We Thank Thee, Lord, for This Fair Earth

We thank Thee

Lord

for this fair earth

The glit­ter­ing sky

the sil­ver sea;

For all their beau­ty

all their worth

Their light and glo­ry

come from Thee.

Thine are the flow’rs that clothe the ground

The trees that wave their arms above

The hills that gird our dwell­ings round

As Thou dost gird Thine own with love.

Yet teach us still how far more fair

More glo­ri­ous

Fa­ther

in Thy sight

Is one pure deed

one ho­ly pray­er

One heart that owns Thy Spir­it’s might.

So while we gaze with thought­ful eye

On all the gifts Thy love has giv’n

Help us in Thee to live and die

By Thee to rise from earth to Heav’n.