We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks Today

We lift our hearts in thanks to­day

For all the gifts of life;

And first

for peace that turns away

The ene­mies of strife;

And next

the beau­ty of the earth

Its flow­ers and love­ly things

The spring’s great mi­ra­cle of birth

With sound of songs and wings;

Then

har­vests of its teem­ing soil

In or­chard

croft and field;

But more

the serv­ice and the toil

Of those who helped them yield;

And most

the gifts of hope and love

Of wis­dom

truth and right

The gifts that shine like stars above

To chart the world by night.

As we re­ceive

so let us give

With rea­dy

ge­ner­ous hand

Rich fruit­age from the lives we live

To bless our home and land.