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O God of earth and altar

Author: Gilbert K. Chesterton Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation Lyrics: 1 O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide; Take not Thy thunder from us, But take away our pride. 2 From all that terror teaches, From lies of tongue and pen; From all the easy speeches That comfort cruel men; From sale and profanation Of honor and the sword; From sleep and from damnation, Deliver us, good Lord! 3 Tie in a living tether The priest and prince and thrall; Bind all our lives together, Smite us and save us all; In ire and exultation Aflame with faith, and free, Lift up a living nation, A single sword to Thee. Amen. Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN

Son of God, eternal Saviour

Author: Somerset Corry Lowry Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Stewardship Lyrics: 1 Son of God, eternal Saviour, Source of life and truth and grace, Son of Man, whose birth incarnate Hallows all our human race; Thou our Head, who, throned in glory, For Thine own dost ever plead, Fill us with Thy love and pity, Heal our wrongs, and help our need. 2 As Thou, Lord, hast lived for others, So may we for others live; Freely have Thy gifts been granted, Freely may Thy servants give. Thine the gold and Thine the silver, Thine the wealth of land and sea, We but stewards of Thy bounty Held in solemn trust for Thee. 3 Come, O Christ, and reign among us, King of love and Prince of peace; Hush the storm of strife and passion, Bid its cruel discords cease. Ah, the past is dark behind us, Strewn with wrecks and stained with blood! But before us gleams the vision Of the coming brotherhood. 4 See the Christ-like host advancing, High and lowly, great and small, Linked in bonds of common service For the common Lord of all. Thou who prayedst, Thou who willest That Thy people should be one, Grant, O grant our hope’s fruition: Here on earth Thy will be done. Amen. Used With Tune: IN BABILONE

My country, 'tis of thee

Author: Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895 Appears in 1,974 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation, Peace Used With Tune: AMERICA

Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace

Author: Mary A. Thomson, 1834-1923 Appears in 465 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions and World Fellowship First Line: O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling Scripture: Romans 10:13-16 Used With Tune: TIDINGS

The morning light is breaking

Author: Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895 Appears in 1,179 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions and World Fellowship Scripture: Isaiah 61:10-11 Used With Tune: WEBB

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun

Author: Rev. Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,821 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 For Him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown His head; His Name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning sacrifice. 3 People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His Name. 4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 5 Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen! Amen. Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: DUKE STREET

O beautiful for spacious skies

Author: Katherine Lee Bates Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 520 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation Lyrics: 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 pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! 3 O beautiful for glorious tale Of liberating strife, When valiantly for man's avail Men lavished precious life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine! 4 O beautiful for patriot dream That sees, beyond the years, Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Amen. Used With Tune: MATERNA

Where cross the crowded ways of life

Author: Rev. Frank Mason North Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 377 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The City Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life, Where sound the cries of race and clan, Above the noise of selfish strife, We hear Thy voice, O Son of Man. 2 In haunts of wretchedness and need, On shadowed thresholds dark with fears, From paths where hide the lures of greed, We catch the vision of Thy tears. 3 From tender childhood's helplessness, From woman's grief, man's burdened toil, From famished souls, from sorrow's stress, Thy heart has never known recoil. 4 The cup of water given for Thee Still holds the freshness of Thy grace; Yet long these multitudes to see The sweet compassion of Thy face. 5 O Master, from the mountain side, Make haste to heal these hearts of pain; Among these restless throngs abide, O tread the city's streets again, 6 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love, And follow where Thy feet have trod; Till glorious from Thy heaven above Shall come the City of our God. Amen. Used With Tune: GERMANY

Christ for the world we sing

Author: Rev. Samuel Wolcott Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 415 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions Lyrics: 1 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With loving zeal; The poor and them that mourn, The faint and overborne, Sin-sick and sorrow-worn, Whom Christ doth heal. 2 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With fervent prayer; The wayward and the lost, By restless passions tossed, Redeemed at countless cost From dark despair. 3 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With one accord; With us the work to share, With us reproach to dare, With us the cross to bear, For Christ our Lord. 4 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With joyful song; The newborn souls whose days, Reclaimed from error's ways, Inspired with hope and praise, To Christ belong. Amen. Used With Tune: TRINITY (ITALIAN HYMN)

God bless our native land

Author: John S. Dwight, 1813-1893; Charles T. Brooks, 1813-1883; Siegfried A. Mahlmann, 1771-1826 Appears in 667 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation, Peace Scripture: Isaiah 49:25 Used With Tune: AMERICA