The Diary of an Avid Reader. : Week 16: For Beauty of the Earth!

For the Beauty of the Earth!

There is a hymn that perfectly describes my thoughts and sentiments this week.

Written by:

Text: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917

Music: Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872

For the beauty of the earth,

For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies,

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the beauty of each hour

Of the day and of the night,

Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,

Sun and moon, and stars of light,

For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child,

Friends on earth, and friends above,

For all gentle thoughts and mild,

I am so blessed to be here at Monticello College with the great beauty of this Earth surrounding me every day! We would say in Latin “forma pulchritas terrae”.

I have learned that there is so much peace that comes from being in nature. When problems arise having a connection with nature releases most of my problems.

I am beginning to gain a greater, glimpse of the divine.

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"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." ~ Genesis 1:31
Or in Latin “viditque Deus cuncta quae fecit et erant valde bona.”