For the beauty of the earth

18 Dix. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7.

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: Christ, our Lord, to you 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]

3 For the joy of ear and eye,
   for the heart and mind's delight,
   for the mystic harmony
   linking sense and sound and sight: [Refrain]

4 For the joy of human love,
   brother, sister, parent, child,
   friends on earth, and friends above,
   for all gentle thoughts and mild: [Refrain]

5 For Thy church that evermore
   lifeth holy hands above,
   Offering up on every shore
   her pure sacrifice of love: [Refrain]

6 For yourself, best gift divine!
   To the race so freely given:
   For that great, great love of Thine,
   peace on earth and joy in heaven! [Refrain]
                         Folliott S. Pierpoint
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition

<idle musing>
Wow. Hymnary.org has so many variations on this one. Some changes are obvious why they happened, such as in verse 6, where "race" is changed "world," but others just don't make sense. Oh well. I guess once it leaves copyright and is a popular hymn, editors just can't keep their hands off of stuff.

Be that as it may, this is the version I grew singing : )
</idle musing>