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Onward, Christian soldiers
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 1,805 hymnals Topics: Christ Master; Christian Life The Christian Warfare; The Church Triumph of; Hell; National; Satan; Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before:
Christ the royal Master
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
See, his banners go.
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
2 At the sign of triumph
Satan's host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers,
On to victory:
Hell's foundations quiver
At the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices,
Loud your anthems raise. [Refrain]
3 Like a mighty army
Moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading
Where the saints have trod;
We are not divided,
All one body we,
One in hope and doctrine,
One in charity. [Refrain]
4 Crowns and thrones may perish,
Kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus
Constant will remain;
Gates of hell can never
'Gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ's own promise
And that cannot fail. [Refrain]
5 Onward, then, ye people,
Join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices
In the triumph song;
Glory, laud, and honor
Unto Christ the King;
This through countless ages
Men and angels sing. [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 16:18 Used With Tune: ST. GERTRUDE
Onward, Christian soldiers
The Son of God goes forth to war
Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 840 hymnals Topics: Christ Example of; Christian Life The Christian Warfare; Discipleship; Martyrs; National; Patience of Christians; Rewards Lyrics: 1 The Son of God goes forth to war,
A kingly crown to gain;
His blood-red banner streams afar:
Who follows in His train?
Who best can drink his cup of woe,
Triumphant over pain,
Who patient bears his cross below,
He follows in His train.
2 The martyr first, whose eagle eye
Could pierce beyond the grave,
Who saw his Master in the sky,
And called on Him to save;
Like Him, with pardon on his tongue
In midst of mortal pain,
He prayed for them that did the wrong:
Who follows in his train?
3 A glorious band, the chosen few
On whom the Spirit came,
Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew,
And mocked the cross and flame:
They met the tyrant's brandished steel,
The lion's gory mane;
They bowed their necks the death to feel:
Who follows in their train?
4 A noble army, men and boys,
The matron and the maid,
Around the Saviour's throne rejoice,
In robes of light arrayed:
They climbed the steep ascent of heav'n
Through peril, toil and pain:
O God, to us may grace be giv'n
To follow in their train.
Amen. Scripture: Acts 7:59-60 Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS NEW
The Son of God goes forth to war
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Author: Daniel C. Roberts Appears in 423 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
O God of love, O King of peace
Author: Sir H. W. Baker, Bart., 1821-1877 Appears in 243 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Aspiration and Prayer; War; National Peace; Peace Among Nations; Peace National; Rest In God 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 heavenly chain,
Give peace, O God, give peace again. Used With Tune: HESPERUS
O God of love, O King of peace
Where cross the crowded ways of life
Author: Frank Mason North, 1850- Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 370 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Brotherly Love and Service; The Nation and Commonweal Used With Tune: WALTON
Where cross the crowded ways of life
God's trumpet wakes the slumbering world
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-92 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Dedication; National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Used With Tune: NATIVITY
God's trumpet wakes the slumbering world
Psalm 46
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: The Church The Communion of Saints; The Christian Life Courage, Conflict, and Victory; The Christian Life Death, Resurrection, and the Heavenly Glory; The Nation and Commonweal; Occasional Hymns Travellers by Sea and Land First Line: God is our refuge and our strength Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650, alt.
Psalm 46
O Lord, Thou art my God and King
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word God in Nature, Providence and Redemption; The Christian Life Love and Gratitude; The Nation and Commonweal; Times and Seasons Morning; Hymns for the Young Praise to the Father; Doxologies verse 1 only Scripture: Psalm 145:1-7 Used With Tune: DUKE ST. Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650. Revised from Scottish Psalter, 1564 - 1650.
O Lord, Thou art my God and King
Once to Every Man and Nation
Author: James Russell Lowell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 197 hymnals Topics: National Hymns; Citizenship, Christian; God the Father His Sovereignty; Memorial Day; National Righteousness; Righteousness; Social Betterment Text Sources: Excerpted from The Present Crisis
Once to Every Man and Nation
O God of Bethel, by Whose hand
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 380 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Pilgrimage, Protection, and Guidance; The Nation and Commonweal; The Church The Communion of Saints; Times and Seasons The Old Year and the New; Occasional Hymns Anniversaries and Farewells; Hymns for the Young The Journey of Life; God: His Attributes, Works and Word God in Nature, Providence and Redemption; The Church The Sacraments - Baptism Used With Tune: SALZBURG Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrase
O God of Bethel, by Whose hand
God bless our native land
Author: Siegfried A. Mahlmann; Charles T. Brooks; John S. Dwight Appears in 667 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: AMERICA
God bless our native land
Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Author: Wreford Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 319 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray,
Of every clime and coast,
Oh, hear us for our native land--
The land we love the most.
