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Great God of nations! now to thee
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #778 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Great God of nations! now to thee
Our hymn of gratitude we raise;
With humble heart, and bending knee,
We offer thee our song of praise.
2 Thy name we bless, Almighty God!
For all the kindness thou hast shown
To this fair land the pilgrims trod--
This land we fondly call our own.
3 Here, freedom spreads her banner wide,
And casts her soft and hallowed ray--
Here, thou our fathers' steps didst guide
In safety through their dangerous way.
4 We praise thee that the gospel's light
Through all our land its radiance sheds;
Dispels the shades of error's night,
And heavenly blessings round us spreads.
5 Great God! preserve us in thy fear;
In dangers still our guardian be:
Oh, spread thy truth's bright precepts here;
Let all the people worship thee. Scripture: Proverbs 14:34
Great God of nations! now to thee
God of every land and nation
Author: Robinson Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #788 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God of every land and nation,
On this glorious jubilee,
Let the incense of oblation
From each heart arise to thee;
Save our country:
Long preserve her liberty.
2 Let thy richest blessings ever
Rest upon our happy land;
May no fierce contention sever
This confederated band;
In sweet union,
May we still unshaken stand.
3 May we all be safely guided,
Saviour, by thy gracious will:
When life's storms shall have subsided,
And our tongues in death are still,
May we praise thee,
Where immortal glories thrill.
God of every land and nation
Oh, all ye nations, praise the Lord, Each with diff'rent tongue
Author: Watts Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #807 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Oh, all ye nations, praise the Lord,
Each with a diff'rent tongue;
And every language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.
2 His mercy reigns through every land,--
Proclaim his grace abroad:
For ever firm his grace shall stand,--
Praise ye the faithful God.
Oh, all ye nations, praise the Lord, Each with diff'rent tongue
Great Ruler of the earth and skies
Author: Steele Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #760 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation At Peace Lyrics: 1 Great Ruler of the earth and skies,
A word of thine almighty breath
Can sink the world, or bid it rise:
Thy smile is life, thy frown is death.
2 When angry nations rush to arms,
And rage, and noise, and tumult reign,
And war resounds its dire alarms,
And slaughter dyes the hostile plain--
3 Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down,
And marks their course, and bounds their power;
Thy law the angry nations own,
And noise and war are heard no more.
4 Then peace returns with balmy wing;--
Sweet peace, with her what blessings fled!
Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing,
Reviving commerce lifts her head.
5 To thee we pay our grateful songs;
Thy kind protection still implore:
Oh, may our hearts, and lives, and tongues
Confess thy goodness, and adore. Scripture: Psalm 65:7
Great Ruler of the earth and skies
The Lord is near! with Sinai tread
Author: Alexander Clark Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #772 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 The Lord is near! with Sinai trend
He comes to earth again;
From sudden darkness overhead,
A tongue of lightning, clear and dread,
Enough to wake the dusty dead,
Proclaims God's will to men.
2 Oh, bleeding country, now arise,
And call upon the Lord;
Thy broken heart and tearful eyes
Win pity on thee from the skies,
Through Christ, the world's slain sacrifice,
Who saves thee by his word.
3 Thou God of nations, hear our prayer;
We lift our thoughts to thee;
Our sinful nation's life, oh spare!
And may our grief thy grace declare,
By every Christly cross we bear
To bless and make men free.
The Lord is near! with Sinai tread
See, gracious God! before thy throne
Author: Mrs. Steele Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #766 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 See, gracious God! before thy throne
Thy mourning people bend;
'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone
Our humble hopes attend.
2 Dark, frowning judgments from thy hand
Thy dreadful power display;
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And still we live to pray.
3 How changes, alas! are truths divine,
For error, guilt, and shame!
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name!
4 Oh, turn us, turn us, mighty Lord,
By thy resistless grace;
Then shall our hearts obey thy word,
And humbly seek thy face. Scripture: Daniel 9:3-19
See, gracious God! before thy throne
And the flag of our fathers, in God's name unfurled
Author: T. H. Stockton Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #793 (1873) Meter: 12.12.12.12 Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism First Line: In the name of Jehovah our banner we raise Lyrics: 1 In the name of Jehovah our banner we raise,
With its stars and its stripes pledged anew to his praise:
'Tis the ensign of truth, 'tis the standard of right,
'Tis the herald of liberty, union, and right.
