LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 5 8 5
| | Writer(s): | Mary S. Edgar
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1925
| | Bible Refs: |
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 472
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 45
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 597
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| 1. God, who touchest earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
With Thy Spirit re-create me,
Make my heart anew.
2. Like Thy springs and running waters,
Make me crystal pure;
Like Thy rocks of towering grandeur,
Make me strong and sure.
3. Like Thy dancing waves in sunlight,
Make me glad and free;
Like the straightness of the pine trees,
Let me upright be.
4. Like the arching of the heavens,
Lift my thoughts above;
Turn my dreams to noble action,
Ministries of love.
5. God, who touchest earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
Keep me ever, by Thy Spirit,
Pure and strong and true.
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