Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Lord while for all mankind we pray
Topic: National
Writer: J Wreford
Composer: H Zeuner
Meter: CM
Tune: Hummel
Hymn Number: 47
Page Number: 019, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLORD, while for all mankind we pray
Of every clime and coast,
O hear us for our native land,
The land we love the most.
O guard our shores from every foe;
With peace our borders bless;
With prosperous times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteousness.
United us in the sacred love
Of knowledge, truth, and thee;
And let our hills and valley shout
The songs of liberty.
Lord of the nations, thus to thee
Our country we commend;
Be thou her refuge and her trust,
Her everlasting Friend.