2 Oh, guard our shores from every foe;
With peace our borders bless-
Our cities with prosperity,
Our fields with plenteousness.
3 Unite us in the sacred love
Of knowledge, truth, and thee;
And let our hills and valleys chant
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. Scripture: Psalm 147:14
Lord, while for all mankind we pray
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty
Author: S. F. Smith Appears in 1,952 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism 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 sing we sing:
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light:
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King!
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Author: Julia Ward Howe Appears in 555 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Mine eyes have seen the glory
When thy soldiers take their swords
Author: Frances M. Owen Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: SPANISH HYMN
When thy soldiers take their swords
O say can you see by the dawn's early light
Author: Francis Scott Key Appears in 445 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
O say can you see by the dawn's early light
America, America
Author: Allen Eastman Cross Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS
America, America
Soldiers of the Cross, arise!
Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 90 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Courage, Conflict, and Victory; The Christian Life Brotherly Love and Service; The Nation and Commonweal; Hymns for the Young Missions Used With Tune: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
Soldiers of the Cross, arise!
Soldiers of Christ, arise
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 898 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Temptation and Conflict; National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Used With Tune: STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Soldiers of Christ, arise
A charge to keep I have
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,358 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Service and Influence; National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Used With Tune: CAMBRIDGE
A charge to keep I have
O beautiful for spacious skies
Author: Katherine Lee Bates Appears in 510 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: MATERNA
O beautiful for spacious skies
O God, beneath thy guiding hand
Author: Leonard Bacon Appears in 284 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
O God, beneath thy guiding hand
O God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,245 hymnals Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word God in Nature, Providence and Redemption; The Church The Communion of Saints; The Christian Life Pilgrimage, Protection, and Guidance; The Christian Life Death, Resurrection, and the Heavenly Glory; The Nation and Commonweal; Times and Seasons The Old Year and the New; Occasional Hymns Anniversaries and Farewells; Hymns for the Young The Journey of Life Scripture: Psalm 90:1-2 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE
O God, our help in ages past
We give Thee but Thine own
Author: William Walsham How, 1823-97 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 489 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Service and Influence; National and Social Service Hospitals and Philanthropy Used With Tune: WINDERMERE
We give Thee but Thine own
God of our fathers, known of old
Author: Rudyard Kipling Appears in 230 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: GOWER'S RECESSIONAL
God of our fathers, known of old
On thee, O Lord our God, we call
Author: Anon. Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 On thee, O Lord our God, we call,
Before thy throne devoutly fall;
Oh, whither should the helpless fly?
To whom but thee direct their cry?
2 Lord, we repent, we weep, we mourn,
To our forsaken God we turn;
Oh, spare our guilty country, spare
The church thine hand hath planted here!
3 We plead thy grace, indulgent God!
We plead thy Son's atoning blood;
We plead thy gracious promises;
And are they unavailing pleas?
4 These pleas, presented at thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe:
Let them prevail to save us, too. Scripture: Isaiah 26:9
On thee, O Lord our God, we call
Parent of all, omnipotent!
Author: Aspland's Col. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Parent of all, omnipotent!
In heaven and earth below!
Through all creation's vast extent,
Whose streams of goodness flow:
2 Teach me to know from whence I rose,
And unto what designed;
No private aims may I propose,
That injure human kind.
3 To hear my country's lawful voice,
May my best thoughts incline;
'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice,
'Tis nature's call, and thine.
4 Me from fair freedom's sacred cause
May nothing e'er divide;
Nor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause,
Nor friendship false, misguide.
Parent of all, omnipotent!
Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!
Author: Ashworth Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!
Thy stream of life o'er springless deserts roll:
Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span,
And make one brotherhood from pole to pole.
2 On, piercing Gospel, on! of every heart,
In every latitude, thou own'st the key:
From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start,
With all their treasures first unlocked by thee.
3 Spread, mighty Gospel, spread thy soaring wings!
Gather thy scattered ones from every land:
Call home the wanderers to the King of kings;
Proclaim them all thine own--'tis Christ's command!
Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!
Roll on, thou joyful day
Author: Duncan Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 Roll on, thou joyful day,
When tyranny's proud sway,
Stern as the grave,
Shall to the ground be hurled,
And freedom's flag, unfurled,
Shall weave throughout the world
O'er every slave.
2 Free, too, the captive mind
By darkness long confined
In slavery's night;
The Saviour's reign extend,
Virtue with freedom blend,
And full salvation send
With freedom's light.
