The New Christian Hymnal ‎#355

355. O Beautiful! My Country!

1. "O Beautiful! My Country!"
Be thine a nobler care
Than all thy wealth of commerce,
Thy harvests waving fair:
Be it thy pride to lift up
The manhood of the poor;
Be thou to the oppressed
Fair Freedom's open door!

2. For thee our fathers suffered,
For thee they toiled and prayed;
Upon the nation's altar
Their willing lives they laid;
Thou hast no common birthright,
Grand mem'ries on thee shine;
The blood of pilgrim nations
Commingled flows in thine.

3. O Beautiful! Our Country!
Round thee in love we draw;
Thine is the grace of freedom,
The majesty of law:
Be righteousnes thy scepter,
Justice thy diadem;
And on thy shining forehead
Be peace the crowning gem!

Text Information

• First Line: "O Beautiful! My Country!"
• Title: O Beautiful! My Country!
• Author: Rev. Frederick L. Hosmer (1884)
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1929
• Topic: Special Occasions: The Nation

Tune Information

• Name: FARMER
• Composer: John Farmer, 1836-1901
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
• Key: C Major