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God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Author: Daniel C. Roberts Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 419 hymnals Topics: Memorial Day Lyrics: 1 God of the ages, 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 with 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.
United Methodist Hymnal, 1989
God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Author: Katherine Lee Bates Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 506 hymnals Topics: Memorial Day 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 heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than 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. Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:7-9 Used With Tune: MATERNA
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Hope of the World
Author: Georgia Elma Harkness Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 57 hymnals Topics: Memorial Day First Line: Hope of the world, Thou Christ of great compassion
Hope of the World
We Gather Together
Author: Anonymous; Theodore Baker Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 200 hymnals Topics: Memorial Day First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing (Baker) Text Sources: Netherlands Folk Song; Adrianus Valerius' Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck, 1626
We Gather Together
Once to Every Man and Nation
Author: James Russel Lowell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 193 hymnals Topics: Memorial Day Lyrics: 1 Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side;
Some great cause, some great decision,
Off'ring each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever
'Twixt that darkness and that light.
2 Then to side with truth is noble,
When we share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit,
And 'tis prosp'rous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses
While the coward stands aside,
Till the multitude make virtue
Of the faith they had denied.
3 Though the cause of evil prosper,
Yet the truth alone is strong;
Though her portion be the scaffold,
And upon the throne be wrong,
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God, within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.
Amen. Used With Tune: EBENEZER
Once to Every Man and Nation
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Author: Julia Ward Howe Meter: Irregular Appears in 553 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord Refrain First Line: Glory! glory! Hallelujah! Lyrics: 1 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
[Refrain:]
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
2 I have seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on. [Refrain]
3 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat;
O be swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubilant my feet!
Our God is marching on. [Refrain]
4 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on. [Refrain]
Amen. Used With Tune: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
O God of Every Nation
Author: William W. Reid, Jr. Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day Lyrics: 1 O God of every nation,
Of every race and land,
Redeem the whole creation
With your almighty hand;
Where hate and fear divide us,
And bitter threats are hurled,
In love and mercy guide us
And heal our strife-torn world.
2 From search for wealth and power
And scorn of truth and right,
From trust in bombs that shower
Destruction through the night,
From pride of race and nation
And blindness to your way,
Deliver every nation,
Eternal God, we pray.
3 Lord, strengthen all who labor
That men may find release
From fear of rattling saber,
From dread of war's increase;
When hope and courage falter,
Your still small voice be heard;
With faith that none can alter,
Your servants undergird.
4 Keep bright in us the vision
Of days when war shall cease,
When hatred and division
Give way to love and peace,
Till dawns the morning glorious
When brotherhood shall reign,
And Christ shall rule victorious
O'er all the world's domain.
Amen. Scripture: Micah 4:1-4 Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN
O God of Every Nation
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
Author: Samuel F. Smith Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,945 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day 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 mountainside
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. Used With Tune: AMERICA
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
Faith of Our Fathers
Author: Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 830 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day First Line: Faith of our fathers! living still Lyrics: 1 Faith of our fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword,
O how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene'er we hear that glorious word:
[Refrain:]
Faith of our fathers, holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death.
2 Faith of our fathers! God's great power
Shall win all nations unto thee;
And through the truth that comes from God
Mankind shall then be truly free: [Refrain]
3 Faith of our fathers! we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife,
And preach thee, too, as love knows how,
By kindly words and virtuous life: [Refrain]
Amen. Scripture: Acts 7:32 Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE
Faith of Our Fathers
For All the Saints
Author: William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias Appears in 570 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day First Line: For all the saints, who from their labors rest Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
All who by faith before the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
[Refrain:]
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 You were their rock, their fortress, and their might;
Jesus, their cCaptain in the well-fought fight;
You in the darkness drear, their one true Light. [Refrain]
3 O may your soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor's crown of gold. [Refrain]
4 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one within your great design. [Refrain]
5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. [Refrain]
6 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [Refrain]
Amen. Scripture: Hebrews 12:1 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE
For All the Saints
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