848. L. P. M. Kippis.

National Praise and Prayer.

1With grateful hearts with joyful tongues,

To God we raise united songs;

His power and mercy we proclaim:

Through every age, O, may we own

Jehovah here has fixed his throne,

And triumph in his mighty name.

2Long as the moon her course shall run,

Or men behold the circling sun,

Lord, in our land support thy reign;

Crown her just counsels with success,

With truth and peace her borders bless,

And all thy sacred rights maintain.

Prayer for our Country.

1God bless our native land,

Firm may she ever stand

Through storm and night;

When the wild tempests rave,

Ruler of winds and wave,

Do thou our country save,

By thy great might.

2For her our prayer shall rise

To God above the skies;

On him we wait;

Thou who hast heard each sigh,

Watching each weeping eye,

Be thou forever nigh;--

God save the state.

Our Country.

Now pray we for our country,

Pray that it long may be

The holy and the happy,

And the gloriously free!

Who blesseth her is blesséd!

So peace be in her walls;

And joy in all her villages,

Her cottages and halls.