Chorus:
And the flag of our fathers, in God's name unfurled,
O'er their children shall wave to the end of the world.
2 If it ever prove false to its glorious trust,
May its foes drag it down with contempt to the dust;
But as long as 'tis true to the blazon it holds,
Shall the arm of Omnipotence bear up its folds.
[Chorus]
3 Here at home, with one sky and one land, let it be
But the flag of one people, harmonious and free;
From the north to the south, from the east to the west,
With no treason to part it, no war to molest.
[Chorus]
4 So abroad on all seas and all shores let it shine
As the symbol of manhood, redeemed and divine;
That the down-trodden nations in triumph may rise,
With their feet on their chains, and their brows to the skies.
[Chorus]
And the flag of our fathers, in God's name unfurled
Restore, O Father, to our times restore
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #764 (1873) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: The Christian Nation At Peace Lyrics: 1 Restore, O Father, to our times restore,
The peace which filled thine infant church of yore,
Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,
And quenched the new-born charities of life.
2 Oh, never more may different judgments part
From kindly sympathy a brother's heart!
But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel,
And share with each the sacred joy they feel.
3 From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam's ray,
Let concord spread one universal day;
And faith by love lead all mankind to thee,
Parent of peace, and fount of harmony!
Restore, O Father, to our times restore
When Abraham, full of sacred awe
Author: Rippon's Coll. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #770 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 When Abraham, full of sacred awe,
Before Jehovah stood,
And, with an humble, fervent prayer,
For guilty Sodom sued.
2 With what success, what wondrous grace,
Was his petition crowned!
The Lord would spare, if in this place
Ten righteous men were found.
3 And could a single pious soul
So rich a boon obtain?
Great God, and shall a nation cry,
And plead with thee in vain?
4 Are not the righteous dear to thee
Now, as in ancient times?
Or does this sinful land exceed
Gomorrah in her crimes?
5 Still we are thine; we bear thy name;
Here yet is thine abode:
Long has thy presence blest our land:
Forsake us not, O God.
When Abraham, full of sacred awe
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty
Author: S. F. Smith Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #787 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism 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 every mountain-side
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 sing we sing:
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light:
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King!
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty
Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Author: Wreford Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #791 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray,
Of every clime and coast,
Oh, hear us for our native land--
The land we love the most.
2 Oh, guard our shores from every foe;
With peace our borders bless-
Our cities with prosperity,
Our fields with plenteousness.
3 Unite us in the sacred love
Of knowledge, truth, and thee;
And let our hills and valleys chant
The songs of liberty.
4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee
Our country we commend;
Be thou her refuge and her trust--
Her everlasting friend. Scripture: Psalm 147:14
Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Children of a free-born race
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #794 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Children of a free-born race,
Happy in your dwelling-place,
As your blessings ye retrace,
Think from whence they flow:
Think of that Creative Hand,
Author of the sea and land,
By whose power the nations stand
In their weal or woe.
2 Here are freedom, health, and peace;
Here oppression's surges cease;
Streams of knowledge here increase,
Deepening far and wide:
Science here her tribute pours,
Industry collects her stores,
Wealth flows in from foreign shores
Like a swelling tide.
3 Here, religion undefiled,
With an influence pure and mild,
Reaches to the humblest child,
E'en from door to door:
Let us then our offerings bring,
Thanks unto the heavenly King;
From the heart his praises sing
Now and evermore.
Children of a free-born race
God of our fathers, let thy face
Author: Samuel Wolcott Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #789 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, let thy face
Toward the Republic ever be!
Encompass it with strength and grace,
And law combine with liberty.
2 Unto our President impart
Sustaining trust, discerning sight,
The homage of the loyal heart,
The steadfast courage for the right.
3 Within our Congress let the fire
Of patriotic love abide;
Its counsels lead, its acts inspire,
And in the nation's halls preside.
4 Upon our Judges let the seal
Of thy divine anointing be--
The wisdom calm, the righteous zeal,
The robes of truth and equity.
5 God of our fathers, let thy face
Toward the Republic ever be!
Encompass it with strength and grace,
And law combine with liberty.
