The Hymnal ‎#413

413. God bless our native land

1 God bless our native land;
Firm may she ever stand
Through storm and night:
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
Do Thou our country save
By Thy great might.

2 For her our prayer shall rise
To God above the skies;
On Him we wait;
Thou who art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,
God save the State!

3 Not for this land alone,
But be God's mercies shown
From shore to shore;
And may the nations see
That men should brothers be,
And form one family
The wide world o'er.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God bless our native land
• Author (Stanzas 1 and 2): Siegfried A. Mahlmann (1815)
• Author (Stanza 3): William E. Hickson (1836)
• Meter: 6. 6. 4. 6. 6. 6. 4.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Kingdom of God on Earth: The Nation; Citizenship, Christian; Country, our; Nation, The

Tune Information

• Name: DORT
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1832)
• Meter: 6. 6. 4. 6. 6. 6. 4.
• Key: C Major