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Text:Give to Us Peace
Author:H. F. Chorley
Tune:RUSSIAN HYMN
Composer:Alexis Lwoff

645. Give to Us Peace

1 God the all-terrible! King who ordainest,
Great winds Thy clarions, the lightnings Thy sword;
Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reigned,
Give to us peace, O most merciful Lord.

2 God the all-merciful! earth hath forsaken
Thy precepts holy, and slighted Thy word;
Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken;
Give to us peace, O most merciful Lord.

3 God the all-righteous One! man hath defied Thee,
Yet to eternity standeth Thy word;
Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee;
Prosper the right, O most merciful Lord.

4 So shall we render Thee thankful devotion,
For Thy deliv'rance from peril and sword,
Singing in chorus from ocean to ocean,
"Thine is the pow'r and the glory, O Lord."

Text Information
First Line: God the all-terrible! King who ordainest
Title: Give to Us Peace
Author: H. F. Chorley
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Special Occasions: Peace of Nation
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: RUSSIAN HYMN
Composer: Alexis Lwoff
Meter: 11s, 10s.
Key: E Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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