God of our fathers, let thy face
Nature hath seasons of repose
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #804 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Nature hath seasons of repose;
Her slumbering clouds and quiet sky;
And many a bright-faced stream that flows
Onward for ever noiselessly.
2 The stormy winds are hushed to rest,
And hang self-poised upon their wings;
And, nursed on mother nature's breast,
Sweet flowers lie like sleeping things.
3 The ocean, that in mountains ran,
Spreads boundlessly without a wave;
And is it only said of man,
His peace is in the gloomy grave?
4 Oh, for the coming of the end,
The last long Sabbath-day of time,
When peace from heaven shall descend
Like heaven's own light, on every clime.
5 When men in ships far off at sea
Shall hear the happy nations raise
The song of peace and liberty,
The chant of overflowing praise.
6 Mankind shall be one brotherhood;
One human soul shall fill the earth;
And God shall say, The world is good,
As in the day I gave it birth.
Nature hath seasons of repose
Hush the loud cannon's roar
Author: Johnson Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #802 (1873) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Hush the loud cannon's road,
The frantic warrior's call!
Why should the earth be drenched with gore?
Are we not brothers all?
2 Want, from the wretch depart!
Chains, from the captive fall!
Sweet mercy, melt th' oppressor's heart--
Suff'rers are brothers all.
3 Churches and sects, strike down
Each mean partition wall!
Let love each harsher feeling drown--
Christians are brothers all.
4 Let love and truth alone
Hold human hearts in thrall,
That heaven its work at length may own,
And men be brothers all.
Hush the loud cannon's roar
O God of love! O King of peace!
Author: Campbell Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #763 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation At Peace Lyrics: 1 O God of love! O King of peace!
Make wars throughout the world to cease;
The wrath of sinful man restrain:
Give peace, O God! give peace again.
2 Remember, Lord, thy works of old,
The wonders that our fathers told;
Remember not our sins' dark stain:
Give peace, O God! give peace again.
3 Whom shall we trust but thee, O Lord?
Where rest but on thy faithful word?
None ever called on thee in vain:
Give peace, O God! give peace again.
4 Where saints and angels dwell above,
All hearts are knit in holy love;
Oh, bind us in that heavenly chain:
Give peace, O God! give peace again.
O God of love! O King of peace!
O God, thy righteousness we own
Author: C. Wesley Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #768 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 O God, thy righteousness we own;
Judgment is at thy house begun;
With humble awe thy rod we hear,
And guilty in thy sight appear;
We can not in thy judgment stand,
But sink beneath thy mighty hand.
2 Our mouth as in the dust we lay,
And still for mercy, mercy pray;
Unworthy to behold thy face,
Unfaithful stewards of thy grace,
Our sin and wickedness we own,
And deeply for acceptance groan.
3 We have not, Lord, thy gifts improved,
But basely from thy statutes roved;
Yet do not drive us from thy face,
A stiff-necked and hard-hearted race:
The melting power of love impart;
Soften the marble of our heart.
O God, thy righteousness we own
Why, O God! thy people spurn?
Author: Hatfield Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #771 (1873) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 Why, O God! thy people spurn?
Why permit thy wrath to burn?
God of mercy! turn once more;
All our broken hearts restore.
2 Thou has made our land to quake,
Heal the sorrows thou didst make;
Bitter is the cup we drink,
Suffer not our souls to sink.
3 Be thy banner now unfurled,
Show thy truth to all the world;
Save us, Lord, we cry to thee,
Lift thine arm--thy chosen free.
4 Give us now relief from pain--
Humain aid is all in vain:
We, through God, shall yet prevail,
He will help when foes assail.
5 Sing we to our God above
Praise eternal as his love;
Praise him, all ye heavenly host--
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost--
Why, O God! thy people spurn?
Is this a fast for me?
Author: Drummond Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #773 (1873) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 Is this a fast for me?
Thus saith the Lord our God:
A day for man to vex his soul
And feel affliction's rod?
2 No; is not this alone
The sacred fast I choose--
Oppression's yoke to burst in twain,
The bands of guilt unloose?
3 To nakedness and want
Your food and raiment deal,
To dwell your kindred race among,
And all their sufferings heal?
4 Then like the morning ray,
Shall spring your health and light;
Before you, righteousness shall shine,
Behind, my glory bright!
