CHRISTIAN LIFE >> STEWARDSHIP
SDAH 641
God 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.
Text
1
God 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.
2
Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty,
Life that sustains us in body and mind:
Plenty for all, if we learn how to share it,
Riches undreamed of to fathom and find.
3
Long have our human wars ruined its harvest;
Long has earth bowed to the terror of force;
Long have we wasted what others have need of,
Poisoned the fountain of life at its source.
4
Earth is the Lord’s: it is ours to enjoy it,
Ours, as His stewards, to farm and defend.
From its pollution, misuse, and destruction,
Good Lord, deliver us, world without end!
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Gen 1:28 (b) Ecc 3:11 (c) Rev 11:18 (d) Ps 24:1
Author
Fred Prat Green (1903-2000)
Copyright
Words copyright 1973 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music by permission of Oxford University Press.
Hymn Tune
WALLOG
Metrical Number
11.10.11.10.
Composer
H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Alternate Tune
ETERNAL LOVE, SDAH 496
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