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America for Christ

Dear Savior, we our love would show

Author: James Bruce Mackay
Tune: [Dear Savior, we our love would show]
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Dear Saviour, we our love would show,
That all the world might see,
The joy, the rest, the peace they know,
Who love and worship Thee.

Refrain:
America, America!
Thro’out, from sea to sea.
We want America for Christ,
America, the free.

2 Help us, the gospel news to tell,
Till not our hearts alone;
But all who come with us to dwell,
Thy sov’reign right shall own. [Refrain]

3 O send us forth as flaming brands,
Whose sacred beams shall shine;
Till those in all our Island lands,
Behold the light divine. [Refrain]

4 Thy wondrous grace on us bestow,
And fill each heart and mind,
That we with zeal may forward go,
To help and bless mankind. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Pentecost No. 2 #145

Author: James Bruce Mackay

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Text Information

First Line: Dear Savior, we our love would show
Title: America for Christ
Author: James Bruce Mackay
Language: English
Refrain First Line: America, America, throughout from sea to sea
Copyright: Public Domain

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Chorus Selections #d4

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Ideal Sunday School Hymns #187

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New Songs of Pentecost No. 2 #145

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The Gospel Message No. 1 #4

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The Gospel Message No. 2 #104

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