Today's Beautiful Gem: `Give Thanks to Mother Earth' - A prayer of the
Pawnee tribe of Oklahoma by Alice Fletcher.

"Behold! Our Mother Earth is lying here.
Behold! She giveth of her frutifulness.
Truly, her power gives she us.
Give thanks to Mother Earth who lieth here.

"Behold on Mother Earth the growing fields!
Behold the promise of her fruitfulness!
Truly, her power gives she us.
Give thanks to Mother Earth who lieth here.

"Behold on Mother Earth the spreading trees!
Behold the promise of her fruitfulness!
Truly, her power gives she us.
Give thanks to Mother Earth who lieth here.

"We see on Mother Earth the running streams;
We see the promise of her fruitfulness.
Truly, her power gives she us.
Give thanks to Mother Earth who lieth here."

om s'aantih: Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao

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