Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#489

489. God bless our native land!

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 art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,
God save the State!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God bless our native land!
• Based on a German Hymn by: Siegfried August Mahlmann (1815)
• Author: Charles Timothy Brooks (c. 1833)
• Revised by: John S. Dwight (1844)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: National

Tune Information

• Name: AMERICA
• Meter: 6 6 4, 6 6 6 4
• Key: F Major
• Source: Harmonica Anglicana, c. 1742