GOD OF OUR FATHERS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11987, 13 July 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)

GOD OF OUR FATHERS.

The following Empire-Day hymn was composed by Mr A O. Ainger, and has been set to music by Mr A. M. Goodhart, are published by Novello and Co s London. God our our father, unto Thee Our fathers cried in danger's hour, And then Thou gavest them to see The acts of Thine Almighty power. They cried to Tbee, and Thou didst hear; They called on Tbee, and Thou didst save: And we. their sons, to-day draw aear Thy Name to praise, Tby help to crave. Lord God of Hosts, uplift Thine band, Protect and bless our Pather- . land. Thine is the Majesty, O Lord, And Thine dominion over all; When Thou commandest, at Thj ■word Great kings and nations rise or fall, For eastern realms, for western coasts, For isalnds washed by every sea, The praise be given, O God of Hosts Not unto us hut unto Thee, Lords .Gods of Hosts, Etc. £f in Thy grace. Thou should 'st allow Our fame to wax through coming days, Still grant us humbly, then as now, Thy help to crave, Thy name to praise. Not all alike in speech cr birth, Alike we bow before Tby throne; One fatherland throughout the earth Our Father's noble acts we owe. Lord God of Hosts, etc.