Text:God of Our Fathers, Known of Old
Author:Rudyard Kipling
Tune:MELITA
Composer:John B. Dykes

396. God of Our Fathers, Known of Old

1 God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine:

Refrain:
Lord God of hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget!

2 The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart. [Refrain]

3 Far-called our navies melt away,
On dune and headland sinks the fire;
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: God of our fathers, known of old
Title: God of Our Fathers, Known of Old
Author: Rudyard Kipling (1897)
Refrain First Line: Lord God of hosts, be with us yet
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
Publication Date: 1957
Scripture:
Copyright: Words from The Five Nations, by Rudyard Kipling. Copyright, 1903, Rudyard Kipling, reprinted by permission of Mrs. George Bambridge and Doubleday and Company and Macmillan Company of Canada.
Notes: Alternate tune: "St. Catherine," No. 216.
Tune Information
Name: MELITA
Composer: John B. Dykes (1861)
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
Key: C Major



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