For The Beauty Of The Earth

For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn 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,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
Pleasures pure and undefiled,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn 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,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For thy Church which evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.


To God be the Glory!

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"that in all things he might have the preeminence." Colossians 1:18

The End of Tears? :

Youth runs with
the will to beat the odds
and did u too think
it was a game ...
and u found
a way to win?

what now your surety
when it is over.
- did u too think it was real for a while?

did u not know a kiss or two
that might have awoken the heart?

You run the old familiar
hideaways
a quick fix,
turning tricks,
to face the gore again
and forget
the meaning of the tears

your ultimate grasp fails again
as you slip unknowing into the
unfolding masterpiece once more
... once more ...

did u really need to forget in order to live
or was it illusion?

how far then will u go...
how many unheeded promises
... to yourself?

will you come home with us?

will you let us share
your pain,
for we have known it too
and now know its end?

or will you stay
mingled with crowds
a while
longer
leave till later
that quiet part of you
that you too
forgot to do.

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"He breaks down and it cannot be built again
He shuts up a man
and there can be no opening
He withholds the waters
they dry up
He sends them out
they overturn the earth
With Him is strength and wisdom
the deceived and the deceiver are His
He leads counsellors away spoiled, makes the judges fools "

Sorry, but I didn't get it either, or the other one posted by the same poster on another thread.

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If we live in Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Gal. 5.25 NJKV