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.
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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.
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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.
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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!