Verse_Lyric: 1 1. The sun shines in splendor, and blue is the sky. The birds all are singing with joy as they fly. The rivers are winding between wooded shores. The whole world of nature its Maker adores. Verse_Lyric: 2 2. Then lift up your voices, ye children of men. Your hearts lift in anthems of worship again. For we, too, will praise Him, the Father of love, Who sendeth His power and grace from above. Verse_Lyric: 3 3.