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Douglas Steere  Malcolm R. Sutherland

JAN STRUTHER

WE THANK YOU

We thank You, God of heaven,

For all the joys that greet us,

For all that You have given

To help us and delight us

In earth and sky and seas;

The sunlight on the meadows,

The rainbow’s fleeting wonder,

The clouds with cooling shadows,

The stars that shine in splendor—

We thank You, God, for these.

For swift and gallant horses,

For lambs in pastures springing,

For dogs with friendly faces,

For birds with music thronging

Their chantries in the trees;

For herbs to cool our fever,

For flowers of field and garden,

For bees among the clover

With stolen sweetness laden—

We thank You, God, for these.

For homely dwelling places

Where childhood’s visions linger,

For friends and kindly voices,

For bread to stay our hunger

And sleep to bring us ease;

For zeal and zest of living,

For faith and understanding,

For words to tell our loving,

For hope of peace unending —

We thank You, God, for these.