It is told in heaven above,
On the sea and the moors and the mountains,
In language of all the peoples,
The speech of love.

"The morning star and the dayspring,
The sun and the cloud and the shower,
The grass and the rose and the cedar,
His glory and love are telling
From hour to hour.

"The birds in the green wood singing,
The sea that is wide and deep,
The sheep in the folds of the mountains,
The corn in the golden valleys,
And all beside.

"All round me are glorious pictures
Of him who has made them fair;
Through the long bright day I can see Him,
And I fear not the silent darkness,
For He is there,"

--FRANCES BEVAN.

Taken, by permission, from _Hymns by Ter Steegen and Others_ Second series.