God of Our Fathers

God of our fa­thers

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.

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.

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.

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.