The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8340

8340. Fair Freedom's Land

1 O land, of all earth’s lands the best,
Fair Freedom’s empire in the west;
From rising to the setting sun,
All nations here unite in one.

Refrain:
Fair Freedom’s land! fair Freedom’s land!
Begirt with might, long may she stand!
And may her realm Christ’s kingdom be
From lake to gulf, from sea to sea.

2 Our fathers came as exiles here,
They saw our day with vision clear;
Despised at home, the cornerstones
Which God, the nation’s builder, owns. [Refrain]

3 By faith this goodly land I see,
In Christ’s own freedom doubly free;
From north to south, from east to west,
Beneath His gentle scepter blest. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O land, of all earth’s lands the best
• Title: Fair Freedom's Land
• Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin
• Meter: LMD
• Source: Gospel Bells (Chicago: Western Sunday School Publishing, 1880)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WILHELM
• Composer: Karl Wilhelm, 1815-1873 (arr.)
• Meter: LMD
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain