ELHB Hymn 302
Lord, while for all mankind we pray
John Reynell Wreford (1837)
Hymn Text
302. Lord, while for all mankind we pray
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1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray,
Of every clime and coast,
Oh, hear us for our native land,
The land we love the most.
Of every clime and coast,
Oh, hear us for our native land,
The land we love the most.
2 Oh, guard our shores from every foe,
With peace our borders bless,
With prosperous times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteousness.
With peace our borders bless,
With prosperous times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteousness.
3 Unite us in the sacred love
Of knowledge, truth and Thee;
And let our hills and valleys shout
The songs of liberty.
Of knowledge, truth and Thee;
And let our hills and valleys shout
The songs of liberty.
4 Here may religion, pure and mild,
Smile on our Sabbath hours;
And piety and virtue bless
The home of us and ours.
Smile on our Sabbath hours;
And piety and virtue bless
The home of us and ours.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #302