Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: See gracious Lord before thy throne
Topic: Fast Day
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 244
Page Number: 210, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSee, gracious Lord, before thy throne,
Columbia's children bend;
'Tis on thy sov'reign grace alone
Our humble hopes depend.
Tremendous judgments, from thy hand,
Thy dreadful pow'r display;
Yet mercy spares our guilty land,
And still we live to pray.
We thank thee, Lord, Columbia's spar'd,
Ungrateful as we are;
May we thy friendly warning take,
While mercy cries, forbear.
What land so favor'd of the skies,
As these United States;
Our num'rous crimes increasing rise,
Yet still the vengeance waits.
How chang'd, alas! are truths divine,
For error, guilt, and shame;
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name.
Regardless of thy smile or frown,
Their pleasure they require;
And sink, with gay indiff'rence, down
To everlasting fire.
O may the nation fear the Lord,
And trust him for his grace,
In union sweet, obey his word,
And humbly seek his face.
Columbia, guilty as she is,
Her num'rous saints can boast;
And now their fervent prayers arise,
Nor can their prayers be lost.
O that the Lord would bless our land,
With liberty and peace;
And crown Columbia's marshall'd band,
With vict'ry and success.