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Text:Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray
Author:John R. Wreford
Tune:ST. FLAVIAN

578. Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray

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.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Title: Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray
Author: John R. Wreford (C.M.)
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1941
Scripture:
Topic: Times and Seasons: The Nation
Tune Information
Name: ST. FLAVIAN
Meter: C.M.
Key: F Major
Source: "Psalter," John Day, 1562



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