Thankful Thursday

For the beauty of the earth,

For the glory of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies;

Lord of all, to Thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.



For the wonder of each hour

Of the day and of the night,

Hill and vale and tree and flower,

Sun and moon and stars of light:

Lord of all, to Thee we raise


This our hymn of grateful praise.



For the joy of ear and eye,

For the heart and mind's delight,

For the mystic harmony

Linking sense to sound and sight;

Lord of all, to Thee we raise



This our hymn of grateful praise.



For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child;

Friends on earth and friensd above;

For all gentle thoughts and mild:

Lord of all, to Thee we raise


This our hymn of grateful praise.



For Thy bride that evermore

Lifteth holy hands above,

Offering up on every shore

Her pure sacrifice of love:

Lord of all, to Thee we raise


This our hymn of grateful praise.



For Thyself, best gift divine,

To our race 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.

~Folliot Sandford Pierpoint, 1864