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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)
For the Healing of the Nations
God save our gracious Queen
Author: Anonymous Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: National Anthems Lyrics: God save our gracious Queen;
long live our noble Queen;
God save the Queen:
send her victorious,
happy and glorious,
long to reign over us:
God save the Queen. Used With Tune: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
God save our gracious Queen
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
This Is My Song
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 God of Every Nation
God Send Us Saints
Author: F. J. Gillman, 1866-1949 Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Nations First Line: God send us saints whose aim 'twill be Used With Tune: MELROSE
God Send Us Saints
America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)
Author: Samuel F. Smith Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,952 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
America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Author: Katharine Lee Bates Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 510 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
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Author: Edward Perronet, 1726-1792 Appears in 3,443 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
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
Author: Daniel Crane Roberts Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 424 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
God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
O God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,246 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
O God, our help in ages past
Bondage and divine deliverance
Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Nations Dependent on God First Line: When Isr'l had from Egypt gone Scripture: Psalm 114 Used With Tune: [When Isr'l had from Egypt gone]
Bondage and divine deliverance
In Christ there is no east or west
Author: W. A. Dunkerley (1852-1941); Michael Perry (born 1942) Appears in 331 hymnals Topics: God's World Nations, Justice, and Peace Used With Tune: McKEE Text Sources: from a line by W. A. Dunkerley
In Christ there is no east or west
From ocean unto ocean
Author: Robert Murray, 1832-1909 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 79 hymnals Topics: National Occasions Lyrics: 1 From ocean unto ocean
our land shall name you, Lord
and, filled with true devotion,
obey your sovereign word;
our prairies and our mountains,
forest and fertile field,
our rivers, lakes and fountains
to you shall tribute yield.
2 O Christ, we pray before you:
come in your power to dwell.
Now humbly we implore you:
make this land whole and well,
and may we know, Lord Jesus,
the touch of your dear hand,
and, healed of our diseases,
the tempter's power withstand.
3 Our Savior King, defend us,
and guide where we should go;
forth with your message send us,
your love and light to show;
till, fired with true devotion
and kindled by your word,
from ocean unto ocean
our land shall name you Lord. Scripture: Psalm 72:8 Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE
From ocean unto ocean
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
God's trumpet wakes the slumbering world
We Gather Together
Author: Anonymous; Theodore Baker Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 202 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
We Gather Together
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
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Turn back, O Man, forswear thy foolish ways
Author: Clifford Bax Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: National and International Life Used With Tune: OLD 124th
Turn back, O Man, forswear thy foolish ways
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates!
Author: Georg Weissel; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 274 hymnals Topics: The Nation Lyrics: 1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates!
Behold the King of glory waits;
the King of kings is drawing near,
the Savior of the world is here.
2 A helper just, he comes to thee,
his chariot is humility,
his kingly crown is holiness,
his scepter, pity in distress.
3 O blest the land, the city blest,
where Christ the Ruler is confessed!
O happy hearts and happy homes
to whom this King in triumph comes!
4 Fling wide the portals of your heart;
make it a temple, set apart
from earthly use for heav'n's employ,
adorned with prayer and love and joy.
5 Redeemer, come! I open wide
my heart to thee; here, Lord, abide!
Let me thy inner presence feel;
thy grace and love in me reveal.
6 So come, my Sov'reign, enter in!
Let new and nobler life begin!
Thy Holy Spirit, guide us on,
until the glorious crown be won. Scripture: Psalm 24 Used With Tune: TRURO
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates!
O Lord of hosts, Almighty King
Author: O. W. Holmes Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Holy Days National Days Lyrics: 1 O Lord of hosts, Almighty King,
Behold the sacrifice we bring:
To every arm Thy strength impart,
Thy Spirit shed through every heart.
2 Wake in our breasts the living fires,
The holy faith that warmed our sires:
Thy hand hath made our nation free;
To die for her is serving Thee.
3 Be Thou a pillared flame to show
The midnight snare, the silent foe;
And when the battle thunders loud,
Still guide us in its moving cloud.
4 God of all nations, Sovereign Lord,
In Thy dread Name we draw the sword,
We lift the starry flag on high
That fills with light our storm sky.
5 From treason's rent, from murder's stain,
Guard Thou its folds till peace shall reign,
Till fort and field, till shore and sea,
Join our loud anthem,--Praise to Thee. Used With Tune: MENDON
O Lord of hosts, Almighty King
Hark! the herald angels sing
Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 1,335 hymnals Topics: Christ Desire of the Nations Lyrics: 1 Hark! The herald angels sing,
Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!
Joyful, all ye nations, rise;
Join the triumphs of the skies;
With th'angelic host proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Refrain:
Hark! The herald angels sing,
Glory to the new born King.
2 Mild He lays His glory by;
Born that man no more may die;
Born to raise the sons of earth;
Born to give them second birth.
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings. [Refrain]
3 Let us then with angels sing,
"Glory to the new-born King!--
Peace on earth, and mercy mild;
God and sinners reconciled!"
