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Braving the wilds all unexplored

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Braving the wilds all unexplored

Author: Robert Freeman
Tune: MARCUS WHITMAN
Published in 4 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Braving the wilds all unexplored,
Dreamers of dreams and pioneers,
Wielding the sickle, goad, and sword,
They marched with the sun to the last frontiers—
God of the valiant, grant that we,
Their sons, do follow valiantly!

2 Fair knights of justice and of good,
They gave to evil battle gage;
Bearing their souls in rectitude,
They left a goodly heritage—
God of the righteous, grant that we,
Their sons, do follow righteously!

3 Guards of the sacred altar flame,
Bringers of learning and of faith,
They lumined life in the blessed Name,
And hope they flared in the day of death—
God of the faithful, grant that we,
Their sons, do follow faithfully!

4 Theirs was the Presence ever sure,
Theirs was the all-abounding grace,
Theirs was the passion ever pure
To honor the Lord in all their ways—
God of the Christ-like, grant that we
Do follow, follow worthily!

Amen.

Source: The Hymnal #418

Author: Robert Freeman

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Text Information

First Line: Braving the wilds all unexplored
Author: Robert Freeman
Language: English

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals192819301932193419361938194019421944194619481950050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

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The Church School Hymnal for Youth #320

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The Hymnal #418

The New Hymnal of Praise #d40

The Student Hymnary #d40

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