O God of Every Nation

O God of ev­ery na­tion

Of ev­ery race and land

Redeem the whole cre­ation

With your al­migh­ty hand.

Where hate and fear di­vide us

And bit­ter threats are hurled

In love and mer­cy guide us

And heal our strife-torn world.

From search for wealth and pow­er

And scorn of truth and right

From trust in bombs that show­er

Destruction through the night

From pride of race and sta­tion

And blind­ness to your way

Deliver ev­ery na­tion

Eternal God

we pray.

Lord

strength­en those who la­bor

That all may find re­lease

From fear of rat­tling sa­ber

From dread of war’s in­crease;

When hope and cour­age fal­ter

Your still small voice be heard;

With faith that none can al­ter

Your serv­ants un­der-gird.

Keep bright in us the vi­sion

Of days when war shall cease

When hat­red and di­vi­sion

Give way to love and peace

Till dawns the morn­ing glo­ri­ous

When truth and jus­tice reign

And Christ shall rule vic­tor­ious

O’er all the world’s do­main.