Author: F. Pratt Green Hymnal: Ecumenical Praise #75 (1977) First Line: God in his love for us lent us this planet Lyrics: 1 God in His love for us lent us this planet,
Gave it a purpose in time and in space;
Small as a spark from the fire of creation,
Cradle of life and the home of our race.
2 Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty,
Life that sustains us in body and mind:
Plenty for all, if we learn how to share it,
Riches undreamed of to fathom and find.
3 Long have the wars of man ruined his harvest;
Long has Earth bowed to the terror of force.
Now we pollute it, in cynical silence:
Poison the fountain of life at its source.
4 Casual de spoilers, or high-priests of Mammon
Selling the future for present rewards,
Careless of life and contemptuous of beauty:
Bid us remember: the Earth is the Lord's!
5 Earth is the Lord's: it is ours to enjoy it,
Ours, as His stewards, to farm and defend.
Now from pollution, disease, and damnation,
Good Lord, deliver us, world without end! Topics: Christian Concern Society and City Languages: English Tune Title: ECOLOGY
God in His Love