Is this a fast for me?
On thee, O Lord our God, we call
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #774 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 On thee, O Lord our God, we call,
Before thy throne devoutly fall;
Oh, whither should the helpless fly?
To whom but thee direct their cry?
2 Lord, we repent, we weep, we mourn,
To our forsaken God we turn;
Oh, spare our guilty country, spare
The church thine hand hath planted here!
3 We plead thy grace, indulgent God!
We plead thy Son's atoning blood;
We plead thy gracious promises;
And are they unavailing pleas?
4 These pleas, presented at thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe:
Let them prevail to save us, too. Scripture: Isaiah 26:9
On thee, O Lord our God, we call
God grant a blessing on this land!
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #785 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God grant a blessing on this land!
May this Republic ever stand,
A home of peace, a resting-place
For earth's oppressed, down-trodden race.
2 On our chief Magistrate bestow
Wisdom to guide and power to do;
Around him place, in posts of trust,
Men who are honest, firm, and just.
3 And may our legislative halls
Be filled with men whom duty calls,--
Unselfish, patriotic, pure,
To right and country ever sure.
4 With even scales may justice show
The rights of all, both high and low;
So shall our land from flood to flood,
Be that blest land whose King is God.
God grant a blessing on this land!
God of our fathers! whose right hand
Author: W. H. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #786 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers! whose right hand
Their galling fetters broke,
And set our now delightsome land
Free from a foreign yoke.
2 We thank thee for the blessings given,
Prosperity and peace;
And raise our prayerful hearts to heaven,
That these may still increase.
3 Our warrior sires, who stood in arms,
In death's long slumber rest,
While we, secure from war's alarms,
By their hard toils are blest.
4 We, in our own thrice blissful bowers,
In safety now recline;
These blessings, gracious Lord, are ours:
The praise be ever thine.
God of our fathers! whose right hand
God bless our native land! Firm may she ever stand
Author: J. S. Dwight Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #792 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism 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 For her our prayers shall rise
To God above the skies;
On him we wait.
Thou who hast heard each sigh,
Watching each weeping eye,
Be thou for ever nigh:
God save the State!
God bless our native land! Firm may she ever stand
Parent of all, omnipotent!
Author: Aspland's Col. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #795 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Parent of all, omnipotent!
In heaven and earth below!
Through all creation's vast extent,
Whose streams of goodness flow:
2 Teach me to know from whence I rose,
And unto what designed;
No private aims may I propose,
That injure human kind.
3 To hear my country's lawful voice,
May my best thoughts incline;
'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice,
'Tis nature's call, and thine.
4 Me from fair freedom's sacred cause
May nothing e'er divide;
Nor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause,
Nor friendship false, misguide.
Parent of all, omnipotent!
Roll on, thou joyful day
Author: Duncan Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #796 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 Roll on, thou joyful day,
When tyranny's proud sway,
Stern as the grave,
Shall to the ground be hurled,
And freedom's flag, unfurled,
Shall weave throughout the world
O'er every slave.
2 Free, too, the captive mind
By darkness long confined
In slavery's night;
The Saviour's reign extend,
Virtue with freedom blend,
And full salvation send
With freedom's light.
Roll on, thou joyful day
God made all his creatures free
Author: Montgomery Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #797 (1873) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 God made all his creatures free;
Life itself is liberty;
God ordained no other bands
Than united hearts and hands.
2 Sin the primal charter broke:--
Sin, itself earth's heaviest yoke;
Tyranny with sin began,
Man o'er brute, and man o'er man.
3 But a better day shall be;
Life again be liberty;
And the wide world's only bands
Love-knit hearts and love-linked hands.
4 So shall every slavery cease,
All God's children dwell in peace,
And the new-born earth record
Love, and Love alone, is Lord.
God made all his creatures free
For those in bonds as bound with them
Author: Hastings Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #798 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 For those in bonds as bound with them,
To thee, O God! we pray
That some celestial, radiant beam
May bring a brighter day.
2 Pity, O Lord! that injured race,
And thy deliverance send;
Grant them the treasures of thy grace,
And bid their bondage end.
3 They sit in darkness, slow to learn
The blessings that they need
Nor can our anxious thought discern
How best their cause to plead.
