God of Our Fathers

Verse 1
God of our fa­thers, whose al­migh­ty hand
Leads forth in beau­ty all the star­ry band (Job 9:8-9, Isa. 40:26)
Of shin­ing worlds in splen­dor through the skies
Our grate­ful songs be­fore Thy throne arise.

Verse 2
Thy love di­vine hath led us in the past,
In this free land by Thee our lot is cast, (Ps. 16:5-6)
Be Thou our rul­er, guard­ian, guide and stay,
Thy Word our law, Thy paths our chos­en way. (Ps. 119:105, Ps. 25:4)

Verse 3
From war’s alarms, from dead­ly pes­ti­lence, (Ps. 91:3, Ps. 91:5-6)
Be Thy strong arm our ev­er sure de­fense;
Thy true re­li­gion in our hearts in­crease,
Thy boun­te­ous good­ness nour­ish us in peace.

Verse 4
Refresh Thy peo­ple on their toil­some way,
Lead us from night to nev­er end­ing day; (Rev. 21:23-25, Rev. 22:5)
Fill all our lives with love and grace di­vine,
And glo­ry, laud, and praise be ev­er Thine. (Rev. 5:13)