Our Earth We Now Lament to See

Our earth we now la­ment to see

With floods of wick­ed­ness o’er­flowed

With vio­lence

wrong

and cru­el­ty

One-ex­tend­ed field of blood

Where men

like fiends

each oth­er tear

In all the hell­ish rage of war.

As list­ed on Ab­ad­don’s side

They man­gle their own flesh

and slay:

Tophet is moved

and op­ens wide

Its mouth for its enor­mous prey;

And my­ri­ads sink be­neath the grave

And plunge into the flam­ing wave.

O might the uni­vers­al Friend

This ha­voc of His crea­tures see!

Bid our un­na­tur­al dis­cord end;

Declare us re­con­ciled in Thee;

Write kind­ness on our in­ward parts

And chase the mur­der­er from our hearts!

Who now against each oth­er rise

The na­tions of the earth con­strain

To fol­low af­ter peace

and prize

The bless­ings of Thy right­eous reign

The joys of uni­ty to prove

The para­dise of per­fect love.