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For the Healing of the Nations

Author: Fred Kaan Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: The Life of the Nations Lyrics: 1 For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord; for a just and equal sharing of the things that earth affords; to a life of love in action help us rise and pledge our word. 2 Lead us forward into freedom; from despair your world release, that, redeemed from war and hatred, all may come and go in peace. Show us how through care and goodness fear will die and hope increase. 3 All that kills abundant living, let it from the earth be banned: pride of status, race, or schooling, dogmas that obscure your plan. In our common quest for justice may we hallow life's brief span. 4 You, Creator God, have written your great name on humankind; for our growing in your likeness, bring the life of Christ to mind, that by our response and service earth its destiny may find. Scripture: Genesis 1:27 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS (Wade)

This Is My Song

Author: Lloyd Stone; Georgia Harkness Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Nation First Line: This is my song, O God of all the nations Used With Tune: FINLANDIA

O God of Every Nation

Author: William W. Reid, Jr. Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Nation Lyrics: 1 O God of every nation, of every race and land, redeem the whole creation with your almighty hand. Where hate and fear divide us and bitter threats are hurled, in love and mercy guide us, and heal our strife-torn world. 2 From search for wealth and power and scorn of truth and right, from trust in bombs that shower destruction through the night, from pride of race and nation and blindness to your way, deliver every nation, eternal God, we pray! 3 Lord, strengthen all who labor that we may find release from fear of rattling saber, from dread of war's increase. When hope and courage falter, Lord, let your voice be heard; with faith that none can alter, your servants undergird. 4 Keep bright in us the vision of days when war shall cease, when hatred and division give way to love and peace, till dawns the morning glorious when truth and justice reign, and Christ shall rule victorious o'er all the world's domain. Scripture: Isaiah 2:4 Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

Author: Katharine Lee Bates Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 508 hymnals Topics: National Songs 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 heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than 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! *Or "servanthood." Used With Tune: MATERNA

Our land, O Lord, with songs of praise

Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: National

God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand

Author: Daniel Crane Roberts Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 421 hymnals Topics: The Life of the Nations Lyrics: 1 God of the ages, whose almighty hand leads forth in beauty all the starry band of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, our grateful songs before thy throne arise. 2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past. In this free land by thee our lot is cast. Be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay: thy word our law, thy paths our chosen way. 3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence, be thy strong arm our ever sure defense. Thy true religion in our hearts increase. Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. 4 Refresh thy people on their toilsome way. Lead us from night to never-ending day. Fill all our lives with love and grace divine, and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine. Scripture: Exodus 13:15 Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

Author: Samuel F. Smith Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,949 hymnals Topics: Nation First Line: My country, 'tis of thee 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 mountainside 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. Used With Tune: AMERICA

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

Author: Edward Perronet, 1726-1792 Appears in 3,436 hymnals Topics: Nations First Line: All hail the power of Jesus' name! Refrain First Line: And crown him, crown him Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-2 Used With Tune: DIADEM

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Author: James Weldon Johnson Meter: Irregular Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: Nation 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 fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered; we have come, treading our path thru 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. Used With Tune: LIFT EVERY VOICE

O God, our help in ages past

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,242 hymnals Topics: National and Remembrance Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home; 2 Under the shadow of thy throne thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defence is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST ANNE

We Gather Together

Author: Anonymous; Theodore Baker Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 201 hymnals Topics: National Hymns; National Righteousness First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing (Baker) Text Sources: Netherlands Folk Song; Adrianus Valerius' Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck, 1626

God of grace and God of glory

Author: H. E. Fosdick (1878-1969) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 155 hymnals Topics: God's World Nations, Justice, and Peace Used With Tune: UNSER HERRSCHER

