The Hymnal 1982 416
Christ our God to thee we raise
- Tune
- lucerna laudoniae
- Author(s)
- Folliot Sandford Pierpont, 1835-1917
- Composer(s)
- David Evans, 1874-1948
- Meter
- 7.7.7.7 with refrain
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1 For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies. Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
2 For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light, Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
3 For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind’s delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight, Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
4 For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth, and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
5 For the Church which evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering up on every shore thy pure sacrifice of love, Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
6 For each perfect gift of thine, to the world so freely given, faith and hope and love divine, peace on earth and joy in heaven, Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.