Roll on, thou joyful day
Why, O God! thy people spurn?
Author: Hatfield Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 Why, O God! thy people spurn?
Why permit thy wrath to burn?
God of mercy! turn once more;
All our broken hearts restore.
2 Thou has made our land to quake,
Heal the sorrows thou didst make;
Bitter is the cup we drink,
Suffer not our souls to sink.
3 Be thy banner now unfurled,
Show thy truth to all the world;
Save us, Lord, we cry to thee,
Lift thine arm--thy chosen free.
4 Give us now relief from pain--
Humain aid is all in vain:
We, through God, shall yet prevail,
He will help when foes assail.
5 Sing we to our God above
Praise eternal as his love;
Praise him, all ye heavenly host--
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost--
Why, O God! thy people spurn?
All men are equal in their birth
Author: Martineau Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 All men are equal in their birth,
Heirs of the earth and skies;
All men are equal when that earth
Fades from their dying eyes.
2 God meet the throngs who pay their vows
In courts that hands have made,
And hears the worshiper who bows
Beneath the plantain shade.
3 Oh, let man hasten to restore
To all their rights of love;
In power and wealth exult no more;
In wisdom lowly move.
4 Ye great, renounce your earth-born pride;
Ye low, your shame and fear;
Live, as ye worship, side by side;
Your brotherhood revere.
All men are equal in their birth
The Lord is near! with Sinai tread
Author: Alexander Clark Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 The Lord is near! with Sinai trend
He comes to earth again;
From sudden darkness overhead,
A tongue of lightning, clear and dread,
Enough to wake the dusty dead,
Proclaims God's will to men.
2 Oh, bleeding country, now arise,
And call upon the Lord;
Thy broken heart and tearful eyes
Win pity on thee from the skies,
Through Christ, the world's slain sacrifice,
Who saves thee by his word.
3 Thou God of nations, hear our prayer;
We lift our thoughts to thee;
Our sinful nation's life, oh spare!
And may our grief thy grace declare,
By every Christly cross we bear
To bless and make men free.
The Lord is near! with Sinai tread
See, gracious God! before thy throne
Author: Mrs. Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 See, gracious God! before thy throne
Thy mourning people bend;
'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone
Our humble hopes attend.
2 Dark, frowning judgments from thy hand
Thy dreadful power display;
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And still we live to pray.
3 How changes, alas! are truths divine,
For error, guilt, and shame!
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name!
4 Oh, turn us, turn us, mighty Lord,
By thy resistless grace;
Then shall our hearts obey thy word,
And humbly seek thy face. Scripture: Daniel 9:3-19
See, gracious God! before thy throne
And the flag of our fathers, in God's name unfurled
Author: T. H. Stockton Meter: 12.12.12.12 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism First Line: In the name of Jehovah our banner we raise Lyrics: 1 In the name of Jehovah our banner we raise,
With its stars and its stripes pledged anew to his praise:
'Tis the ensign of truth, 'tis the standard of right,
'Tis the herald of liberty, union, and right.
Chorus:
And the flag of our fathers, in God's name unfurled,
O'er their children shall wave to the end of the world.
2 If it ever prove false to its glorious trust,
May its foes drag it down with contempt to the dust;
But as long as 'tis true to the blazon it holds,
Shall the arm of Omnipotence bear up its folds.
[Chorus]
3 Here at home, with one sky and one land, let it be
But the flag of one people, harmonious and free;
From the north to the south, from the east to the west,
With no treason to part it, no war to molest.
[Chorus]
4 So abroad on all seas and all shores let it shine
As the symbol of manhood, redeemed and divine;
That the down-trodden nations in triumph may rise,
With their feet on their chains, and their brows to the skies.
[Chorus]
And the flag of our fathers, in God's name unfurled
Children of a free-born race
Author: Anon. Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Children of a free-born race,
Happy in your dwelling-place,
As your blessings ye retrace,
Think from whence they flow:
Think of that Creative Hand,
Author of the sea and land,
By whose power the nations stand
In their weal or woe.
2 Here are freedom, health, and peace;
Here oppression's surges cease;
Streams of knowledge here increase,
Deepening far and wide:
Science here her tribute pours,
Industry collects her stores,
Wealth flows in from foreign shores
Like a swelling tide.
3 Here, religion undefiled,
With an influence pure and mild,
Reaches to the humblest child,
E'en from door to door:
Let us then our offerings bring,
Thanks unto the heavenly King;
From the heart his praises sing
Now and evermore.
Children of a free-born race
Restore, O Father, to our times restore
Author: Anon. Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation At Peace Lyrics: 1 Restore, O Father, to our times restore,
The peace which filled thine infant church of yore,
Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,
And quenched the new-born charities of life.
