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Before You, Lord, We Bow
Author: Francis S. Key, 1779-1843 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #401 (1978) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Topics: Nation Lyrics: 1 Before you, Lord, we bow,
Our God who reigns above
And rules the world below,
Boundless in pow'r and love.
Our thanks we bring in joy and praise,
Our hearts we raise to you, our king!
2 The nation you have blest
May well your love declare,
From foes and fears at rest,
Protected by your care.
For this bright day, for this fair land -
Gifts of your hand - our thanks we pay.
3 May ev'ry mountain height,
Each vale and forest green,
Shine in your 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 your Maker's voice;
Your great Redeemer own;
Believe, obey, rejoice,
And worship him alone.
Cast down your pride, your sin deplore,
And bow before the Crucified.
5 And when in pow'r he comes,
Oh, may our native land
From all its rending tombs
Send forth a glorious band,
A countless throng, with joy to sing
To heav'n's high king salvation's song! Languages: English Tune Title: DARWALL'S 148TH
Before You, Lord, We Bow
Lord, for the years
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #409 (2000) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Topics: The Nation First Line: Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Languages: English Tune Title: LORD OF THE YEARS
Lord, for the years
O beautiful for spacious skies
Author: Katherine Lee Bates Hymnal: The Hymnal #411 (1950) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Nation, The 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 glorious tale
Of liberating strife,
When valiantly for man's avail
Men lavished precious 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!
Amen. Tune Title: MATERNA
O beautiful for spacious skies
My country, 'tis of thee
Author: Rev. Samuel F. Smith Hymnal: The Hymnal #412 (1950) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Nation, The 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 Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.
Amen. Tune Title: AMERICA
My country, 'tis of thee
O Lord, our God, Thy mighty hand
Author: Rev. Henry van Dyke Hymnal: The Hymnal #415 (1950) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Nation, The Lyrics: 1 O Lord, our God, Thy mighty hand
Hath made our country free;
From all her broad and happy land
May worship rise to Thee.
Fulfill the promise of her youth,
Her liberty defend;
By law and order, love and truth,
America, America, befriend!
2 The strength of every state increase
In union’s golden chain;
Her thousand cities fill with peace,
Her million fields with grain.
The virtues of her mingled blood
In one new people blend;
By unity and brotherhood,
America, America, befriend!
3 O suffer not her feet to stray;
But guide her untaught might,
That she may walk in peaceful day,
And lead the world in light.
Bring down the proud, lift up the poor,
Unequal ways amend;
By justice, nationwide and sure,
America, America, befriend!
4 Through all the waiting land proclaim
Thy gospel of good will;
And may the joy of Jesus’ Name
In every bosom thrill.
O’er hill, and vale, from sea to sea,
Thy holy reign extend;
By faith and hope and charity,
America, America, befriend!
Amen. Tune Title: AMERICA BEFRIEND
O Lord, our God, Thy mighty hand
Braving the wilds all unexplored
Author: Rev. Robert Freeman Hymnal: The Hymnal #418 (1950) Meter: 8.8.8.10.8.8 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Nation, The Lyrics: 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. Tune Title: MARCUS WHITMAN
Braving the wilds all unexplored
Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendor
Author: Henry S. Holland, 1847-1918 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #418 (1978) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Nation Lyrics: 1 Judge eternal, throned in splendor,
Lord of lords and King of kings,
With your living fire of judgment
Purge this land of bitter things;
Solace all its wide dominion
With the healing of your wings.
2 Still the weary folk are pining
For the hour that brings release;
And the city's crowded clangor
Cries aloud for sin to cease;
And the homesteads and the woodlands
Plead in silence for their peace.
3 Crown, O God, thine own endeavor;
Cleave our darkness with your sword;
Feed the faint and hungry peoples
With the richness of your Word;
Cleanse the body of this nation
Through the glory of the Lord. Languages: English Tune Title: RHUDDLAN
Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendor
O God of Earth and Altar
Author: Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1874-1936 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #428 (1978) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Nation Lyrics: 1 O God of earth and altar,
Bow down and hear our cry;
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
The walls of gold entomb us;
The swords of scorn divide.
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride.
2 From all that terror teaches,
From lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches
That comfort cruel men,
From sale and profanation
Of honor, and the sword,
From sleep, and from damnation,
Deliver us, good Lord!
3 Tie in a living tether
The prince and priest and thrall;
Bind all our lives together;
Smite us, and save us all;
In ire and exultation,
Aflame with faith, and free,
Lift up a living nation,
A single sword to thee. Languages: English Tune Title: KING'S LYNN
O God of Earth and Altar
God of the Nations, Who From Dawn of Days
Author: W. Russell Bowie, 1882- Hymnal: Pilgrim Hymnal #432 (1958) Topics: The Nation Languages: English Tune Title: TOULON
God of the Nations, Who From Dawn of Days
Not Alone for Mighty Empire
Author: William P. Merrill, 1867-1954 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #437 (1978) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Nation Lyrics: 1 Not alone for mighty empire
Stretching far o'er land and sea,
Not alone for bounteous harvests,
Do we praise you gratefully.
Standing in the living present,
Memory and hope between,
Lord, we would with deep thanksgiving
Praise you most for things unseen.
2 Not for battleship and fortress,
Not for conquests of the sword,
But for conquests of the spirit
We give thanks to you, O Lord;
For the heritage of freedom,
For the home, the church, the school,
For the open door to justice
In a land the people rule.
3 For the armies of the faithful,
Those who 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 the strong and free in spirit
We give thanks to you, 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 its faith in simple justice
Strong as when its life began,
Till it find complete fruition
By the guiding of your hand. Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVA
Not Alone for Mighty Empire
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