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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: Nation, The; Kingdom of God on Earth, The Nation, The 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 prince and priest 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. Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14 Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN
O God of Earth and Altar
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Author: Daniel C. Roberts, 1841-1907 Appears in 429 hymnals Topics: The Nations; National and World Peace; The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation, Peace Scripture: Psalm 77:11-14 Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843 Appears in 447 hymnals Topics: The Nations; National and World Peace; The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation, Peace Scripture: Psalm 40:4 Used With Tune: THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
Lord, Christ, when first thou cam'st to men
Author: Walter Russell Bowie Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Social Religion The nation Used With Tune: BOHEMIAN BRETHREN
Lord, Christ, when first thou cam'st to men
The Victories of Jesus Christ
Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Nations Owe Allegiance to Christ First Line: Sing a new song to Jehovah Lyrics: 1 Sing a new song to Jehovah
For the wonders He hath wrought;
His right hand and arm most holy
Triumph in His cause have brought.
In His love and tender mercy
he hath made salvation known,
In the sight of ev'ry nation
He His righteousness hath shown.
2 Truth and mercy tow'rd His people
He hath ever kept in mind,
And His full and free salvation
He hath shown to all mankind.
Sing, O earth, sing to Jehovah,
Praises to Jehovah sing;
With the swelling notes of music
Shout before the Lord, the King.
3 Seas with all your fullness thunder,
All earth's peoples now rejoice;
Floods and hills in praise uniting
To the Lord lift up your voice.
For, behold, Jehovah cometh,
Robed in justice and in might;
He alone will judge the nations,
And His judgment shall be right.
Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: AUSTRIAN HYMN
The Victories of Jesus Christ
When in our hour of utmost need
Author: Dr. Paul Eber; Catherine Winkworth Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: The Church Year National Humiliation Lyrics: 1 When in the hour of utmost need
We know not where to look for aid,
When days and nights of anxious tho't
Nor help nor counsel yet have brought,
2 Then is our comfort this alone,
That we may meet before Thy throne
And cry, O faithful God, to Thee
For rescue from our misery;
3 To Thee may raise our hearts and eyes,
Repenting sore with bitter sighs,
And seek Thy pardon for our sin,
And respite from our griefs within.
4 For Thou hast promised, graciously
To hear all those who cry to Thee
Through Him whose name alone is great,
Our Savior and our Advocate.
5 And thus we come, O God, to-day,
And all our woes before Thee lay,
For tried, afflicted, lo! we stand,
Peril and foes on very hand.
6 O hide not for our sins Thy face;
Absolve us through Thy boundless grace;
Be with us in our anguish still,
Free us at last from ev'ry ill.
7 That so with all our hearts may we
Once more with joy give thanks to Thee,
And walk obedient to Thy Word,
And now and ever praise the Lord. Used With Tune: COMMANDMENTS (Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein)
When in our hour of utmost need
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
Appears in 242 hymnals Topics: National and World Peace Scripture: John 14:16 Used With Tune: PALESTRINA Text Sources: From the Latin, c. Ninth Century
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
My country, 'tis of thee
Author: Rev. Samuel F. Smith Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,977 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Nation, The Lyrics: 1 My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.
2 My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills;
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
3 Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
4 Our fathers' God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.
Amen. Used With Tune: AMERICA
My country, 'tis of thee
O bless, Thou Heav'nly Potentate
Author: Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett, D. D. Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The Church Year National Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 O bless, Thou Heavenly Potentate,
With wisdom, strength, the powers of state,
That wrong and violence may cease,
And Church and home abide in peace.
2 Bless rich and poor, the great and small,
Both friend and foe; Lord, bless Thou all
The family on earth in love,
And fit all for Thy home above.
3 Thus, with Thy blessing on each hand,
Will peace and plenty fill the land,
And righteousness spring from the earth,
And life below have higher worth.
4 All praise to Thee, O King of kings,
Whose grace to us such blessing brings;
Thee, with the Father, we adore,
And Holy Ghost, forevermore. Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH
O bless, Thou Heav'nly Potentate
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Author: James Weldon Johnson Meter: Irregular Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: The Life of the Nations Lyrics: 1 Lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring,
ring with the harmonies of liberty.
Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies;
let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us;
sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
let us march on, till victory is won.
2 Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
felt in the days when hope unborn had died.
Yet, with a steady beat, have not our weary feet
come to the place for which our parents sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered;
we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
3 God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
thou who hast by thy might led us into the light,
keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee;
lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee;
shadowed beneath thy hand may we forever stand,
true to our God, true to our native land.
Scripture: Psalm 33:12 Used With Tune: LIFT EVERY VOICE
Lift Every Voice and Sing
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