2 Oh, never more may different judgments part
From kindly sympathy a brother's heart!
But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel,
And share with each the sacred joy they feel.
3 From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam's ray,
Let concord spread one universal day;
And faith by love lead all mankind to thee,
Parent of peace, and fount of harmony!
Restore, O Father, to our times restore
When Abraham, full of sacred awe
Author: Rippon's Coll. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 When Abraham, full of sacred awe,
Before Jehovah stood,
And, with an humble, fervent prayer,
For guilty Sodom sued.
2 With what success, what wondrous grace,
Was his petition crowned!
The Lord would spare, if in this place
Ten righteous men were found.
3 And could a single pious soul
So rich a boon obtain?
Great God, and shall a nation cry,
And plead with thee in vain?
4 Are not the righteous dear to thee
Now, as in ancient times?
Or does this sinful land exceed
Gomorrah in her crimes?
5 Still we are thine; we bear thy name;
Here yet is thine abode:
Long has thy presence blest our land:
Forsake us not, O God.
When Abraham, full of sacred awe
God of our fathers, let thy face
Author: Samuel Wolcott Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, let thy face
Toward the Republic ever be!
Encompass it with strength and grace,
And law combine with liberty.
2 Unto our President impart
Sustaining trust, discerning sight,
The homage of the loyal heart,
The steadfast courage for the right.
3 Within our Congress let the fire
Of patriotic love abide;
Its counsels lead, its acts inspire,
And in the nation's halls preside.
4 Upon our Judges let the seal
Of thy divine anointing be--
The wisdom calm, the righteous zeal,
The robes of truth and equity.
5 God of our fathers, let thy face
Toward the Republic ever be!
Encompass it with strength and grace,
And law combine with liberty.
God of our fathers, let thy face
Nature hath seasons of repose
Author: Anon. Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Nature hath seasons of repose;
Her slumbering clouds and quiet sky;
And many a bright-faced stream that flows
Onward for ever noiselessly.
2 The stormy winds are hushed to rest,
And hang self-poised upon their wings;
And, nursed on mother nature's breast,
Sweet flowers lie like sleeping things.
3 The ocean, that in mountains ran,
Spreads boundlessly without a wave;
And is it only said of man,
His peace is in the gloomy grave?
4 Oh, for the coming of the end,
The last long Sabbath-day of time,
When peace from heaven shall descend
Like heaven's own light, on every clime.
5 When men in ships far off at sea
Shall hear the happy nations raise
The song of peace and liberty,
The chant of overflowing praise.
6 Mankind shall be one brotherhood;
One human soul shall fill the earth;
And God shall say, The world is good,
As in the day I gave it birth.
Nature hath seasons of repose
Hush the loud cannon's roar
Author: Johnson Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Hush the loud cannon's road,
The frantic warrior's call!
Why should the earth be drenched with gore?
Are we not brothers all?
2 Want, from the wretch depart!
Chains, from the captive fall!
Sweet mercy, melt th' oppressor's heart--
Suff'rers are brothers all.
3 Churches and sects, strike down
Each mean partition wall!
Let love each harsher feeling drown--
Christians are brothers all.
4 Let love and truth alone
Hold human hearts in thrall,
That heaven its work at length may own,
And men be brothers all.
Hush the loud cannon's roar
God grant a blessing on this land!
Author: Anon. Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God grant a blessing on this land!
May this Republic ever stand,
A home of peace, a resting-place
For earth's oppressed, down-trodden race.
2 On our chief Magistrate bestow
Wisdom to guide and power to do;
Around him place, in posts of trust,
Men who are honest, firm, and just.
3 And may our legislative halls
Be filled with men whom duty calls,--
Unselfish, patriotic, pure,
To right and country ever sure.
4 With even scales may justice show
The rights of all, both high and low;
So shall our land from flood to flood,
Be that blest land whose King is God.
God grant a blessing on this land!
Is this a fast for me?
Author: Drummond Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 Is this a fast for me?
Thus saith the Lord our God:
A day for man to vex his soul
And feel affliction's rod?
2 No; is not this alone
The sacred fast I choose--
Oppression's yoke to burst in twain,
The bands of guilt unloose?
3 To nakedness and want
Your food and raiment deal,
To dwell your kindred race among,
And all their sufferings heal?
4 Then like the morning ray,
Shall spring your health and light;
Before you, righteousness shall shine,
Behind, my glory bright!
Is this a fast for me?