Eternal Father, Strong to Save

Author: William Whiting, 1825-78; Robert N. Spencer, 1877-1961 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 426 hymnals Topics: Nation and National Songs Lyrics: 1 Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep: O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea. (Sts. 2-3 copyrighted) 4 O Trinity of love and pow'r, Our people shield in danger's hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them where-soe'er they go; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee Glad praise from air and land and sea. Stanzas from the original Navy Hymn may be substituted: *2 O Christ, whose voice the waters heard And hushed their raging at Thy word, Who walkedst on the foaming deep And calm amid its rage didst sleep: O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea. *3 Most Holy Spirit, who didst brood Upon the chaos dark and rude, And bid its angry tumult cease, And give, for wild confusion, peace: O hear us when we when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea. Scripture: Genesis 1:1-10 Used With Tune: MELITA

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

Author: Julia W. Howe, 1819-1910 Meter: 15.15.15.6 with refrain Appears in 555 hymnals Topics: Nation First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord Refrain First Line: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Lyrics: 1 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. Refrain: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. 2 I have seen him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read the righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps; His day is marching on. [Refrain] 3 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out all human hearts before his judgment seat; O be swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. [Refrain] 4 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make us holy, let us die that all be free! While God is marching on. [Refrain] Scripture: Ezekiel 21:14-15 Used With Tune: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

O God of love, O King of peace

Author: Sir Henry W. Baker Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 243 hymnals Topics: National Lyrics: 1 O God of love, O King of peace, Make wars throughout the world to cease; The wrath of sinful man restrain; Give peace, O God, give peace again. 2 Remember, Lord, thy works of old, The wonders that our fathers told; Remember not our sin's dark stain; Give peace, O God, give peace again. 3 Whom shall we trust but thee, O Lord? Where rest but on thy faithful Word? None ever called on thee in vain; Give peace, O God, give peace again. 4 Where saints and angels dwell above All hearts are knit in holy love; O bind us in that heav'nly chain; Give peace, O God, give peace again. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 46:9 Used With Tune: QUEBEC

Our country's voice is pleading

Author: Maria F. Anderson Appears in 157 hymnals Topics: Prayer For the Nation Used With Tune: ROTTERDAM

God Save Our Native Land

Author: J. H. Seeleye Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: National Lyrics: 1 God save our native land And make her strong to stand For truth and right; Long may her banner wave, Flag of the free and brave! Thou who alone canst save, Grant her Thy might. 2 Ever from sea to sea May law and liberty O’er all prevail. Where’er the rivers flow, Where’er the breezes blow, Let love and justice grow And never fail. 3 In living unity May all her people be Kept evermore. From here on every side May freedom’s swelling tide Roll grandly, far and wide, To every shore. 4 O God, to Thee we raise Our grateful song of praise For this glad land. Thou didst our fathers lead, Thou wilt their children heed, Supplying all their need From Thy full hand. Used With Tune: AMERICA

O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand

Author: Rev. Leonard Bacon Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 284 hymnals Topics: Salvation The Nation Lyrics: 1. O God, beneath Thy guiding hand Our exiled fathers crossed the sea; And when they trod the wintry strand, With prayer and psalm they worshiped Thee. 2. Thou heard'st well pleased, the song, the prayer: Thy blessing came; and still its pow'r Shall onward, thro' all ages, bear The mem'ry of that holy hour. 3. Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God Came with those exiles o'er the waves; And where their pilgrim feet have trod, The God they trusted guards their graves. 4. And here Thy Name, O God of love, Their children's children shall adore, Till these eternal hills remove, And spring adorns the earth no more. Used With Tune: WAREHAM

Rejoice, O land, in God thy might

Author: Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Church and People National Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, O land, in God thy might, His will obey, him serve aright; For thee the Saints uplift their voice: Fear not, O land, in God rejoice. 2 Glad shalt thou be, with blessing crowned, With joy and peace thou shalt abound; Yea, love with thee shall make his home Until thou see God’s kingdom come. 3 He shall forgive thy sins untold: Remember thou his love of old; Walk in his way, his word adore, And keep his truth for evermore. Used With Tune: WAREHAM

