Thanks Be to God

Thanks Be to God

Thanks be to God for roses red,
For homes and hearths and daily bread
For all the worlds thy hands have wrought--
Thanks be to God.

Thanks be to God for surf on seas,
For trilling finches, flowering trees,
For freshness that cannot be bought--
Thanks be to God.

Thanks be to God for prophet-truth,
For hands that work for right and ruth,
For every healing act and thought,
Thanks be to God.

Thanks be to God who guides our days
From loss to Love, from pain to praise
For Thee, the Gift of gifts unsought--
Thanks be to God!

--Sr. Faith Bowman (Stanza 1 Anonymous)

To be sung to the music of "Thanks Be to God" by Stanley Dickson
(May Hannah Dickson Brahe)