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We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks

We lift our hearts in thanks today
for all the gifts of life;
and, first, for peace that turns away
the enmities of strife.

And, next, the beauty of the earth,
its flowers and lovely things,
the spring's great miracle of birth,
with sound of songs and wings.

Then, harvests of its teeming soil
in orchard, croft, and field;
but, more, the service and the toil
of those who helped them yield.

And, most, the gifts of hope and love,
of wisdom, truth, and right,
the gifts that shine like stars above
to chart the world by night.

Words: Percival Chubb
Music: Harmoniae Hymnorum Scholae Gorlicensis

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