For All the Love

For all the love that from our earliest days
has gladdened life and guarded all our ways,
we bring You, Lord, our song of grateful praise:
Alleluia!

For all the truth from wisdom's lighted page,
undimmed and pure, that shines from age to age,
God's holy Word, our priceless heritage:
Alleluia!

For all the joy that childhood's days have brought,
for healthful lives and purity of thought,
for life's deep meaning to our spirits taught:
Alleluia!

For all the hope that sheds its glorious ray
along the dark and unknown future way,
and lights the path to God's eternal day,
Alleluia!

For Christ our Lord, our Savior and our friend,
upon whose love and truth our souls depend,
our hope, our strength, our joy that knows no end:
Alleluia!