 | He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. |
| Matthew | 16:18 | And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. |
| John | 1:3 | All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. |
| 2 Corinthians | 9:15 | Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. |
| Ephesians | 5:20 | Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
| Hebrews | 13:15 | By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. |
| James | 1:17 | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. |
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