The Beautiful Bright Sunshine

The beau­ti­ful bright sun­shine

That smiles on all be­low

The wav­ing trees

the cool

soft breeze

The rip­pling streams that flow

The sha­dows on the hill­sides

The many tint­ed flow­ers

O God! how fair Thy lov­ing care

Has made this earth of ours!

The beau­ti­ful af­fect­ions

That ga­ther round our way

The joys that rise from house­hold ties

And deep­en day by day;

The ten­der love that guards us

Whenever dan­ger low­ers

O God! how fair Thy lov­ing care

Has made this earth of ours!

But bright­er is the shin­ing

And ten­der is the love

And pur­er still the joys which fill

The un­seen home ab­ove—

The home where all His child­ren

Shall sing with full­er pow­er

O God! how fair Thy lov­ing care

Has made this earth of ours!