3 Their joy unto their Lord we bring,
Their song to us descendeth;
The Spirit who in them did sing
To us his music lendeth:
His song in them, in us, is one;
We raise it high, we send it on
The song that never endeth.

4 Ye saints to come, take up the strain,
The same sweet theme endeavour;
Unbroken be the golden chain!

Keep on the song for ever!

Safe in the same dear dwelling-place,

Rich with the same eternal grace,

Bless the same boundless Giver. Amen.

425

FO

Thomas H. Gill, 1868

OR the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.

2 For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise

3 For the joy of ear and eye,

For the heart and mind's delight, For the mystic harmony

Linking sense to sound and sight, Lord of all, to thee we raise

our hymn of grateful praise.

Six 7'8

4 For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.

5 For each perfect gift of thine
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,

Flowers of earth and buds of heaven, Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

426

Amen.

Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864

8.8.8.4

LORD of heaven and earth and sea,
To thee all praise and glory be;

How shall we show our love to thee
Who givest all?

2 The golden sunshine, vernal air,
Sweet flowers and fruit, thy love declare;
Where harvests ripen, thou art there
Who givest all.

3 For peaceful homes and healthful days,
For all the blessings earth displays,
We owe thee thankfulness and praise
Who givest all.

4 Thou didst not spare thine only Son,
But gav'st him for a world undone,
And freely with that Blessèd One
Thou givest all.

5 Thou giv'st the Holy Spirit's dower,
Spirit of life, and love and power,
And dost his sevenfold graces shower
Upon us all.

6 For souls redeemed, for sins forgiven,
For means of grace and hopes of heaven,
Father, what can to thee be given
Who givest all?

7 To thee, from whom we all derive
Our life, our gifts, our power to give;
O may we ever with thee live
Who givest all. Amen.

Christopher Wordsworth, 1863; revised 1879

Also the following

181 O Jesus, crowned with all renown

427

National Days

6.6.4.6.6.6.4

M Sweet land of liberty,

Y country, 'tis of thee,

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.

428

G

Samuel F. Smith, 1832

6.6.4.6.6.6.4

OD 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 prayers 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! Amen.

Siegfried A. Mahlmann, 1815;

Tr. Charles T. Brooks, 1833, John S. Dwight, 1844

429

P.M.

SAY can you see, by the dawn's early

light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

O say does the Star-spangled Banner yet

wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

20 thus be it ever, when free men shall stand

Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!

Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!"

And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

430

Francis Scott Key, 1814, abr.

Four 10's

OD of our fathers, whose almighty hand

Leads forth in beauty all the starry band Of shining worlds in splendour 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.