For the Beauty of the Earth

For the Beauty of the Earth
Words by Folliott Pierpoint.  Music by Conrad Kocher.
Public Domain

E              A      E
For the beauty of the earth,
A             B      E
For the glory of the skies,
E                  A        E
For the love which from our birth
A         B        E
Over and around us lies:

chorus:

   E                  B       E
   Christ our God, to Thee we raise
   A        F#m7    B        E
   This our hymn of grateful praise.


For the wonder of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,
Sun and moon and stars of light:
(chorus)

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild:
(chorus)

For Thy church that evermore,
Lifteth holy hands above,
Off'ring up on ev'ry shore,
Her pure sacrifice of love:
(chorus)

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