Soil Stewardship Week May 16-23.1971 



Consider the Earth 



It's the mountains and valleys, the forests and flowers; 



It's the sky overhead, and summertime showers. 

 It's the storehouse of waters, the source of our food; 



It's the fish and the sheep and the giant redwood. 

 It's the place of four seasons; it's day after night. 



It's an empire of beauty. It is here there is life! 



Who but the Lord could give sunshine and soil? 



Who but He, give us oceans and oil? 

 Think of the atom, the wind and the rain. 



Think of His gifts of colors and grain. 

 What price would you pay for the coo of a dove? 



And how would you value a young mother's love? 

 Where but on Earth are there children and air? 



Where but around us, a planet to share? 



The earth is the Lord's, with riches unmeasured; 



The home where we live, a world to be treasured. 

 We can spoil it, or keep it, as a land full fair 



For we are His stewards; His earth is our care. 



Consider the earth. Consider it well. 



MONTANA ASSOCIATION OF SOIL & WATER 



CONSERVATION DISTRICTS 

 224 Mitchell Building - Helena , Montana 



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Non-profit Org. 

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 Permit No. 171 

 Butte, Montana 



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