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Text:Lord, While for All Mankind
Author:John R. Wreford (1800-1881)
Tune:DUNFERMLINE

649. Lord, While for All Mankind

1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Of every clime and coast,
O hear us for our native land,
The land we love the most!

2 O guard our shores from every foe,
With peace our borders bless;
With prosperous times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteousness!

3 Unite us in the sacred love
Of knowledge, truth, and Thee;
And let our hills and valleys shout
The songs of liberty.

4 Lord of the nations, thus to Thee
Our country we commend;
Be Thou her Refuge and her trust,
Her everlasting friend.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Title: Lord, While for All Mankind
Author: John R. Wreford (1800-1881) (1837)
Meter: C.M.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Christan Life: Love of Country
Tune Information
Name: DUNFERMLINE
Meter: C.M.
Incipit: 11234 55336 55455
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Scottish Psalter, 1615



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