An old hymn from the 1800s by Folliot S. Pierpoint and Conrad Kocher. It sounds like all the hymns I sang as a child. The lyrics in As One Voice have had all the
“thee”s removed and I’ve seen extra verses and different wordings – these lyrics are as in As One Voice.
This is a lovely guitar and vocal version and this piano and vocal. For a modern jazz version (I kid you not) listen here. A more usual organ setting can be heard here. Lastly a rather delicate choral version by the MTC. There are some odd settings on You tube for this one but most are the other setting of these words by Rutter.
My backing is BIAB church organ I’m afraid.
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 you we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night;
Hill and vale and tree and flow’r,
Sun and moon, and stars of light;
Lord of all, to you we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child;
Friends on Earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to you we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.For Thy church that evermore,
Lifts its holy hands above;
Off’ring up on ev’ry shore,
A pure sacrifice of love;
Lord of all, to you we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.For yourself, O Gift Divine,
To our world so freely giv’n,
For that love from which will shine,
Peace on earth and joy in heav’n.
Lord of all, to you we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.