4 All helpless, and without a plan,
We come before thy throne;
We put no confidence in man,
But trust in thee alone.
5 The means of rescue, and the hour,
Thy mercy will reveal:
Thine is the wisdom, thine the power;
Teach us to do thy will.
For those in bonds as bound with them
Men! whose boast it is, that ye
Author: Lowell Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #799 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: Men! whose boast it is, that ye
Come of fathers brave and free,
If there breathe on earth a slave,
Are ye truly free and brave?
If ye do not feel the chain,
When it works a brother's pain,
Are ye not base slaves, indeed--
Slaves unworthy to be freed?
2 Is true freedom but to break
Fetters for our own dear sake,
And with leathern hearts forget
That we owe mankind a debt?
No! true freedom is to share
All the chains our brothers wear,
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest to make others free!
3 They are slaves, who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
They are slaves, who will not choose
Hatred, scoffing, and abuse,
Rather than in silence shrink
From the truth they needs must think;
They are slaves, who dare not be
In the right with two or three.
Men! whose boast it is, that ye
All men are equal in their birth
Author: Martineau Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #803 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 All men are equal in their birth,
Heirs of the earth and skies;
All men are equal when that earth
Fades from their dying eyes.
2 God meet the throngs who pay their vows
In courts that hands have made,
And hears the worshiper who bows
Beneath the plantain shade.
3 Oh, let man hasten to restore
To all their rights of love;
In power and wealth exult no more;
In wisdom lowly move.
4 Ye great, renounce your earth-born pride;
Ye low, your shame and fear;
Live, as ye worship, side by side;
Your brotherhood revere.
All men are equal in their birth
Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!
Author: Ashworth Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #805 (1873) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!
Thy stream of life o'er springless deserts roll:
Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span,
And make one brotherhood from pole to pole.
2 On, piercing Gospel, on! of every heart,
In every latitude, thou own'st the key:
From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start,
With all their treasures first unlocked by thee.
3 Spread, mighty Gospel, spread thy soaring wings!
Gather thy scattered ones from every land:
Call home the wanderers to the King of kings;
Proclaim them all thine own--'tis Christ's command!
Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!
Peace! the welcome sound proclaim
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #761 (1873) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Nation At Peace Lyrics: 1 Peace! the welcome sound proclaim;
Dwell with rapture on the theme:
Loud, still louder, swell the strain--
Peace on earth, good-will to men!
2 Breezes, whisp'ring soft and low,
Gently murmur as ye blow,
Now, when war and discord cease,
Praises to the God of peace.
3 Ocean's billows, far and wide,
Rolling in majestic pride,
Loud, still louder swell the strain--
Peace on earth, good-will to men!
Peace! the welcome sound proclaim
No war nor battle's sound
Author: Dwight Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #762 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation At Peace Lyrics: 1 No war nor battle's sound
Was heard the earth around--
No hostile chiefs to furious combat ran;
But peaceful was the night
In which the Prince of Light
His reign of peace upon the earth began.
2 No conqueror's sword he bore,
Nor warlike armor wore,
Nor haughty passions roused to contest wild;
In peace and love he came,
And gentle was the reign
Which o'er the earth he spread by influence mild.
3 Unwilling kings obeyed,
And sheathed the battle-blade,
And called their bloody legions from the field;
In silent awe they wait,
And close the warrior's gate,
Nor know to whom their homage thus they yield.
4 The peaceful Conqueror goes,
And triumphs o'er his foes,
His weapons drawn from armories above;
Behold the vanquished sit
Submissive at his feet,
And strike and hate are changed to peace and love.
No war nor battle's sound
God, to thee we humbly bow
Author: Boker Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #765 (1873) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Nation In War Lyrics: 1 God, to thee we humbly bow,
Hand unarmed and naked brow;
Musket, lance, and sheathed sword
At thy feet we lay, O Lord!
Gone is all the soldier's boast
In the valor of the host:
Kneeling here, we do our most.
2 Of ourselves we nothing know:
Thou and thou alone canst show,
By the favor of thy hand,
Who hast drawn the guilty brand.
If our foemen have the right,
Show thy judgments in our sight,
Through the fortunes of the fight.
