Glory to God ‎#338

338. O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

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1 O beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain,
for purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
and crown thy good with *brotherhood
from sea to shining sea!

2 O beautiful for heroes proved
in liberating strife,
who more than self their country loved,
and mercy more than life!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw;
confirm thy soul in self-control,
thy liberty in law!

3 O beautiful for patriot dream
that sees beyond the years
thine alabaster cities gleam,
undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
till all success be nobleness
and every gain divine!

*or servanthood

Text Information

• First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies
• Title: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
• Author: Katharine Lee Bates (1893, alt.)
• Meter: CMD
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 33:12
  ;
  Psalm 65:9-13
  ;
  Hebrews 11:16
  ;
  James 1:17
• Topic: Creation; Freedom; The Life of the Nations

Tune Information

• Name: MATERNA
• Composer: Samuel Augustus Ward (1882)
• Meter: CMD
• Key: B♭ Major

Text Information:

This text (inspired by the vista from Pike’s Peak and by a visit to Chicago’s Columbian World Exposition) and tune (named MATERNA because it was composed for “O Mother, Dear Jerusalem”) were joined in 1912. The combination proved immensely popular during World War I and afterwards.