Before the Lord We Bow

Author: Francis S. Key Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: Times and Seasons The Nation Lyrics: 1 Before the Lord we bow, The God who reigns above And rules the world below In boundless pow'r and love. Our thanks we bring, In joy and praise Our hearts we raise To heav'n's high King. 2 The nation Thou hast blest May well Thy love declare, From foes and fears at rest, Protected by Thy care. For this fair land, For this bright day, Our thanks we pay-- Gifts of Thy hand. 3 May ev'ry mountain height, Each vale and forest green, Shine in Thy Word's pure light And its rich fruits be seen! May ev'ry tongue Be tuned to praise, And join to raise A grateful song! 4 Earth! hear thy Maker's voice, Thy great Redeemer own; Believe, obey, rejoice, And worship Him alone. Cast down thy pride, Thy sin deplore, And bow before The Crucified. 5 And when in power He comes, Oh, may our native land From all its rending tombs Send forth a glorious band, A countless throng, Ever to sing To heaven's high King Salvation's song! Amen. Scripture: Psalm 145:1 Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

Great King of Nations, Hear Our Prayer

Author: John H. Gurney Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 74 hymnals Topics: Special Topics The Nation Lyrics: 1 Great King of nations, hear our prayer, while at your feet we fall, and humbly, with united cry, to you for mercy call. 2 The guilt is ours, but grace is yours, O turn us not away; but hear us from your lofty throne, and help us when we pray. 3 Our fathers' sins were manifold, and ours no less we own, yet wondrously from age to age your goodness has been shown. 4 When dangers, like a stormy sea, beset our country round, to you we looked, to you we cried, and help in you was found. 5 With one consent we meekly bow beneath your chast'ning hand, and, pouring forth confession meet, mourn with our mourning land. 6 With pitying eye behold our need, as thus we lift our prayer; correct us with your judgments, Lord, then let your mercy spare. Scripture: Luke 1:50 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE (Croft)

Christ, by Heavenly Hosts Adored

Author: Henry Harbaugh, 1817-67 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: The Nation First Line: Christ, by heav'nly hosts adored Lyrics: 1 Christ, by heav'nly hosts adored, Gracious, mighty, sov'reign Lord, God of nations, King of kings, Head of all created things, By the Church with joy confessed, God the Son forever blessed, Pleading at your throne we stand, Save your people, bless our land. 2 On our fields of grass and grain Send, O Lord, the kindly rain, And throughout this spacious land Crown the labors of each hand. Let your kind protection be Over commerce on the sea. Open, Lord, your bounteous hand; Bless your people, bless our land. 3 Give us rulers faithful, true, Such as love ad honor you; Let the powers you ordained Be in righteousness maintained. In the people's hearts increase Love of piety and peace. Thus united, we shall stand One wide, free, and happy land. Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR

Great God of Nations

Author: Alfred A. Woodhuff, 1810-1836 Appears in 175 hymnals Topics: National Righteousness First Line: Great God of nations, now to Thee Lyrics: 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 thro' their dangerous way. 4 We pray Thee let the gospel light Thro' 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. Used With Tune: MENDON

Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life

Author: Frank M. North Appears in 369 hymnals Topics: National; National 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 The cup of water giv'n for thee Stills holds the freshness of Thy grace; Yet long these multitudes to see The sweet compassion of Thy face. 4 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; 5 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love, And follow where Thy feet have trod; Till glorious from Thy heav'n above Shall come the city of our God. Amen. Scripture: Matthew 10:42 Used With Tune: [Where cross the crowded ways of life]

Psalm 46

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: The Nation and Commonweal First Line: God is our refuge and our strength Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650, alt.

Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray

Author: John R. Wreford Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 319 hymnals Topics: Times and Seasons The Nation Lyrics: 1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray, Of ev'ry clime and coast, Oh, hear us for our native land, The land we love the most! 2 Oh, guard our shores from ev'ry foe, With peace our borders bless, With prosp'rous 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 Here may Thy Gospel, pure and mild, Smile on our Sabbath hours And piety and virtue bless Our fathers' home and ours. 5 Lord of the nations, thus to Thee Our country we commend. Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust, Her everlasting Friend. Amen. Scripture: Romans 13:1-7 Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN

God, the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest

Author: Henry F. Chorley; Rev. John Ellerton Meter: 11.10.11.9 Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Nation, The Lyrics: 1 God the Omnipotent! King, who ordainest Thunder Thy clarion, the lightning Thy sword; Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reignest; Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 2 God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken Thy ways all-holy, and slighted Thy word; Let not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken; Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 3 God the All-righteous One! man hath defied Thee; Yet to eternity standeth Thy word; Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee; Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 4 God the All-wise! by the fire of Thy chastening, Earth shall to freedom and truth be restored; Through the thick darkness Thy Kingdom is hastening Thou wilt give peace in Thy time, O Lord. 5 So shall Thy people, with thankful devotion, Praise Him who saved them from peril and sword, Singing in chorus from ocean to ocean Peace to the nations, and praise to the Lord. Amen. Used With Tune: RUSSIAN HYMN

Hope of the World

Author: Georgia Elma Harkness Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 57 hymnals Topics: National Righteousness First Line: Hope of the world, Thou Christ of great compassion

In An Age of Twisted Values

Author: Martin E. Leckebusch, b. 1962 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Nation Scripture: Psalm 33:12-22 Used With Tune: CHURCH UNITED

Eternal God, whose power upholds

Author: Henry Hallam Tweedy, b.1868 Appears in 53 hymnals Topics: City, Nation, World Used With Tune: ST. MARIA

Faith of Our Fathers

Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 833 hymnals Topics: National Hymns First Line: Faith of our fathers, living still

God's trumpet wakes the slumbering world

Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-92 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Used With Tune: NATIVITY

The Angels' Song

Author: Edmund H. Sears Appears in 875 hymnals Topics: National; Peace National; National; Peace National First Line: It came upon the midnight clear Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold; "Peace to the earth, good-will to men, From heaven's all-gracious King:" The earth in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing. 2 Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled; And still celestial music floats O'er all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on heavenly wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds, The blessed angels sing. 3 O ye, beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms are bending low, Who toil along the climbing way, With painful steps and slow; Look up! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing; Oh, rest beside the weary road, And hear the angels sing! 4 For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet-bards foretold, When with the ever-circling years Comes round the age of gold! When peace shall over all the earth Its final splendors fling, And the whole world send back the song Which now the angels sing! Used With Tune: CAROL

From All That Dwell Below the Skies

Author: Isaac Watts, 1675-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 1,279 hymnals Topics: Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions Lyrics: 1 From all that dwell below the skies let the Creator's praise arise: Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Redeemer's name be sung through every land, in every tongue. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 In every land begin the song, to every land the strains belong: Alleluia! Alleluia! In cheerful sound all voices raise and fill the world with joyful praise. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; eternal truth attends thy word: Alleluia! Alleluia! Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, till suns shall rise and set no more. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Scripture: Psalm 117 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

God of Mercy, God of Grace

Author: Henry F. Lyte Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions Lyrics: 1 God of mercy, God of grace, show the brightness of your face. Shine upon us, Savior, shine; fill your church with light divine; and your saving health extend unto earth's remotest end. 2 Let the people praise you, Lord; be by all that live adored. Let the nations shout and sing glory to their gracious King; at your feet their tribute pay, and your holy will obey. 3 Let the people praise you, Lord; earth shall then its fruits afford. Unto us your blessing give; we to your devoted live, all below and all above, one in joy and light and love. Scripture: Psalm 67 Used With Tune: DIX

