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Bring, O Morn, Thy Music
Author: William Channing Gannett, 1840-1923 Meter: 12.13.12.10 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence! Lyrics: 1 Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence!
Oceans, laugh in rapture to the storm-winds coursing free!
Sun and planets chorus, praise to Thee, Most Holy –
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
2 Life and death, thy creatures, praise thee, mighty Giver!
Praise and prayer are rising in thy beast and bird and tree;
Lo! they praise and vanish, vanish at thy bidding –
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
3 Life nor death can part us, O thou Love eternal,
Shepherd of the wandering star and souls that wayward flee!
Homeward draws the spirit to thy Spirit yearning –
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. Used With Tune: NICAEA
Bring, O Morn, Thy Music
O Life That Maketh All Things New
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 O Life that maketh all things new,
the blooming earth, our thoughts within,
our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
in gladness hither turn again.
2 From hand to hand the greeting flows,
from eye to eye the signals run,
from heart to heart the bright hope glows,
the seekers of the light are one:
3 One in the freedom of the truth,
one in the joy of paths untrod,
one in the soul’s perennial youth,
one in the larger thought of God;
4 The freer step, the fuller breath,
the wide horizon’s grander view,
the sense of life that knows no death,
the Life that maketh all things new. Used With Tune: TRURO
O Life That Maketh All Things New
For the Beauty of the Earth
Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 18365-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 632 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the splendor of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
2 For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
3 For the wonder of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
4 For the joy of human care,
sister, brother, parent, child,
for the kinship we all share,
for all gentle thoughts and mild:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise. Used With Tune: DIX
For the Beauty of the Earth
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 267 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee,
God of glory, God of love;
hearts unfold like flowers before thee,
hail thee as the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the pain of doubt away;
giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the joy of day.
2 All thy works with joy surround thee,
earth and heav’n reflect thy rays,
stars and planets sing around thee,
center of unbroken praise;
field and forest, vale and mountain, blossoming meadow, flashing sea,
chanting bird and flowing fountain
call us to rejoice in thee.
3 Thou art giving and forgiving,
ever blessing, ever blest;
wellspring of the joy of living,
ocean-depth of happy rest.
Ever singing march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music lifts us sunward
in the triumph song of life. Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Morning Has Broken
Author: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Morning has broken
like the first morning,
blackbird has spoken
like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing
fresh from the Word!
2 Sweet the rain’s new fall
sunlit from heaven,
like the first dewfall
on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness
of the wet garden,
sprung in completeness
where God’s feet pass.
3 Mine is the sunlight!
Mine is the morning
born of the one light
Eden saw play!
Praise with elation,
praise every morning,
God’s recreation
of the new day! Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
Morning Has Broken
Let the Whole Creation Cry
Author: Stopford Augustus Brooke, 1832-1916 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 81 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Let the whole creation cry,
"Glory be to God on high!"
Heaven and earth, awake and sing,
to your God your praises bring.
Sun and moon, uplift your voice,
night and stars, in God rejoice;
sunshine, darkness cloud, and storm,
rain and snow in praise perform.
2 Chant in honor, ocean fair;
earth, soft rushing through the air;
birds, with morn and dew elate,
sing with joy at heaven's gate.
Let the blossoms of the earth
join the universal mirth;
men and women, young and old,
raise the anthem manifold.
3 You to whom the arts belong,
add your voices to the song;
bards of knowledge and of law,
to the glorious circle draw.
From the north to southern pole
let the mighty chorus roll:
"Holy, holy, holy," crry;
"Glory be to God on high!"
Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Let the Whole Creation Cry
Morning, So Fair to See
Author: Vincent B. Silliman, 1894-1979 Meter: 6.6.9.6.6.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 Morning, so fair to see,
night, veiled in mystery —
glorious the earth and resplendent skies!
Pilgrims, we march along,
singing our joyous song,
as through an earthly paradise.
2 Tall are the verdant trees;
deep are the flashing seas;
glorious each wonder the seasons bring.
Brighter is faith’s surmise,
shining in pilgrim eyes,
from which our waking spirits spring.
3 Age after age we rise,
‘neath the eternal skies,
into the light from the shadowed past:
still shall our pilgrim song,
buoyant and brave and strong,
resound while life and mountains last. Used With Tune: SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU
Morning, So Fair to See
I Walk the Unfrequented Road
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 I walk the unfrequented road
with open eye and ear;
I watch afield the farmer load
the bounty of the year.
2 I filch the fruit of no one’s toil —
no trespasser am I —
and yet I reap from every soil
and from the boundless sky.
3 I gather where I did not sow,
and bend the mystic sheaf,
the amber air, the river’s flow,
the rustle of the leaf.
4 A beauty springtime never knew
haunts all the quiet ways,
and sweeter shines the landscape through
its veil of autumn haze.
5 I face the hills, the streams, the wood,
and feel with all akin;
my heart expands; their fortitude
and peace and joy flow in. Used With Tune: CONSOLATION Text Sources: Stanton Coit's Social Worship II, 1913
I Walk the Unfrequented Road
All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
Author: St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226 Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Nature and the Countryside Lyrics: 1 All creatures of the earth and sky,
come, kindred, lift your voices high,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Bright burning sun with golden beam,
soft shining moon with silver gleam:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
2 Swift rushing wind so wild and strong,
white clouds that sail in heav’n along,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Fair rising morn in praise rejoice,
high stars of evening find a voice:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
3 Cool flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for all life to hear,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Dance, flame of fire, so strong and bright,
and bless us with your warmth and light:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
4 Embracing earth, you, day by day,
bring forth your blessings on our way,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
All herbs and fruits that richly grow,
let them the glory also show:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
5 All you of understanding heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Let all things now the Holy bless,
and worship God in humbleness:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
The Lone, Wild Bird
Author: H. R. MacFayden, 1877-1964 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Nature and the Countryside First Line: The lone, wild bird in lofty flight Lyrics: 1 The lone, wild bird in lofty flight
is still with thee, nor leaves thy sight.
And I am thine! I rest in thee.
Great spirit come and rest in me.
2 The ends of earth are in thy hand,
the sea’s dark deep and far-off land.
And I am thine! I rest in thee.
Great spirit come and rest in me. Used With Tune: PROSPECT
The Lone, Wild Bird
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