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Text:God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
Tune:RUSSIAN HYMN
Composer:Alexis T. Lwoff

497. God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken

1 God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
Thy ways of blessedness, slighted Thy word;
Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken;
Give to us peace in our time, O Lord!

2 God the All-righteous One! man hath defied Thee;
Yet to eternity standeth Thy Word;
Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee;
Give to us peace in our time, O Lord!

3 God the All-wise! by the fire of Thy chastening
Earth shall to freedom and truth be restored;
Through the thick darkness Thy kingdom is hastening:
Thou wilt give peace in Thy time, O Lord!

4 So shall Thy children with thankful devotion
Praise Him Who saved them from peril and sword,
Singing in chorus from ocean to ocean,
"Peace to the nations, and praise to the Lord."

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: God the All-merciful! earth hath forsaken
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Times and Seasons: National
Source: Arranged from Henry F. Charley, 1842 and John Ellerton, 1870
Tune Information
Name: RUSSIAN HYMN
Composer: Alexis T. Lwoff (1833)
Meter: 11 10, 11 9
Key: E♭ Major



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