CHRISTIAN LIFE >> STEWARDSHIP
SDAH 640
For 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.
Text
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For 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.
2
As 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.
3
Teach us once again to be gardeners in peace;
All nature around us is ours but on lease;
Your name we would hallow in all that we do,
Fulfilling our calling, creating with You.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Ecc 3:11, Gen 1:28 (c) Gen 2:8, Matt 6:9
Author
Walter H. Farquharson (1936-)
Performance Suggestions
Unison
Copyright
Words used by permission of the author, Walter Farquharson. Music copyright 1982 by Jane Marshall. Assigned to Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Hymn Tune
ANNIVERSARY SONG
Metrical Number
11.11.11.11.
Composer
Jane Marshall (1924-)
Year Composed
1980
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