3 Now, O God, once more we rise,
Marching on beneath thy eyes;
And we draw the sacred sword
In thy name and at thy word.
May our spirits clearly see
Thee through all that is to be,
In defeat or victory.
God, to thee we humbly bow
Sinners, the call obey
Author: C. Wesley Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #767 (1873) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 Sinners, the call obey--
The latest call of grace;
The day is come, the vengeful day
Of a devoted race:
Devils and men combine
To plague the faithless seed,
And phials full of wrath divine
Are bursting on your head.
2 Enter into the Rock,
Ye trembling slaves of sin--
The Rock of your salvation, struck
And cleft to take you in:
To shelter the distressed,
He did the cross endure;
Enter into the clefts, and rest
In Jesus' wounds secure. Scripture: Isaiah 2:21
Sinners, the call obey
Lord, on this sadly-solemn day
Author: S. W. Widney Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #769 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Fast-Day Lyrics: 1 Lord, on this sadly-solemn day,
We bow our souls--we fast and pray;
Before our eyes our sins appear,
And give us sorrow, shame, and fear.
2 Our private sins of heart and thought,
Our words and deeds with errors fraught,
Obnoxious to thy holiness,
We mourn before thee, and confess.
3 The demon with the poisonous bowl
That kills the body--damns the soul--
O'er bleeding bosoms stalks along,
With maniac laugh and drunken song.
4 In vain they fast, they pray in vain,
Who lift the hands that forget the chain
To bind the body or the soul
A slave to man or to the bowl.
5 Forgive us, Lord; regard us now,
While here we pledge our solemn vow,
To shun the vile oppressor's ways,
And labor fallen man to raise.
Lord, on this sadly-solemn day
Rejoice! the Lord is King; Your Lord and King adore
Author: J. Taylor Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #775 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Rejoice! the Lord is King;
Your Lord and King adore:
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore:
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice.
2 His wintry north winds blow,
Loud tempests rush amain;
Yet his thick showers of snow
Defend the infant grain:
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice.
3 He wakes the genial spring,
Perfumes the balmy air;
The vales their tribute bring,
The promise of the year:
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice:
Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice.
4 He leads the circling year;
His faith the hills adorn;
He fills the golden ear,
And loads the field with corn;
Oh, happy morning, raise your voice;
Rejoice, in sacred lays rejoice. Scripture: Psalm 2:6
Rejoice! the Lord is King; Your Lord and King adore
Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess
Author: Gibbon Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #776 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess;
Thy goodness we adore:
A spring, whose blessings never fail;
A sea without a shore!
2 Sun, moon, and stars, thy love attest
In every golden ray:
Love draws the curtains of the night,
And love brings back the day.
3 Thy bounty every season crowns
With all the bliss it yields;
With joyful clusters loads the vines,
With strengthening grain, the fields.
4 But chiefly thy compassion, Lord,
Is in the gospel seen;
There, like a sun, thy mercy shines,
Without a cloud between.
5 There pardon, peace, and holy joy
Through Jesus' name are given;
He on the cross was lifted high,
That we might reign in heaven. Scripture: Psalm 33:5
Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess
Swell the anthem, raise the song
Author: Hartford Coll. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #777 (1873) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Swell the anthem, raise the song--
Praises to our God belong;
Saints and angels join to sing
Praise to heaven's almighty King.
2 Blessings from his liberal hand
Pour around this happy land;
Let our hearts, beneath his sway,
Hail the bright, triumphant day.
3 Here, beneath a virtuous sway,
May we cheerfully obey;
Never feel a tyrant's rod,
Ever own and worship God.
4 Hark! the voice of nature sings
Praises to the King of kings;
Let us join the choral song,
And the heavenly notes prolong. Scripture: Psalm 147:14
Swell the anthem, raise the song
God of the year! with songs of praise
Author: L. H. Sigourney Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #779 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 God of the year! with songs of praise
And hearts of love, we come to bless
Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed
Thy manna o'er our wilderness.
2 In early spring-time thou didst fling
O'er earth its robe of blossoming;
And its sweet treasures, day by day,
Rose quickening in thy blessed ray.
3 God of the seasons! thou hast blest
The land with sunlight and with showers,
And plenty o'er its bosom smiles
To crown the sweet autumnal hours.
