LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7 7 7
| | Writer(s): | Folliott Sandford Pierpont
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1864
| | Bible Refs: | Heb 13:15; Is 6:3
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 18
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 77
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 8
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 153
| Church Family Worship
| 1988
| 182
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 375
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 345
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 350
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 189
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 429
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 152
| Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 1996
| 463
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 89
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 333
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 104
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 171
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 333
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 298
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
|
| 560
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 29
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 184
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 137
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 35
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 285
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 473
| Sing Glory
| 1999
| 298
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 1991
| 112
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 235
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 494
| STELBAP
|
| 98
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 460
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 598
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 485
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 309
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 199
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 425
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 296
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 416
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 137
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 92
|
MUSIC
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
| 168
| No key
| American Catholic Hymnbook
| 141
| No key
| American Catholic Hymnbook
| 171
| No key
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 90
| A
| Songs of Fellowship 1
| 31
| A
| Baptist Hymnal
| 14
| A
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 681
| A
| Believers Hymn Book
| 255
| A
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 79
| A
| Baptist Hymnal
| 68
| Ab
| Baptist Hymnal
| 153
| Ab
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 163
| G
| Hymns of Faith
| 160
| G
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 560
| G
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 121
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.
Refrain.
Lord of all, 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.
Refrain.
Lord of all, 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.
Refrain.
Lord of all, 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.
Refrain.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
5. For Thy Church, that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering upon every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love.
Refrain.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
6. For the martyrs’ crown of light,
For Thy prophets’ eagle eye,
For Thy bold confessors’ might,
For the lips of infancy.
Refrain.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
7. For Thy virgins’ robes of snow,
For Thy maiden mother mild,
For Thyself, with hearts aglow,
Jesu, Victim undefiled.
Refrain.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
8. For each perfect gift of Thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of Heaven.
Refrain.
Lord of all, to Thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise.
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