Gracious God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise For the beauty of the earth For the beauty of the skies For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies Gracious God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice 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 Gracious God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise For the joy of ear and eye For the heart and mind's delight For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight Gracious God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise For the joy of human love Brother, sister, parent, child Friends on earth and friends above For all gentle thoughts and mild Gracious God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice 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 Gracious God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise