Fair Freedom's Land

O land, of all earth's lands the best,

Fair Freedom's empire in the west;

From rising to the setting sun,

All nations here unite as one.

Fair Freedom's land! Fair Freedom's land!

Begirt with might, long may she stand!

And may her realm Christ's kingdom be

From lake to gulf; from sea to sea.

Betsy Ross Sewing American Flag

(1908)

Our fathers came as exiles here,

They saw our day with vision clear;

Despised at home, the cornerstones,

 Which God, the nation's builder owns.

                                                

Fair Freedom's land! Fair Freedom's land!

Begirt with might, long may she stand!

And may her realm Christ's kingdom be

From lake to gulf; from sea to sea.

By faith this goodly land I see,

In Christ's own freedom doubly free;

From north to south, from east to west,

Beneath His gentle scepter blest.

Fair Freedom's land! Fair Freedom's land!

Begirt with might, long may she stand!

And may her realm Christ's kingdom be

From lake to gulf; from sea to sea.

Have A Blessed and Beautiful Independence Day!

"Fair Freedom's Land"

(1880)

Jeremiah Eames Rankin

(1828-1904)

American pastor and hymn writer,

President of Howard University

Washington DC