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Verse 1

God of our fa-thers, whose al-might-y hand

Leads forth in beau-ty all the star-ry band

Of shin-ing worlds in splend-dor thro’ the skies

Our grate-ful songs be-fore thy throne a - rise.

Verse 2

Thy love di-vine hath led us in the past,

In this free land by thee our lot is cast,

Be thou our rul-er, guard-ian, guide, and stay,

Thy Word our law, thy paths our cho---sen way.

Verse 3

From war’s a-larms, from dead-ly pes-ti-lence,

Be thy strong arm our ev-er sure de-fense,

Thy true re-li-gion in our hearts in-crease,

Thy boun-teous good-ness nour-ish us in peace.

Verse 4

Re-fresh thy peo-ple on their toil-some way,

Lead us from night to nev-er-end-ing day,

Fill all our lives with love and grace di-vine,

And glo-ry, laud, and praise be ev - er thine. A – men.