Come, Desire of nations, come,
Fix in us Thy humble home;
O, to all Thyself impart,
Formed in each believing heart! [Refrain]
Amen. Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN
Hark! the herald angels sing
Crown him with many crowns
Author: Matthew Bridges, 1800-1893; Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903 Appears in 801 hymnals Topics: Nations Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon the throne:
hark, how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died to be
your Saviour and your matchless King
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Son of God,
before the worlds began;
let all who tread where he has trod,
crown him the Son of Man,
who every grief has known
that wrings the human breast,
and takes and bears them for his own,
that all in him may rest.
3 Crown him the Lord of life,
who triumphed o’er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife
for those he came to save.
His glories now we sing
who died and rose on high,
Who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.
4 Crown him the Lord of peace
whose kingdom is at hand;
from pole to pole let warfare cease
and Christ rule every land!
A city stands on high;
Christ's glory it displays,
and there the nations "Holy" cry
in joyful hymns of praise.
5 Crown him the Lord of years,
the Source, the End of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres
in majesty sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail,
for you have died for me;
your praise shall never, never fail
through all eternity!
Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 Used With Tune: DIADEMATA
Crown him with many crowns
The race that long in darkness pined
Author: John Morison Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 217 hymnals Topics: Christ Desire of Nations Used With Tune: ST. LEONARD (SMART) Text Sources: Scottish "Translations and Paraphrases"
The race that long in darkness pined
Lord God, we worship Thee!
Author: C. Winkworth; J. Franck Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: Holy Days National Days Lyrics: 1 Lord God, we worship Thee!
In loud and happy chorus
We praise Thy love and pow'r,
Whose goodness reigneth o'er us.
To heav'n our song shall soar,
For ever shall it be
Resounding o'er and o'er,
Lord God, we worship Thee!
2 Lord God, we worship Thee!
For Thou our land defendest;
Thou pourest down Thy grace,
And strife and war Thou endest.
Since golden peace, O Lord,
Thou grantest us to see,
Our land, with one accord,
Lord God, gives thanks to Thee!
3 Lord God, we worship Thee!
Thou didst indeed chastise us,
Yet still Thy anger spares,
And still Thy mercy tries us:
Once more our Father's hand
Doth bid our sorrows flee,
And peace rejoice our land:
Lord God, we worship Thee! Used With Tune: NUN DANKET
Lord God, we worship Thee!
We come unto our fathers' God
Author: T. H. Gill Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: Holy Days National Days Lyrics: 1 We come unto our fathers' God:
Their Rock is our salvation;
Th' eternal arms, their dear abode,
We make our habitation;
We bring Thee, Lord, the praise they brought,
We seek Thee as Thy saints have sought
In every generation.
2 The fire divine their steps that led
Still goeth bright before us,
The heav'nly shield, around them spread,
Is still high holden o'er us;
The grace those sinners that subdued,
The strength those weaklings that renewed,
Doth vanquish, doth restore us.
3 Their joy unto their Lord we bring,
Their song to us descendeth;
The Spirit who in them did sing
To us His music lendeth:
His song in them, in us, is one;
We raise it high, we send it on
The song that never endeth.
4 Ye saints to come, take up the strain,
The same sweet theme endeavour;
Unbroken be the golden chain!
Keep on the song for ever!
Safe in the same dear dwelling-place,
Rich with the same eternal grace,
Bless the same boundless Giver. Used With Tune: HALLE
We come unto our fathers' God
The Church's one foundation
Author: Samuel J. Stone, 1839-1900 Appears in 867 hymnals Topics: National and World Peace Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11 Used With Tune: AURELIA
The Church's one foundation
When wilt Thou save the people?
Author: Ebenezer Elliott Appears in 124 hymnals Topics: National and Patriotic Used With Tune: COMMONWEALTH
When wilt Thou save the people?
City of God
Author: Dan Schutte, b. 1947 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Nation First Line: Awake from your slumber! Refrain First Line: Let us build the city of God Scripture: 1 John 1 Used With Tune: [Awake from your slumber]
City of God
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
Not Alone for Mighty Empire
Mighty God, to thy dear Name be given
Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Lyrics: 1 Mighty God, to thy dear Name be given
Highest praise o'er all the earth and heaven.
All souls distressed,
All men oppressed,
Their voices raising,
Unite in praising Thy glory.
2 God is God, though all the earth lay wasted;
God is God, though all men death had tasted.
While nations stumble,
In darkness fumble,
By stars surrounded,
Countless aboundeth God's harvest.
3 Highest hills and deepest vales shall vanish,
Earth and heaven both alike be banished.
As in the dawning
Of every morning
The sun appeareth,
So glorious neareth
God's kingdom. Used With Tune: DEUS FORTIS
Mighty God, to thy dear Name be given
Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
Author: Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: National and International Life Used With Tune: PENTECOST
Land of our Birth, we pledge to thee
We've a story to tell to the nations
Author: Colin Sterne, 1862-1928 Appears in 309 hymnals Topics: Nations Refrain First Line: for the darkness shall turn to dawning Lyrics: 1 We've a story to tell to the nations,
that shall turn their hearts to the right,
a story of truth and mercy,
a story of peace and light,
a story of peace and light,
Refrain:
for the darkness shall turn to dawning,
and the dawning to noonday bright,
and Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth,
the kingdom of love and light.
