641 God in His Love For Us
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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.
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.
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 forced;
Long have we wasted what others have need of
Poisoned the fountain of life at its source.
Long have our human wars ruined its harvest;
Long has earth bowed to the terror of forced;
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!
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!