Not Alone for Mighty Empire

Author: William P. Merrill, 1867-1954 Appears in 85 hymnals Topics: National Righteousness Lyrics: 1 Not alone for mighty empire, Stretching far o'er land and sea; Not alone for bounteous harvests, Lift we up our hearts to Thee. Standing in the living present, Memory and hope between, Lord, we would with deep thanksgiving Praise Thee most for things unseen. 2 Not for battleship and fortress, Not for conquests of the sword; But for conquests of the spirit Give we thanks to Thee, O Lord; For the heritage of freedom, For the home, the church, the school; For the open door to manhood In a land the people rule. 3 For the armies of the faithful, Souls that passed and left no name; For the glory that illumines Patriot lives of deathless fame; For our prophets and apostles, Loyal to the living Word; For all heroes of the Spirit, Give we thanks to Thee, O Lord. 4 God of justice, save the people From the clash of race and creed, From the strife of class and faction: Make our nation free indeed. Keep her faith in simple manhoood Strong as when her life began, Till it find its full fruition In the brotherhood of man. Amen. Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

The National Anthem (The Star Spangled Banner)

Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843 Meter: Irregular Appears in 445 hymnals Topics: Nation First Line: O say can you see by the dawn's early light Lyrics: 1 O say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 2 On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dead silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows half conceals, half discloses? And catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines on the stream, 'Tis the Star-Spangled Banner O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 3 O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Scripture: Psalm 68:4 Used With Tune: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

Swell the Anthem, Raise the Song

Author: Nathan Strong Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 221 hymnals Topics: Times and Seasons The Nation Lyrics: 1 Swell the anthem, raise the song; Praises to our God belong. Saints and angels join to sing Praises to the heav'nly King. Blessings from His lib'ral hand Flow around this happy land. Kept by Him, no foes annoy; Peace and freedom we enjoy. 2 Here, beneath a peaceful sway, May we cheerfully obey, Never feel oppression's rod, Ever own and worship God. Hark, the voice of nature sings Praises to the King of kings. Let us join the choral song And the grateful notes prolong. Amen. Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:10-12 Used With Tune: ST, GEORGE

These Things Shall Be

Author: John Addington Symonds, 1840-1893 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 137 hymnals Topics: Nations First Line: These things shall be: a loftier race Lyrics: 1 These things shall be: a loftier race than e’er the world hath known shall rise, with flame of freedom in their souls, and light of science in their eyes. 2 Nation with nation, land with land, unarmed shall live as comrades free; in every mind and heart shall throb the pulse of one humanity. 3 High friendship, hitherto a sin, or by great poets half-divined, shall burn a steadfast star within the calm, clear spirit of the mind. 4 New arts shall bloom of loftier mold, and mightier music thrill the skies, and every life a song shall be when all the earth is paradise. Used With Tune: TRURO

Ancient of Days, Who sittest, throned in glory

Author: William C. Doane Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 197 hymnals Topics: National Days Lyrics: Ancient of Days, who sittest, throned in glory; To thee all knees are bent, all voices pray; Thy love has blessed the wide world's wondrous story, With light and life since Eden's dawning day. O Holy Father, who hast led thy children In all the ages, with the Fire and Cloud, Through seas dry-shod, through weary wastes bewildering, To thee, in reverent love, our hearts are bowed. O Holy Jesus, Prince of Peace and Savior, To thee we owe the peace that still prevails, Stilling the rude wills of men's wild behavior, And calming passion's fierce and stormy gales. 475 O Holy Ghost, the Lord and the Life-giver, Thine is the quickening power that gives increase. From thee have flowed, as from a pleasant river, Our plenty, wealth, prosperity, and peace. O Triune God, with heart and voice adoring, Praise we the goodness that doth crown our days; Pray we that thou wilt hear us, still imploring Thy love and favour, kept to us always. Amen. Used With Tune: ALBANY

Brightest and Best

Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 912 hymnals Topics: Nation First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Refrain First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Lyrics: 1 Brightest and best of the stars of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. Refrain: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2 Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining, Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Savior of all. [Refrain] 3 Shall we then yield him, in costly devotion, Odors of Edom, and off'rings divine, Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? [Refrain] 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gifts would His favor secure, Richer by far is the heart’s adoration, Dearer to God are the pray'rs of the poor. [Refrain] 5 Brightest and best of the stars of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 2 Used With Tune: STAR IN THE EAST

