God Send Us Men

God send us men whose aim ’twill be

Not to de­fend some an­cient creed

But to live out the laws of Christ

In ev­ery thought and word and deed.

God send us men alert and quick

His lof­ty pre­cepts to trans­late

Until the laws of Christ be­come

The laws and ha­bits of the state.

God send us men of stead­fast will

Patient

cour­age­ous

strong and true

With vi­sion clear and mind equipped

His will to learn

His work to do.

God send us men with hearts ablaze

All truth to love

all wrong to hate;

These are the pa­tri­ots na­tions need;

These are the bul­warks of the state.