Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Lord while for all mankind we pray
Topic: National Hymns
Writer: J Wreford
Composer: William Dixon
Meter: CM
Tune: Lanesboro
Hymn Number: 57
Page Number: 026, 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 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.