To thee, our God, we fly

Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 91 hymnals Topics: The Nation Lyrics: 1 To thee, our God, we fly for mercy and for grace; O hear our lowly cry, and hide not thou thy face. Refrain: O Lord, stretch forth thy mighty hand, and guard and bless our native land. 2 Arise, O Lord of hosts! Be jealous for thy name, And drive from out our coasts The sins that put to shame. [Refrain] 3 Thy best gifts from on high in rich abundance pour, that we may magnify And praise thee evermore. [Refrain] 4 The pow'rs ordained by thee with heav'nly wisdom bless; may thy thy servants be, and rule in righteousness. [Refrain] 5 Give peace, Lord, in our time, O let no foe draw nigh, nor lawlessness and crime insult thy majesty. [Refrain] 6 The Church of thy dear Son inflame with love's pure fire, bind her once more in one; with life and truth inspire. [Refrain] Scripture: James 1:17 Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136TH

God Bless Our Native Land

Author: Charles T. Brooks, 1812-1883; John S. Dwight, 1813-1893 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 667 hymnals Topics: National Songs; National Songs Lyrics: 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 So shall our prayers arise to God above the skies, on whom we wait. Thou who art ever nigh, guarding with watchful eye, to thee aloud we cry: God save the state! Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM

The City Is Alive, O God

Author: William W. Reid Jr., 1923- Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Nation and Society Scripture: Psalm 55:9 Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS NEW

Let Justice Flow Down

Author: Douglas Romanow Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: National Holidays First Line: Flow to the mouths of the hungry Scripture: Psalm 10:14-18 Used With Tune: LET JUSTICE FLOW

Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendor

Author: Henry Scott Holland Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: The Life of the Nations Lyrics: 1 Judge Eternal, throned in splendor, Lord of lords and King of kings, with your living fire of judgment purge this land of bitter things; solace all its wide dominion with the healing of your wings. 2 Still the weary folk are pining for the hour that brings release, and the city’s crowded clangor cries aloud for sin to cease, and the homesteads and the woodlands plead in silence for their peace. 3 Crown, O God, your own endeavor; cleave our darkness with your sword; feed the faithless and the hungry with the richness of your word; cleanse the body of this nation through the glory of the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: RHUDDLAN

God of the Nations, Who From Dawn of Days

Author: W. Russell Bowie, 1882- Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: The Nation Used With Tune: TOULON

God save our gracious Queen

Author: Henry Carey, d. 1743 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 219 hymnals Topics: National and Social Service Queen and Nation Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM

Praise, happy land! Jehovah's name

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Public and national Blessings and Afflictions Lyrics: 1 Praise, happy land! Jehovah's name; His goodness, and thy bliss proclaim: For thee each blessing largely flows, That freedom's lib'ral hand bestows. 2 Thy children are secure and blest; Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest; He feeds thy sons with finest wheat, And adds his blessing to their meat. 3 Thy changing seasons he ordains, Thine early and thy latter rains; His flakes of snow like wool he sends, And well the springing corn defends. 4 But he hath nobler works and ways, To call his people to his praise: To all our land his laws are shown; His gospel's through the nation known.

From Ocean Unto Ocean

Author: Robert Murray Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 79 hymnals Topics: Nation, The; Kingdom of God on Earth, The Nation, The Lyrics: 1 From ocean unto ocean Our land shall own Thee Lord, And, filled with true devotion, Obey Thy sovereign word. Our prairies and our mountains, Forest and fertile field, Our rivers, lakes, and fountains, To Thee shall tribute yield. 2 O Christ, for Thine own glory, And for our country's weal, We humbly plead before Thee, Thyself in us reveal; And may we know, Lord Jesus, The touch of Thy dear hand; And, healed of our diseases, The tempter's power withstand. 3 Our Saviour King, defend us, And guide where we should go; Forth with Thy message send us, Thy love and light to show; Till, fired with true devotion, Enkindled by Thy word, From ocean unto ocean Our land shall own Thee Lord. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 144:15 Used With Tune: MISSIONARY HYMN

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