God save America! New world of glory,
Newborn to freedom and knowledge and power,
Lifting the towers of her lightning-lit cities
Where the flood tide of humanity roar.
Our founding fathers gave us the laws which make Americans free.
However, it was the weary, storm-tossed Christian refugees
landing on the shores of Virginia in 1607, whom gave us our
Godly heritage. After safely reaching the New World from
England, they erected a seven foot wooden cross on the land
that would one day become Cape Henry, and dedicated
the ground beneath their humble and grateful feet
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
However, it was the weary, storm-tossed Christian refugees
landing on the shores of Virginia in 1607, whom gave us our
Godly heritage. After safely reaching the New World from
England, they erected a seven foot wooden cross on the land
that would one day become Cape Henry, and dedicated
the ground beneath their humble and grateful feet
to the Lord Jesus Christ.
God save America! Here may all the races
Mingle together as children of God;
Founding an empire on brotherly kindness,
Equal in liberty, made of one blood.
God save America! Brotherhood banish
Wail of the worker and curse of the crushed;
Calling the nations to glad federation:
Leading the world in the triumph of love.
God save America! 'Mid all her splendors,
Save her from pride and from luxury;
Throne in her heart the unseen and eternal;
Right be her might and truth make her free!
"Blessed be the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people He has chosen as His heritage."
Psalm 33:12
"Blessed be the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people He has chosen as His heritage."
Psalm 33:12
"God Save America"
(1912)
Words by William G. Ballantine
(1848-1937)
American Congregational minister
and New Testament scholar
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