4. What our Father does is well: May the thought within us dwell; Though nor milk nor honey flow In our barren Canaan now, God can save us in our need, God can bless us, God can feed. 5. Therefore unto Him we raise Hymns of glory, songs of praise. To the Father and the Son And the Spirit, Three in One, Honor, might, and glory be Now and through eternity. B. Schmolck, 1720; H. W. Baker, tr., 1861. 302 C. M. 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! 2. Oh, guard our shores from every foe, With peace our borders bless, With prosperous times our cities crown, Our fields with plenteousness! 3. Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and Thee; And let our hills and valleys shout The songs of liberty. 4. Here may religion, pure and mild, Smile on our Sabbath hours And piety and virtue bless The home of us and ours. 5. Lord of the nations, thus to Thee Our country we commend; Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust, Her everlasting Friend. John R. Wreford, 1837. 303 C. M. Almighty Lord, before Thy throne Thy mourning people bend; ’Tis on Thy grace in Christ alone Our failing hopes depend. 2. Dark judgments from Thy heavy hand Thy dreadful power display; Yet mercy spares our guilty land, And still we live to pray. 3. How changed, alas! are truths divine For error, guilt, and shame! What impious numbers, bold in sin, Disgrace the Christian name! 4. O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord! Convert us by Thy grace; Then shall our hearts obey Thy Word And see again Thy face. 5. Then, should oppressing foes invade, We will not yield to fear, Secure of all-sufficient aid, When God in Christ is near. Anne Steele, † 1778. 304 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8 (H. M.) To Thee, our God, we fly For mercy and for grace; Oh, hear our lowly cry And hide not Thou Thy face! O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand And guard and bless our Fatherland. 2. Arise, O Lord of hosts, Be jealous for Thy name, And drive from out our coasts The sins that put to shame. O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand And guard and bless our Fatherland. 3. Thy best gifts from on high In rich abundance pour That we may magnify And praise Thee more and more. O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand And guard and bless our Fatherland.