For all of these things... (Reunion Weekend - Part 4)

For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,









for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies;


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;









For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,

for the mystic harmony,
linking sense to sound and sight;



For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,

friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild;

For thy church, that evermore
lifteth holy hands above,




offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love;



For thyself, best Gift Divine,
to the world so freely given,




for that great, great love of thine,
peace on earth, and joy in heaven:




Lord of all, to thee we raise

this our hymn of grateful praise.