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America the Beautiful

Author: Katharine Lee Bates Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 506 hymnals Topics: National Hymns; Citizenship, Christian; Memorial Day; National Righteousness; Patriotic; Righteousness; Social Betterment; liturgical Scripture Songs First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies 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 heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine. 3 O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law. United Methodist Hymnal, 1989

God Bless Our Native Land

Author: Charles T. Brooks, 1812-1883; John S. Dwight, 1813-1893 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 666 hymnals Topics: National Songs; National Songs Lyrics: 1 God bless our native land; firm may she ever stand through storm and night. When the wild tempests rave, Ruler of wind and wave, do thou our country save by thy great might. 2 So shall our prayers arise to God above the skies, on whom we wait. Thou who art ever nigh, guarding with watchful eye, to thee aloud we cry: God save the state! Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM

God Save Our Gracious Queen!

Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 219 hymnals Topics: National Songs Lyrics: 1 God save our gracious Queen! Long live our noble Queen! God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen! 2 Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour; Long may she reign! May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen! Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM Text Sources: Source unknown

Faith of Our Fathers

Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863; Frederick William Faber, 1841-1863 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 830 hymnals Topics: National Songs First Line: Faith of our fathers, living still Refrain First Line: Faith of our fathers, holy faith Lyrics: 1 Faith of our fathers, living still, In spite of dungeon, fire and sword; O how our hearts beat high with joy When e’er we hear that glorious word! Refrain: Faith of our fathers, holy faith, We will be true to thee till death. 2 Faith of our fathers! We will love Both friend and foe in all our strife, And preach thee too, as love knows how, By kindly word and virtuous life. [Refrain] 3 Faith of our fathers! Mary's prayer Shall keep our country close to thee; And through the truth that comes from God Mankind shall prosper and be free. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

Eternal Father, Strong to Save

Author: William Whiting Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 425 hymnals Topics: National Songs Lyrics: 1 Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm has bound the restless wave, Who bade the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep: Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea. 2 O Savior, whose almighty word The wind and waves submissive heard, Who walked upon the foaming deep, And calm amid its rage did sleep: Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea. 3 O Holy Spirit, who did brood Upon the chaos wild and rude, And bade its angry tumult cease, And gave, for fierce confusion, peace: Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea. 4 O Trinity of love and power, All travelers guard in danger’s hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe'er they go; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee Glad praise from air and land and sea. Used With Tune: MELITA

Christmas Bells

Author: Henry W. Longfellow Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 115 hymnals Topics: Church Militant & Trumphant; Christ Birth of; Citizenship, Christian; Memorial Day; National Righteousness; Righteousness; Social Betterment; liturgical Songs of Response First Line: I heard the bells on Christmas day Lyrics: 1 I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace of earth, good will to men. 2 I thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along th'unbroken song Of peace on earth, good will to men. 3 And in despair I bowed my head: "There is no peace on earth," I said, "For hate is strong, and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men." 4 Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, With peace on earth, good will to men." 5 Till, ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day A voice, a chime, a chant sublime, Of peace on earth, good will to men. Baptist Hymnal, 1991

God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand

Author: Daniel C. Roberts Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 419 hymnals Topics: Citizenship, Christian; Memorial Day; National Righteousness; Patriotic; Righteousness; Social Betterment; liturgical Prayer Songs Lyrics: 1 God of the ages, whose almighty hand leads forth in beauty all the starry band of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, our grateful songs before thy throne arise. 2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past; in this free land with thee our lot is cast; be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay, thy Word our law, thy paths our chosen way. 3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence, be thy strong arm our ever sure defense; thy true religion in our hearts increase; thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. 4 Refresh thy people on their toilsome way; lead us from night to never-ending day; fill all our lives with love and grace divine, and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine. United Methodist Hymnal, 1989

God of the Nations

Appears in 175 hymnals Topics: National Songs First Line: Great God of nations now to Thee Used With Tune: [Great God of nations now to Thee]

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Author: Samuel F. Smith, 1805-1895 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,945 hymnals Topics: National Songs 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 ev'ry mountainside 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. Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light

Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843 Meter: Irregular Appears in 444 hymnals Topics: National Songs Lyrics: 1 O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 2 O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto, "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM