The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr. (1915 — 2008) was Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for 27 years.
O God by whose timeless care earth is furnished, we praise Thee for livelihood and leisure so amply framed in welcome Minnesota.
For sheer delight hast Thou spangled her land with ten thousand mirrors of glory;
For the need of life dost Thou bring forth sturdy grain for the millers grist, to bind Thy love to our bread;
And if after Thee we would builders be, then thanks for the mountains of iron that we may exchange for sinews of steel.
Where Thou hast gone before, O blessed Father, let us follow after: to the headwaters of Thy mercy and the harbor of Thy might; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hat tip: The Anglican Digest
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