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Text:Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Author:John R. Wreford
Tune:DUNFERLINE

431. Lord, while for all mankind we pray

Lord, 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 prosperous 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.

Here may religion, pure and mild,
Smile on our sabbath hours,
And piety and virtue bless
The home of us and ours.

Lord of the nations, thus to thee
Our country we commend;
Be thou her refuge and her trust,
Her everlasting Friend.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, while for all mankind we pray
Author: John R. Wreford (1837)
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Topic: National Days; Sunday Schools: National Days
Tune Information
Name: DUNFERLINE
Meter: C.M.
Key: F Major
Source: Scottish Psalter, 1615



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