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Lord While For All Mankind We Pray

Words and music by John Reynell Wreford · 1837

Key of G · 100 BPM · 4/4 · Thanksgiving,Peace · Rom 13:1-7

Verse 1

Lord, while for all mankind we pray, Of every clime and coast,
Oh, hear us for our native land, The land we love the most.

Verse 2

Oh, guard our shores from every foe, With peace our borders bless,
With prosp'rous times our cities crown, Our fields with plenteousness.

Verse 3

Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth and Thee;
And let our hills and valleys shout The songs of liberty.

Verse 4

Here may religion, pure and mild, Smile on our Sabbath hours;
And piety and virtue bless The home of us and ours.

Verse 5

Lord of the nations, Thus to Thee Our country we commend;
Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust, Her everlasting Friend.

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