Fair Freedom’s Land

O land

of all earth’s lands the best

Fair Free­dom’s em­pire in the west;

From ris­ing to the set­ting sun

All na­tions here unite in one.

Fair Free­dom’s land! fair Free­dom’s land!

Begirt with might

long may she stand!

And may her realm Christ’s king­dom be

From lake to gulf

from sea to sea.

Our fa­thers came as ex­iles here

They saw our day with vi­sion clear;

Despised at home

the cor­ner­stones

Which God

the na­tion’s build­er

owns.

By faith this good­ly land I see

In Christ’s own free­dom doub­ly free;

From north to south

from east to west

Beneath His gen­tle sce­pter blest.

Shall we

the sons of Pil­grim sires

Neglect to kin­dle fresh the fires

They light­ed on At­lan­tic’s coast

Which make our land of lands

the boast.

Ah

no! by faith

Christ’s stand­ard goes

Beyond Si­er­ra’s dis­tant snows;

To where Pa­ci­fic wa­ter’s lie

Beneath the gold­en sun­set sky.

Ah

no! by faith this land I see

In Christ’s own free­dom

doub­ly free;

From north to south

from east to west

Beneath His gen­tle scep­ter blest.