Thou Visiteth the Earth in Love

Thou vis­it­eth the earth in love

And send­est show­ers from ab­ove

Enriching all the land;

Thy streams ex­haust­less bless the field

Preparing it the grain to yield

Provided by Thy hand.

The fur­rows

sown with liv­ing grain

Are soft­ened by Thy gen­tle rain

The spring­ing corn to bless;

The year with good­ness Thou dost crown

Rich gifts in mer­cy send­ing down

To cheer the wil­der­ness.

The hills and vales

with ver­dure clad

Are girt with joy

the earth is glad

New life is all abroad;

With feed­ing flocks the pas­tures teem

With gold­en grain the val­leys gleam;

All na­ture prais­es God.