Words and Music Copyrighted, 1912. by The Continent 462 AMERICA BEFRIEND 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 William Pierson Merrill, 1912 1. O Lord, our God, Thy might y hand Hath made our country free; By law and or-der, love and truth, A- mer- i - ca, A- mer - i- ca be-friend! A-MEN. 2 The strength of every state increase 3 O suffer not her feet to stray; Bring down the proud, lift up the poor, Unequal ways amend; By justice, nationwide and sure, 4 Through all the waiting land proclaim Thy gospel of good-will; And may the joy of Jesus' name O'er hill and vale, from sea to sea, By faith and hope and charity, America befriend! Henry van Dyke, 1912 From the Tucker Hymnal, by permission George William Warren, 1892 463 NATIONAL HYMN 10 10 10 10 Voices alone Trumpets, before each verse 1. God of our Fathers, Whose al-might-y hand 464 DUKE STREET L. M. John Hatton, 1790 1. O God, beneath Thy guiding hand, Our ex-iled fa- thers cross'd the sea; And when they trod the win-try strand, With pray'r and psalm they worship'd Thee. A-MEN. 466 RUSSIAN HYMN II 10 11 10 Alexis Lwoff, 1833 1. God the All- power - ful! King who or - dain est, Great winds Thy 42 clar - ions, the light-nings Thy sword, Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reign-est, Grant to us peace, O most mer- ci- ful Lord. A MEN. 2 God the All-righteous One! man hath defied Thee, Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside Thee; 3 God the All-wise! by the fire of Thy chast'ning, 4 So shall Thy children, in 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." Russian. Tr. by Henry F. Chorley, 1842 Arr. by John Ellerton, 1870 |