For The Beauty of The Earth

Today's hymn can be downloaded here. This hymn was written by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1864). For more information, look here and here. Please feel free to comment or give any suggestions. Thank you and God Bless!

Original text of 1864:

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 Sacrifice of Praise.

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 Sacrifice of Praise.

For the joy of ear and eye, 

 For the heart and brain's delight,

For the mystic harmony 

 Linking sense to sound and sight:

Christ, our God, to Thee we raise

This our Sacrifice of Praise.

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 Sacrifice of Praise.

For each perfect Gift of Thine 

 To our race so freely given,

Graces human and Divine, 

 Flowers of earth, and buds of heaven:

Christ, our God, to Thee we raise

This our Sacrifice of Praise.

For Thy Bride that evermore 

 Lifteth holy hands above,

Offering up on every shore 

 This Pure Sacrifice of Love:

Christ, our God, to Thee we raise

This our Sacrifice of Praise.

For Thy Martyrs' crown of light, 

 For Thy Prophets' eagle eye,

For Thy bold Confessors' might, 

 For the lips of Infancy:

Christ, our God, to Thee we raise

This our Sacrifice of Praise.

For Thy Virgins' robes of snow, 

 For Thy Maiden Mother mild,

For Thyself, with hearts aglow, 

 Jesu, Victim undefiled,

Offer we at Thine own Shrine

Thyself, sweet Sacrament Divine