Common Praise ‎#253a

253a. For the beauty of the earth

1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies,

Refrain:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of 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: [Refrain]

3 For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
pleasures pure and undefiled: [Refrain]

4 For each perfect gift of thine,
to our race so freely given,
graces human and divine,
flowers of earth and buds of heaven: [Refrain]

5 For thy church which evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: For the beauty of the earth
• Author: F. S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Lord of all, to thee we raise
• Meter: 77 77 and refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Timothy 2:9
  ;
  Genesis 1:6-10
  ;
  Genesis 1:14-19
  ;
  Hebrews 13:15
  ;
  James 1:17
  ;
  Malachi 1:11
• Topic: Creation; Second Sunday Before Lent: Year A; Proper 17: Year B; Proper 21: Year B

Tune Information

• Name: ENGLANDS LANE
• Adapter: Geoffrey Shaw, 1870-1943
• Meter: 77 77 and refrain
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: English melody
• Copyright: Adaptation © Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain