Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray

Lord

while for all man­kind we pray

Of ev­ery clime and coast

O hear us for our na­tive land

The land we love the most.

Our fa­thers’ se­pul­chers are here

And here our kin­dred dwell:

Our child­ren

too—how should we love

Another land so well?

O guard our shores from ev­ery foe;

With peace our bor­ders bless;

With pros­per­ous times our ci­ties crown

Our fields with plen­teous­ness.

Unite us in the sac­red love

Of know­ledge

truth

and Thee;

And let our hills and val­leys shout

The songs of li­ber­ty.

Here may re­li­gion

pure and mild

Upon our Sab­baths smile;

And pi­ety and vir­tue reign

And bless our na­tive isle.

Lord of the na­tions

thus to Thee

Our coun­try we com­mend;

Be Thou her refuge and her trust

Her ev­er­last­ing friend.