5 Here may religion undefiled
Upon our Sabbaths smile;

And righteousness with mercy reign,
And bless our native isle.

6 LORD of the nations! thus to Thee
Our country we commend;

Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust,
Her everlasting Friend.

C.M.

John Reynell Wreford,

[1837].

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I HINE, mighty God! on England shine
With beams of heavenly grace;

Reveal Thy power through all our coasts,
And show Thy smiling face.

2 Amidst our isle, exalted high,
Do Thou our glory stand,
And like a wall of guardian fire
Surround the favoured land.

3 When shall Thy name, from shore to shore,
Sound all the earth abroad;
And distant nations know and love
Their Saviour and their GOD.

4 Sing to the LORD, ye distant lands,
Sing loud, with solemn voice;
While English tongues exalt His praise,
And English hearts rejoice.

5 He, the great LORD, the sovereign Judge, That sits enthroned above,

Wisely commands the worlds He made
In justice and in love.

6 Earth shall obey her Maker's will,
And yield a full increase;

Our GOD will crown His chosen isle
With fruitfulness and peace.

7 GOD the Redeemer scatters round
His choicest favours here,

While the creation's utmost bound
Shall see, adore, and fear.

*Isaac Watts,

1674-1748.

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8.7.

ORD! from Thee what grace and glory
Hath Thy people England won!

Marvels make divine her story,

Marvels which the LORD hath done.

2 Thou from lowly plight hast brought her
Unto sovereign sway and state;
Thou Thy holiest lore hast taught her,
Thou hast given Thy gifts most great.

3 From of old Thy gifts were given,
Grace with Thee she early found;
Ages roll, and earth is riven,

Still Thine England sitteth crowned.

4 Best belovèd of the nations,

Freedom first she won from Thee;
Grows the grace with generations,
Our unending liberty.

5 When Thy word should be unsealèd,
When Thy grace some new birth meant,
Here the joy was first revealed,
Here the darkness first was rent.

6 Still the land beloved Thou lendest
Of Thy radiancy most bright;
Thine own cause Thou still commendest
To her majesty and might.

7 LORD! Thy people England's story
Speaks of Thee full loud and clear;
Lift Thy people England's glory
Still unto Thine own more near.

*Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819

L.M.

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O realms beyond the sounding sea
Thy
hand has led our sons afar;
LORD! give them grace to live for Thee,
Be still their shield and guiding star.

2 Bless with success their daily toils,
Strength for each hour's demands impart;
With fruitful seasons, genial soils,

O give a grateful, trusting heart!

3 Though exiled from the fatherland, Its hallowed homes of praise and prayer, May they on yonder distant strand

A house for GOD with gladness rear.

4 There make the places of Thy feet

Most glorious, there Thy grace display; That myriads thence Thy smile may greet, When earth and heaven have passed away.

H Mayo Gunn, [1859].

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WE triumph in the glorious grace

L.M.

That set us in this English land, And welcome the high earthly place

Wherein our GOD hath made us stand.

2 But O! to us a grace more great, A dignity more dear, is given; He links us to a nobler state,

He makes us citizens of heaven.

3 Yes, mightily our hearts are bound
This goodly fatherland to love;
But more our own Emmanuel's ground,
That better, dearer land above.

4 Her glorious freedom, how complete!
How absolute His holy will!

What tasks divine, what tribute sweet
Her spirits bring, her hands fulfil!

5 These storms, our peace they may not whelm;
They cannot reach our true abode :
O sweetness of that upper realm!
O peaceful city of our GOD!

6 Joy! joy! our King doth never die;
Our city doth for ever stand;

We serve the eternal Majesty,

And hold the heavenly fatherland.

*Thomas Hornblower Gill,

Come and go, arise and fall,

Gains and losses, smiles and tears

Freely scattered through them all; O my Saviour! let them be

Radiant with Thy life divine, Spent in better serving Thee And becoming wholly Thine.

2 For the blessèd years gone by,

And the joys which winged their flight, For the blessèd hopes on high

Making all the future bright;