Our Country

This post is dedicated to the people

of  America and the world.

"Wait and listen, everyone who is thirsty!

Come to the waters; and they who have no money,

come, buy, and eat!

Yes, come, buy priceless spiritual wine and milk

without money and without price,

simply for the self-surrender that

accepts the blessing."

Isaiah 55:1

"But whoever takes a drink of the water

that I will give them shall never, no never,

be thirsty anymore.

But the water that I will give them

shall become a spring of water

welling up, flowing, bubbling,

continually within them

unto eternal life."

John 4:14

Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

Francesco Trevisani

(1656-1746)

"The Holy Spirit and the bride,

the church and the true Christians say,

Come! And let they who are listening

say, Come! And let everyone come

who is thirsty, who is painfully

conscious of their need of those

things by which the soul is

refreshed, supported, and strengthened;

and whoever earnestly desires to do it,

let them come, take, appropriate

and drink the water of Life

without cost."

Revelation 22:17

Lord! while for all mankind we pray,

Of every clime and coast,

O hear us for our native land,

The land we love the most.

O guard our shores from every foe;

With peace our borders bless;

With prosperous times our cities crown,

Our fields with plenteousness.

Unite us in the sacred love

O knowledge, truth, and Thee;

And let our hills and valleys shout

The songs of liberty.

Lord of the nations!

Thus to Thee our country we commend;

Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust,

Her everlasting Friend.

"Our Country"

 Lyrics by R. Nathaniel Dett

R. Nathaniel Dett

(1882-1943)

Canadian Composer/Conductor