O God, Hear Thou the Nation’s Prayer

O God

hear Thou the na­tion’s pray­er

We lift our cause to Thee;

We wage the ho­ly war of Christ;

We fight to make men free.

Give us to build our ci­ties pure

Salvation throned ab­ove

To shel­ter low­ly homes from ill

And teach our hearts to love.

[originally

And tune our mills with love]

Give us to guide the ali­en feet

To teach the bro­ther’s way

To save our mo­ther­hood from need;

To guard our child­ren’s play.

May vi­sions call and faith en­flame

And ban­ish lust and greed;

O God

make Thou our home to be

[originally

Make Thou Am­eri­ca to be]

A land of soul­ful deed.