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Text:Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray
Author:John Wreford
Tune:ABERDEEN

179. Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray

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,
With happy times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteousness!

3 Here may Thy Gospel, pure and mild,
Smile on our Sabbath hours
And piety and virtue bless
Our fathers' home and ours.

4 Lord of the nations, thus to Thee
Our country we commend.
Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust,
Her everlasting Friend.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Title: Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray
Author: John Wreford (1837, alt.)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1962
Copyright: © Concordia Publishing House
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ABERDEEN
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Chalmers' Collection, 1749



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