Now Praise We Great and Famous Men

Now praise we great and fa­mous men

The fa­thers named in sto­ry;

And praise the Lord

who now as then

Reveals in man His glo­ry.

Praise we the wise and brave and strong

Who graced their ge­ne­ra­tion

Who helped the right

and fought the wrong

And made our folk a na­tion.

Praise we the great of heart and mind

The sing­ers sweet­ly gift­ed

Whose mu­sic like a migh­ty wind

The souls of men up­lift­ed.

Praise we the peace­ful men of skill

Who build­ed homes of beau­ty

And

rich in art

made rich­er still

The bro­ther­hood of du­ty.

Praise we the glo­ri­ous names we know

And they whose names have per­ished

Lost

in the haze of long ago

In si­lent love be cher­ished.

In peace their sac­red ash­es rest

Fulfilled their day’s en­dea­vor;

They blessed the earth

and they are blessed

Of God and man for­ev­er.