4 Praise, praise to thee! our hearts expand
To view these blessings of thy hand,
And on the incense-breath of love
Ascend to their bright home above.
God of the year! with songs of praise
Eternal Source of every joy!
Author: Doddridge Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #780 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Eternal Source of every joy!
Well may thy praise our lips employ,
While in thy temple we appear,
Whose goodness crowns the circling year.
2 The flowery spring, at thy command,
Embalms the air, and paints the land;
The summer rays with vigor shine,
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.
3 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours
Through all our coasts redundant stores;
And winters, softened by thy care,
No more a face of horror wear.
4 Seasons and months, and weeks and days,
Demand successive songs of praise;
Still be the cheerful homage paid,
With opening light and evening shade. Scripture: Psalm 33:12
Eternal Source of every joy!
The harvest dawn is near
Author: Burgess Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #781 (1873) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 The harvest dawn is near,
The year delays not long;
And he who sows with many a tear,
Shall reap with many a song.
2 Sad to his toil he goes;
His seed with weeping leaves;
But he shall come, at twilight's close,
And bring his golden sheaves.
The harvest dawn is near
To praise the ever-bounteous Lord
Author: Needham Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #782 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 To praise the ever-bounteous Lord,
My soul, wake all thy powers:
He calls--and at his voice came forth
The smiling harvest hours.
2 His covenant with the earth he keeps:
My tongue, his goodness sing:
Summer and winter know their time,
The harvest crowns the spring.
3 Well please the husbandmen behold
The waving, yellow crop;
With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.
4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow
The seeds of righteousness;
Smile on my soul, and with thy beams
The ripening harvest bless.
To praise the ever-bounteous Lord
Hail the day that brought our freedom
Author: Wm. Hunter Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #783 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Hail the day that bought our freedom,
Bought with our forefathers' blood;
Thou, our conquering God, didst lead them
Through the flame and through the flood.
Independence!
Echo it through field and flood.
2 Lo! their happy sons and daughters,
On this glad and festal day,
By the springs of limpid waters,
O'er the hills and valleys stray.
Independence!
Chorus still of every lay.
3 Here we, in thy presence bending,
Happiest of the happy throngs,
Up to heaven our prayers are sending--
Up to heaven our rapturous songs.
Independence!
Swells the triumph, and prolongs.
4 Oh! thou God of our salvation,
Who dost blessings richly shower
Let us make our Declaration
In this spirit-stirring hour.
Independence!
From the tyrant Satan's power.
5 Father! oh, prepare us better
For the blessings richly given;
Break off every sinful fetter,
Purge out every sinful leaven.
Independence!
Then shall clear our path to heaven.
Hail the day that brought our freedom
Hail, our country's natal morn!
Author: Gilman Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #784 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Hail, our country's natal morn!
Hail, our spreading kindred born
Hail, thou banner, not yet torn,
Waving o'er the free!
While this day, in festal throng,
Millions swell the patriot's song,
Shall not we the notes prolong?
Hallowed jubilee!
2 Who would sever freedom's shrine?
Who would draw the invidious line?
Though by birth one spot be mind,
Dear is all the rest--
Dear to me the South's fair land,
Dear the central mountain band,
Dear New England's rocky strand,
Dear the prairied West.
3 By our altars pure and free,
By our law's deep-rooted tree,
By the past's dread memory,
By our Washington--
By our common kindred tongue,
By our hopes--bright, buoyant, young,
By the tie of country strong,
We will still be one.
4 Fathers! have ye bled in vain?
Ages, must ye droop again?
Maker, shall we rashly stain
Blessings sent by thee?
No! receive our solemn vow,
While before thy throne we bow,
Ever to maintain as now,
Union--Liberty!
Hail, our country's natal morn!
Loud raise the notes of joy
Author: J. G. Adams Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #790 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Loud raise the notes of joy;
Freemen, your songs employ
As well ye may;
Let your full hearts go out
In the exulting shout,
And with your praise devout,
Greet this glad day!
2 Children of lisping tongue,
Those whose full hearts are young,
Lift up the song!
Manhood and hoary age,
Let naught your joy assuage,
In the high theme engage,
Praises prolong!
3 God of our fathers' land!
Long may our temples stand
Sacred to thee!
