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Text: | Great God of Nations |
Author: | Alfred A. Woodhull |
Tune: | ST. PETERSBURG |
Composer: | Dimitri S. Bortniansky |
1 Great God of nations, now to Thee
Our hymn of gratitude we raise;
With humble heart and bending knee
We offer Thee our song of praise.
2 Thy Name we bless, Almighty God,
For all the kindness Thou hast shown
To this fair land the Pilgrims trod,
This land we fondly call our own.
3 Here freedom spreads her banner wide
And casts her soft and hallowed ray;
Here Thou our fathers’ steps didst guide
In safety through their dangerous way.
4 We praise Thee that the gospel’s light
Through all our land its radiance shed,
Dispel the shades of error’s night,
And heav'nly blessings round us spread.
5 Great God, preserve us in Thy fear;
In danger still our Guardian be:
O spread Thy truth’s bright precepts here;
Let all the people worship Thee.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Great God of nations, now to Thee |
Title: | Great God of Nations |
Author: | Alfred A. Woodhull (1828) |
Meter: | 8 8 8 8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1974 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Anniversaries |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. PETERSBURG |
Composer: | Dimitri S. Bortniansky (1825, arr.) |
Meter: | 8 8 8 8 |
Key: | C Major |