O God, thy righteousness we own
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 O God, thy righteousness we own;
Judgment is at thy house begun;
With humble awe thy rod we hear,
And guilty in thy sight appear;
We can not in thy judgment stand,
But sink beneath thy mighty hand.
2 Our mouth as in the dust we lay,
And still for mercy, mercy pray;
Unworthy to behold thy face,
Unfaithful stewards of thy grace,
Our sin and wickedness we own,
And deeply for acceptance groan.
3 We have not, Lord, thy gifts improved,
But basely from thy statutes roved;
Yet do not drive us from thy face,
A stiff-necked and hard-hearted race:
The melting power of love impart;
Soften the marble of our heart.
O God, thy righteousness we own
More light shall break from out thy Word
Author: Allen Eastman Cross Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Nation Used With Tune: TRURO
More light shall break from out thy Word
For those in bonds as bound with them
Author: Hastings Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 For those in bonds as bound with them,
To thee, O God! we pray
That some celestial, radiant beam
May bring a brighter day.
2 Pity, O Lord! that injured race,
And thy deliverance send;
Grant them the treasures of thy grace,
And bid their bondage end.
3 They sit in darkness, slow to learn
The blessings that they need
Nor can our anxious thought discern
How best their cause to plead.
4 All helpless, and without a plan,
We come before thy throne;
We put no confidence in man,
But trust in thee alone.
5 The means of rescue, and the hour,
Thy mercy will reveal:
Thine is the wisdom, thine the power;
Teach us to do thy will.
For those in bonds as bound with them
God made all his creatures free
Author: Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 God made all his creatures free;
Life itself is liberty;
God ordained no other bands
Than united hearts and hands.
2 Sin the primal charter broke:--
Sin, itself earth's heaviest yoke;
Tyranny with sin began,
Man o'er brute, and man o'er man.
3 But a better day shall be;
Life again be liberty;
And the wide world's only bands
Love-knit hearts and love-linked hands.
4 So shall every slavery cease,
All God's children dwell in peace,
And the new-born earth record
Love, and Love alone, is Lord.
God made all his creatures free
God of our fathers! whose right hand
Author: W. H. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers! whose right hand
Their galling fetters broke,
And set our now delightsome land
Free from a foreign yoke.
2 We thank thee for the blessings given,
Prosperity and peace;
And raise our prayerful hearts to heaven,
That these may still increase.
3 Our warrior sires, who stood in arms,
In death's long slumber rest,
While we, secure from war's alarms,
By their hard toils are blest.
4 We, in our own thrice blissful bowers,
In safety now recline;
These blessings, gracious Lord, are ours:
The praise be ever thine.
God of our fathers! whose right hand
Men! whose boast it is, that ye
Author: Lowell Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: Men! whose boast it is, that ye
Come of fathers brave and free,
If there breathe on earth a slave,
Are ye truly free and brave?
If ye do not feel the chain,
When it works a brother's pain,
Are ye not base slaves, indeed--
Slaves unworthy to be freed?
2 Is true freedom but to break
Fetters for our own dear sake,
And with leathern hearts forget
That we owe mankind a debt?
No! true freedom is to share
All the chains our brothers wear,
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest to make others free!
3 They are slaves, who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
They are slaves, who will not choose
Hatred, scoffing, and abuse,
Rather than in silence shrink
From the truth they needs must think;
They are slaves, who dare not be
In the right with two or three.
Men! whose boast it is, that ye
Eternal Source of every joy!
Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 373 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Eternal Source of every joy!
Well may thy praise our lips employ,
While in thy temple we appear,
Whose goodness crowns the circling year.
2 The flowery spring, at thy command,
Embalms the air, and paints the land;
The summer rays with vigor shine,
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.
3 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours
Through all our coasts redundant stores;
And winters, softened by thy care,
No more a face of horror wear.
4 Seasons and months, and weeks and days,
Demand successive songs of praise;
Still be the cheerful homage paid,
With opening light and evening shade. Scripture: Psalm 33:12
Eternal Source of every joy!
God of the year! with songs of praise
Author: L. H. Sigourney Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 God of the year! with songs of praise
And hearts of love, we come to bless
Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed
Thy manna o'er our wilderness.
2 In early spring-time thou didst fling
O'er earth its robe of blossoming;
And its sweet treasures, day by day,
Rose quickening in thy blessed ray.
3 God of the seasons! thou hast blest
The land with sunlight and with showers,
And plenty o'er its bosom smiles
To crown the sweet autumnal hours.
4 Praise, praise to thee! our hearts expand
To view these blessings of thy hand,
And on the incense-breath of love
Ascend to their bright home above.
God of the year! with songs of praise
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