Friday, May 8, 2020

God Bless Our Native Land - From the Bethany Lutheran Hymnal Blog

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"God Bless Our Native Land"
Siegfried August Mahlmann, 1771-1826
Recast by John S. Dwight, 1813-1893

1. God bless our native land!
Firm may she ever stand
Thro' storm and night!
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave
Do Thou our country save
By Thy great might.

2. For her our prayer shall rise
To God above the skies;
On Him we wait.
Thou who art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,
God save the State! Amen.

Hymn #577
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Romans 13:1-7
Author: Charles T. Brooks, 1834
Recast by: John S. Dwight, 1844
Tune: "America"
1st Published in: Thesaurus Musicus, 1740