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A Hymn of Beauty

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 7, 1903

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 14.

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A Hymn of Beauty

By James Ashcroft Noble

God of beauty, thou hast spread Beauty round us everywhere; Not alone by daily bread Live we, but by all things fair. Father, thou dost call the least Of thy children to the feast.
When on us thy sun doth shine, Fill our souls with heavenly light; When descends the night divine, And the stars are brimming bright, As the stars, O, let us be Faithful ministers to thee!
Waves the wind among the trees: Let thy Spirit on us blow: We would feel the heavenly breeze, Which our hearts rejoice to know Is thy quickening, healing breath, And prevents our soul from death.
In the hedgerow, countless flowers Through the summer bud and bloom, Glorifying all the hours With their color and perfume. Lord, we would delight thine eyes, Make us flowers of paradise.
Beauty glows where’er we look; All around, below, above, In the world’s great open book, Every page says, “God is Love.” Heavenly Father, we would be Worthy of thy world and thee.
As thy beauty clasps us round, Make us beautiful within; May our hearts and lives be found Free from folly, pride, and sin. Then thy stars and fields and flowers Will indeed be truly ours.
— James Ashcroft Noble.