Let thy bright light divine
On all the people shine,
Make us for ever thine,
From sin set free!
Loud raise the notes of joy
May freedom speed onward, wherever the blood
Author: Whittier Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #800 (1873) Meter: 12.12.12.12 Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 May freedom speed onward, wherever the blood
Of the wronged and the guiltless is crying to God;
Wherever from kindred, torn rudely apart,
Comes the sorrowful wait of the broken of heart.
2 Wherever the shackles of tyranny bind
In silence and darkness the God-given mind,
There, Lord, speed it onward! the truth shall be felt,
The bonds shall be loosened, the iron will melt.
3 Help us turn from the cavil of words, to unite
Once again for the poor in defense of the right,
Unappalled by the danger, the shame, or the pain,
And counting each trial for truth as our gain.
May freedom speed onward, wherever the blood
Lord, from thy blessed throne
Author: Nicholl Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #801 (1873) Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 Lord, from thy blessed throne,
Sorrow look down upon!
God save the poor!
Teach them true liberty,
Make them from tyrants free,
Let their homes happy be!
God save the poor!
2 The arms of wicked men
Do thou with might restrain;
God save the poor!
Raise thou their lowliness,
Succor thou their distress,
Thou whom the meanest bless;
God save the poor!
3 Give them stanch honesty,
Let their pride manly be;
God save the poor!
Help them to hold the right,
Give them both truth and might,
Lord of all life and light!
God save the poor!
Lord, from thy blessed throne
Oh, fairest-born of Love and Light!
Author: Whittier Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #806 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Nation Brotherhood Lyrics: 1 Oh, fairest-born of Love and Light!
Yet bending brow and eye severe
On all which pains the holy sight,
Or wounds the pure and perfect ear--
2 Beneath thy broad, impartial eye,
How fade the lines of caste and birth!
How equal in their sufferings lie
The groaning multitudes of earth!
3 Still to a stricken brother true,
Whatever clime hath nourished him;
As stooped to heal the wounded Jew,
The worshiper of Gerizim.
4 In holy words which can not die,
In thoughts which angels learned to know,
Christ gave thy message from on high,
Thy mission to a world of woe.
5 That voice's echo hath not died;
From the blue lake of Galilee,
From Tabor's lonely mountain-side,
It calls a struggling world to thee.
Oh, fairest-born of Love and Light!
Onward, Christian Soldiers
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #572 (1990) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Topics: The Christian Life Christian Warfare; Christ Master; Church Triumph of; Hell; The Nation Lyrics: 1 Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before:
Christ the royal Master leads against the foe;
forward into battle, see, his banners go.
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.
2 At the sign of triumph Satan's host doth flee;
on then, Christian soldiers, on to victory:
hell's foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
brothers, lift your voices, loud your anthems raise. [Refrain]
3 Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod;
we are not divided, all one body we,
one in hope and doctrine, one in charity. [Refrain]
4 Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
but the church of Jesus constant will remain;
gates of hell can never 'gainst that church prevail;
we have Christ's own promise, and that cannot fail. [Refrain]
5 Onward, then, ye people, join our happy throng,
blend with ours your voices in the triumph song;
glory, laud, and honor unto Christ the King;
this through countless ages men and angels sing. [Refrain]
Scripture: Matthew 16:18 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GERTRUDE
Onward, Christian Soldiers
Onward, Christian soldiers
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal #490 (1961) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Topics: Christ Master; Christian Life The Christian Warfare; The Church Triumph of; Hell; National; Satan; Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before:
Christ the royal Master
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
See, his banners go.
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
2 At the sign of triumph
Satan's host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers,
On to victory:
Hell's foundations quiver
At the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices,
Loud your anthems raise. [Refrain]
3 Like a mighty army
Moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading
Where the saints have trod;
We are not divided,
All one body we,
One in hope and doctrine,
One in charity. [Refrain]
4 Crowns and thrones may perish,
Kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus
Constant will remain;
Gates of hell can never
'Gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ's own promise
And that cannot fail. [Refrain]
5 Onward, then, ye people,
Join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices
In the triumph song;
Glory, laud, and honor
Unto Christ the King;
This through countless ages
Men and angels sing. [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 16:18 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GERTRUDE
Onward, Christian soldiers
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