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For the glory of the sunsets,
 I thank Thee, O my God!

For the earth, and all its beauty;
 The sky and all its light;
For the dim and soothing shadows,
 That rest the dazzled sight;
For unfading fields and prairies,
 Where sense in vain has trod;
For the world's exhaustless beauty,
 I thank Thee, O my God!

For an eye of inward seeing;
 A soul to know and love;
For these common aspirations,
 That our high heirship prove;
For the hearts that bless each other
 Beneath Thy smile, Thy rod;
For the amaranth saved from Eden,
 I thank Thee, O my God!

For the hidden scroll, o'erwritten
 With one dear Name adored;