50 may our more harmonious tongue In worlds unknown pursue the song; And in those brighter courts adore, Where days and years revolve no more. 1024 GRE National blessings. L. M. TREAT God of nations, now to thee Our hymn of gratitude we raise; With humble heart, and bending knee, We offer thee our song of praise. 2 Thy Name we bless, almighty God, For all the kindness thou hast shown To this fair land the pilgrims trod,This land we fondly call our own. 8 Here freedom spreads her banner wide, And casts her soft and hallow'd ray; Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide In safety through their dang'rous way. 4 We praise thee that the gospel's light Through all our land its radiance sheds; Dispels the shades of error's night, And heavenly blessings round us spreads. 5 Great God, preserve us in thy fear; In danger still our guardian be; O, spread thy truth's bright precepts here; Let all the people worship thee. 1025 God's bountiful goodness. 2 When in the bosom of the earth C. M. Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth, The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was thine 4 These various mercies from above 5 We own and bless thy gracious sway; Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day, 1026 19th P. M. 664, 6664 Praise to the God of harvest. In loud thanksgiving raise 2 Yen, bless his holy Name, 3 The God of harvest praise; Behring your sheaves along, Bless ye the Lord. 1027 PEACE. L. M. Thanksgiving for national peace. TREAT Ruler of the earth and skies, Gord of thine almighty breath Can sink the world, or bid it rise: Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter dyes the hostile plain,-3 Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds their power; Thy law the angry nations own, And noise and war are heard no more. 4 Then peace returns with balmy wing; 5 To thee we pay our grateful songs; 1028 A 4th P. M. 886, 886. In time of peace. INATION God delights to bless, Hid from the general scourge we are, 2 O may we, Lord, the grace improve, OUR 1029 0 COUNTRY. C. M. National deliverances ascribed to God. Thy wonders in their days perform❜d, 2 'Twas not their courage, or their sword, To them salvation gave; 'Twas not their number, or their strength, That did their country save. 3 But thy right hand, thy powerful arm, 4 As thee their God our fathers own'd, O, therefore, as thou didst to them, 5 To thee the glory we ascribe, In God, our shield, we will rejoice, 1030 God, the nation's guardian. L.M. GREAT God! betented kingdoms lie; TREAT God! beneath whose piercing eyo Whose fav'ring smile upholds them all, Whose anger smites them, and they fall; 2 We bow before thy heavenly throne; 8 Thy kindness to our fathers shown 4 Led on by thine unerring aid, Thy first and noblest bounties share. 5 Great God, our guardian, guide, and friend; 1031 Prayer for our native land. C. M ORD, while for all mankind we pray, LORD, O hear us for our native land, The land we love the most. 2 O guard our shores from every foe; With peace our borders bless . Our cities with prosperity, Our fields with plenteousness. 3 Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and thee; 4. Lord of the nations, thus to thee |