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The fathers built this city
Author: Rev. William George Tarrant Hymnal: HPAG1933 #408 (1950) Meter: 7.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 The fathers built this city
In ages long ago,
And, busy in its busy streets,
They hurried to and fro;
The children played around them
And sang the songs of yore,
Till, one by one, they fell asleep,
To work and play no more.
2 Yet still the city standeth,
A hive of toiling men,
And mother’s love makes happy home
For children now as then;
O God of ages, help us,
Such citizens to be,
That children’s children here may sing
The songs of liberty!
3 Let all the people praise Thee,
Give all Thy saving health,
Or vain the laborer’s strong right arm
And vain the merchant’s wealth;
Send forth Thy light to stablish
The glory of the Word,
Until this city is become
The city of the Lord!
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The City; City, The; Service Tune Title: PATMOS
The fathers built this city
O Holy City, seen of John
Author: Rev. W. Russell Bowie Hymnal: HPAG1933 #409 (1950) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 O Holy City, seen of John,
Where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign,
Within whose four-square walls shall come
No night, nor need, nor pain,
And where the tears are wiped from eyes
That shall not weep again!
2 O shame to us who rest content
While lust and greed for gain
In street and shop and tenement
Wring gold from human pain,
And bitter lips in blind despair
Cry, "Christ hath died in vain"!
3 Give us, O God, the strength to build
The City that hath stood
Too long a dream, whose laws are love,
Whose ways are brotherhood,
And where the sun that shineth is
God's grace for human good.
4 Already in the mind of God
That City riseth fair.
Lo, how its splendor challenges
The souls that greatly dare,
Yea, bids us seize the whole of life
And build its glory there!
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The City; Brotherhood; City, The; Discipleship and Service Tune Title: MORWELLHAM
O Holy City, seen of John
Where cross the crowded ways of life
Author: Rev. Frank Mason North Hymnal: HPAG1933 #410 (1950) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
Where sound the cries of race and clan,
Above the noise of selfish strife,
We hear Thy voice, O Son of Man.
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
On shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
From paths where hide the lures of greed,
We catch the vision of Thy tears.
3 From tender childhood's helplessness,
From woman's grief, man's burdened toil,
From famished souls, from sorrow's stress,
Thy heart has never known recoil.
4 The cup of water given for Thee
Still holds the freshness of Thy grace;
Yet long these multitudes to see
The sweet compassion of Thy face.
5 O Master, from the mountain side,
Make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
Among these restless throngs abide,
O tread the city's streets again,
6 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love,
And follow where Thy feet have trod;
Till glorious from Thy heaven above
Shall come the City of our God.
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The City; Brotherhood; City, The; Conflict With Sin; Fellowship; Missions; Walking with God Tune Title: GERMANY
Where cross the crowded ways of life
O beautiful for spacious skies
Author: Katherine Lee Bates Hymnal: HPAG1933 #411 (1950) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
3 O beautiful for glorious tale
Of liberating strife,
When valiantly for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
4 O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees, beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Country, our; Nation, The Tune Title: MATERNA
O beautiful for spacious skies
My country, 'tis of thee
Author: Rev. Samuel F. Smith Hymnal: HPAG1933 #412 (1950) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Lyrics: 1 My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.
2 My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills;
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
3 Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
4 Our fathers' God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Country, our; Nation, The Tune Title: AMERICA
My country, 'tis of thee
God bless our native land
Author: Siegfried A. Mahlmann; William E. Hickson Hymnal: HPAG1933 #413 (1950) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Lyrics: 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 prayer 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!
3 Not for this land alone,
But be God's mercies shown
From shore to shore;
And may the nations see
That men should brothers be,
And form one family
The wide world o'er.
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Citizenship, Christian; Country, our; Nation, The Tune Title: DORT
God bless our native land
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Author: Rev. Daniel C. Roberts Hymnal: HPAG1933 #414 (1950) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry band
Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies,
Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.
2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past;
In this free land by Thee our lot is cast;
Be Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide, and Stay;
Thy word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.
3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence,
Be Thy strong arm our ever-sure defense;
Thy true religion in our hearts increase,
Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
4 Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way,
Lead us from night to never-ending day;
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Country, our; Nation, The; Thanksgiving Tune Title: NATIONAL HYMN
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
O Lord, our God, Thy mighty hand
Author: Rev. Henry van Dyke Hymnal: HPAG1933 #415 (1950) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 O Lord, our God, Thy mighty hand
Hath made our country free;
From all her broad and happy land
May worship rise to Thee.
Fulfill the promise of her youth,
Her liberty defend;
By law and order, love and truth,
America, America, befriend!
2 The strength of every state increase
In union’s golden chain;
Her thousand cities fill with peace,
Her million fields with grain.
The virtues of her mingled blood
In one new people blend;
By unity and brotherhood,
America, America, befriend!
3 O suffer not her feet to stray;
But guide her untaught might,
That she may walk in peaceful day,
And lead the world in light.
Bring down the proud, lift up the poor,
Unequal ways amend;
By justice, nationwide and sure,
America, America, befriend!
4 Through all the waiting land proclaim
Thy gospel of good will;
And may the joy of Jesus’ Name
In every bosom thrill.
O’er hill, and vale, from sea to sea,
Thy holy reign extend;
By faith and hope and charity,
America, America, befriend!
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Country, our; Nation, The Tune Title: AMERICA BEFRIEND
O Lord, our God, Thy mighty hand
Not alone for mighty empire
Author: Rev. William Pierson Merrill Hymnal: HPAG1933 #416 (1950) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1 Not alone for mighty empire
Stretching far o'er land and sea,
Not alone for bounteous harvests,
Lift we up our hearts to Thee.
Standing in the living present,
Memory and hope between,
Lord, we would with deep thanksgiving
Praise Thee most for things unseen.
2 Not for battleship and fortress,
Not for conquests of the sword;
But for conquests of the spirit
Give we thanks to Thee, O Lord;
For the priceless gift of freedom,
For the home, the church, the school;
For the open door to manhood
In a land the people rule.
3 For the armies of the faithful,
Souls that passed and left no name;
For the glory that illumines
Patriot lives of deathless fame;
For our prophets and apostles,
Loyal to the living Word,
For all heroes of the Spirit,
Give we thanks to Thee, O Lord.
4 God of justice, save the people
From the clash of race and creed,
From the strife of class and faction:
Make our nation free indeed.
Keep her faith in simple manhood
Strong as when her life began,
Till it find its full fruition
In the brotherhood of man.
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Brotherhood; Country, our; Nation, The; Thanksgiving Tune Title: HYFRYDOL
Not alone for mighty empire
Judge eternal, throned in splendor
Author: Rev. Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918) Hymnal: HPAG1933 #417 (1950) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Judge eternal, throned in splendor,
Lord of lords and Kings of kings,
With Thy living fire of judgment
Purge this realm of bitter things:
Solace all its wide dominion
With the healing of Thy wings.
2 Still the weary folk are pining
For the hour that brings release;
And the city's crowded clangor
Cries aloud for sin to cease;
And the homesteads and the woodlands
Plead in silence for their peace.
3 Crown, O God, Thine own endeavor:
Cleave our darkness with Thy sword:
Feed the faint and hungry peoples
With the richness of Thy Word:
Cleanse the body of this nation
Through the glory of the Lord.
Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation; Christ Judge; Country, our; Nation, The; Service Tune Title: RHUDDLAN
Judge eternal, throned in splendor
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