1God in His love for us lent us this planet,Gave it a purpose in time and in space:Small as a spark from the fire of creation,Cradle of life and the home of our race. 2Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty,Life that sustains us in body and mind:Plenty for all, if we learn […]
1We praise Thee with our minds,O LordKept sharp think Thy thought;Come,Holy Ghost with grace outpoured,To teach what Christ hath taught. In all our learning may we seekThat wisdom from aboveWhich comes to all: the brave,the meekWho ask in faith and love. 2We praise Thee thro’ our bodies,Lord,Kept strong to do Thy will; Thy Spirit’s temples,
1Father, who on us do showerGifts of plenty form Your dower,To Your people give the powerAll Your gifts to use aright. 2Give pure happiness in leisureTemperance in every pleasure,Wholesome use of earthly treasureBodies clean and spirits bright. 3Lift from this and every nationAll that brings us degradation;Quell the forces of temptation;Put Your enemies to flight.
1O God, whose will is life and goodFor all of mortal breath:Unite in bonds of servanthoodAll those who strive with death. 2Make strong their hands and hearts and willsTo drive disease afar,To strive against the body’s illsAnd wage Your healing war. 3By healing of the sick and blind,Christ’s mercy they proclaim,Make known the great physician’s
1God of our fathers, Whose almighty handLeads forth in beauty all the starry bandOf shining worlds in splendor through the skiesOur grateful songs before Thy throne arise. 2Thy love divine hath led us in the past,In this free land by Thee our lot is cast,Be Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay,Thy Word our law,
1To the name that brings salvationLet the nations bow the head;Let them kneel in adorationWhen this name of names is said;Let them pray for restorationOf all things in Christ the head. 2He through every generationRules in endless majesty;May the kings of every nationNow foreswear their enmity,And with humble venerationIn the love of God agree. 3Lord,
1Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;His truth is marching on. RefrainGlory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. 2He has sounded forth
1I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above,Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love:The love that asks the reason, the love that stands the test,That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,The love that makes undaunted the final
1Lord, while for all mankind we prayOf every clime and coast,O hear us for our native land,The land we love the most! 2O guard our shores from every foe,With peace our borders bless;With prosperous times our cities crown,Our fields with plenteousness! 3Unite us in the sacred loveOf knowledge, truth, and Thee;And let our hills and
1Our Father,by whose name, All fatherhood is known,Who dost in love proclaimEach family Thine own,Bless Thou all parents,guarding well,With constant love as sentinel,The homes in which Thy people dwell.2O Christ,Thyself a childWithin an earthly home, With heart still undefiled, Thou didst to manhood come;Our children bless, in every place,That they may all behold Thy face,And
