Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Lord while for all mankind we pray
Topic: Times and Seasons/Fasts
Writer: <no first name given> Welford
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1265
Page Number: 757, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLord, while for all mankind we pray,
Of ev'ry clime and coast,
O hear us for our native land,-
The land we love the most.
O guard our shores from ev'ry foe,
With peace our borders bless,
With prosp'rous times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteousness.
Unite us in the sacred love
Of knowledge, truth, and thee;
And let our hills and valleys 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.