Father of Earth and Heaven

Father of earth and Heav­en

Whose arm up­holds cre­ation

To Thee we raise the voice of praise

And bend in ad­or­ation.

We praise the pow­er that made us

We praise the love that bless­es;

While ev­ery day that rolls away

Thy gra­cious care con­fess­es.

Life is from Thee

blest Fa­ther

From Thee our breath­ing spir­its;

And Thou dost give to all that live

The bliss that each in­her­its.

Day

night

and roll­ing sea­sons

And all that life em­brac­es

With bliss are crowned

with joy abound

And claim our thank­ful prais­es.

Though tri­al and af­flict­ion

May cast their dark shade o’er us

Thy love doth throw a heav’n­ly glow

Of light on all be­fore us.

That love has smiled from Heav­en

To cheer our path of sad­ness

And lead the way

through earth’s dull day

To realms of end­less glad­ness.

That light of love and glo­ry

Has shone through Christ the Sav­ior

The ho­ly Guide who lived and died

That we might live for­ev­er.

And since Thy great com­pas­sion

Thus brings Thy child­ren near Thee

May we to praise de­vote our days

And love as well as fear Thee.

And when death’s final sum­mons

From earth’s dear scenes shall move us

From friends

from foes

from joys

from woes

From all that know and love us

O

then

let hope at­tend us;

Thy peace to us be giv­en;

That we may rise above the skies

And sing Thy praise in Heav­en.