The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 ‎#526a

526a. Give peace, O God, the nations cry

1 Give peace, O God, the nations cry,
From evil man and deed;
Their voices, rising to the sky,
Proclaim a human need.

2 Yet not thy peace, O God, they ask,
The peace that grace bestows;
The peace which hallows care and task,
That makes us friends, not foes.

3 But peace they ask from war’s alarms,
Surcease from earthly care,
And peace that rests on fighting arms
Of land and sea and air.

4 We need the peace of heart and mind
In men from hate set free,
Who by their love for human kind
Show deeper love for thee.

5 O cleanse all hearts of pride and greed,
Remove all lust and sin,
That man from chains of wrath be freed,
Eternal peace to win.

Text Information

• First Line: Give peace, O God, the nations cry
• Author: John W. Norris
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1940
• Topic: Peace: International; Social Religion: War and peace; Trinity XX: Evening Prayer General

Tune Information

• Name: VERMONT
• Composer: Anna L. Miller (1941)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: d minor
• Copyright: Copyright 1943, by The Church Pension Fund