1A diligent and grateful heartPrompts me to sing Thy praise.Thy love and mercies from the startHave blessed me all my days. 2I thank Thee for the means to serveWith talents and with tithes,For sharing brings the utmost joyWhen lifting other lives. 3 My thanks I give you for stewardshipTo minister through deeds,To serve and share […]
1For beauty of meadows, for grandeur of trees,For flowers of woodlands, for creatures of seas,For all You created and gave us to share,We praise You,Creator, extolling your care. 2As stewards of beauty received at Your hand,As creatures who hear Your most urgent command,We turn from our wasteful destruction of life,Confessing our failures, confessing our strife.
1God in His love for us lent us this planet,Gave it a purpose in time and in space:Small as a spark from the fire of creation,Cradle of life and the home of our race. 2Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty,Life that sustains us in body and mind:Plenty for all, if we learn
1We praise Thee with our minds,O LordKept sharp think Thy thought;Come,Holy Ghost with grace outpoured,To teach what Christ hath taught. In all our learning may we seekThat wisdom from aboveWhich comes to all: the brave,the meekWho ask in faith and love. 2We praise Thee thro’ our bodies,Lord,Kept strong to do Thy will; Thy Spirit’s temples,
1Father, who on us do showerGifts of plenty form Your dower,To Your people give the powerAll Your gifts to use aright. 2Give pure happiness in leisureTemperance in every pleasure,Wholesome use of earthly treasureBodies clean and spirits bright. 3Lift from this and every nationAll that brings us degradation;Quell the forces of temptation;Put Your enemies to flight.
1O God, whose will is life and goodFor all of mortal breath:Unite in bonds of servanthoodAll those who strive with death. 2Make strong their hands and hearts and willsTo drive disease afar,To strive against the body’s illsAnd wage Your healing war. 3By healing of the sick and blind,Christ’s mercy they proclaim,Make known the great physician’s
1God of our fathers, Whose almighty handLeads forth in beauty all the starry bandOf shining worlds in splendor through the skiesOur grateful songs before Thy throne arise. 2Thy love divine hath led us in the past,In this free land by Thee our lot is cast,Be Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay,Thy Word our law,
1To the name that brings salvationLet the nations bow the head;Let them kneel in adorationWhen this name of names is said;Let them pray for restorationOf all things in Christ the head. 2He through every generationRules in endless majesty;May the kings of every nationNow foreswear their enmity,And with humble venerationIn the love of God agree. 3Lord,
1Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;His truth is marching on. RefrainGlory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. 2He has sounded forth
1I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love:The love that asks the reason, the love that stands the test,That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,The love that makes undaunted the final