2 We've a song to be sung to the nations
that shall lift their hearts to the Lord,
a song that shall conquer evil
and shatter the spear and sword,
and shatter the spear and sword, [Refrain]
3 We've a message to give to the nations,
that the Lord who reigneth above
hath sent us his Son to save us,
and show us that God is love,
and show us that God is love, [Refrain]
Scripture: Psalm 46:9 Used With Tune: WE'VE A STORY
We've a story to tell to the nations
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,803 hymnals Topics: Nations Submitting to God Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where're the sun
Doth his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set 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 Peoples and realms of every tongue
Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their young hosannas to His name.
4 Blessings abound where're He reigns;
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
5 Where He displays His healing power,
Death and the curse are known no more;
In Him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings than their father lost.
6 Let every creature rise, and bring
Its grateful honours to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth prolong the joyful strain. Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
The Son of God goes forth to war
Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 840 hymnals Topics: National 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
Our land, O Lord, with songs of praise
Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: National
Our land, O Lord, with songs of praise
O God of Earth and Altar
Author: Gilbert K. Chesterton Appears in 75 hymnals Topics: Nation Scripture: Hebrews 13:10-14 Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN
O God of Earth and Altar
Thy kingdom come, O Lord
Author: Frederick L. Hosmer, 1840-1929 Appears in 71 hymnals Topics: National and World Peace Scripture: Matthew 6:11 Used With Tune: ST. CECILIA
Thy kingdom come, O Lord
Our country's voice is pleading
Author: Maria F. Anderson Appears in 157 hymnals Topics: Prayer For the Nation Used With Tune: ROTTERDAM
Our country's voice is pleading
God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Times and Seasons National Lyrics: 1 God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
Thy ways of blessedness, slighted Thy word;
Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken;
Give to us peace in our time, O Lord!
2 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!
3 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!
4 So shall Thy children 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 Text Sources: Arranged from Henry F. Charley, 1842 and John Ellerton, 1870
God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
Christ, by Heavenly Hosts Adored
Author: Henry Harbaugh, 1817-67 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 50 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
Christ, by Heavenly Hosts Adored
God is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: Nations Lyrics: 1 God is our refuge and our strength,
Our ever present aid,
And, therefore, though the earth remove,
We will not be afraid;
Though hills amidst the seas be cast,
Though foaming waters roar,
Yea, though the mighty billows shake
The mountains on the shore.
2 A river flows whose streams make glad
The city of our God,
The holy place wherein the Lord
Most High has His abode;
Since God is in the midst of her,
Unmoved her walls shall stand,
For God will be her early help,
When trouble is at hand.
3 The nations raged, the kingdoms moved,
But when His voice was heard
The troubled earth was stilled to peace
Before His mighty word.
The Lord of Hosts is on our side,
Our safety to secure;
The God of Jacob is for us
A refuge strong and sure.
4 O come, behold what wondrous works
Jehovah's hand has wrought;
Come, see what desolation great
He on the earth has brought.
To utmost ends of all the earth
He causes war to cease;
The weapons of the strong destroyed,
He makes abiding peace.
5 Be still and know that I am God,
O'er all exalted high;
The subject nations of the earth
My Name shall magnify.
The Lord of Hosts is on our side,
Our safety to secure;
The God of Jacob is for us
A refuge strong and sure. Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: MATERNA
God is Our Refuge and Our Strength
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
God of grace and God of glory
Eternal God, whose power upholds
Author: Henry Hallam Tweedy, b.1868 Appears in 53 hymnals Topics: City, Nation, World Used With Tune: ST. MARIA
Eternal God, whose power upholds
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Author: William Whiting, 1825-78; Robert N. Spencer, 1877-1961 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 429 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
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
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
Hope of the World
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
Before the Lord We Bow
Hear Us, O Lord, As We Voice Our Laments
Author: David Landegent Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Culture, Community & Nation First Line: Hear us, O Lord, as we voice our laments Scripture: Deuteronomy 27:6 Used With Tune: LANGRAN
Hear Us, O Lord, As We Voice Our Laments
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
O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand
When God Delivered Israel (Psalm 126)
Author: Michael A. Saward Meter: 7.6.7.7.6.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Life of the Nations First Line: When God delivered Israel Lyrics: 1 When God delivered Israel
from bondage long ago,
they thought that they were dreaming,
but soon they turned to laughing
and sang the song of joy,
and sang the song of joy.
2 The godless nations round them
could not deny that power;
they cried, "O see this marvel!"
"God's work," replied the people,
and so they sang for joy,
and so they sang for joy.
3 O God, restore our nation;
come, irrigate dry souls,
that those who sow in sadness
may reap their sheaves with gladness
and sing the song of joy,
and sing the song of joy.
Scripture: Psalm 126 Used With Tune: SHEAVES
When God Delivered Israel (Psalm 126)
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Author: Frank M. North Appears in 371 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]
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
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