They even mob our women,
Which is a shame and a disgrace to the land;
A shame it would be for a heathen,
Much more for a civilized man.
We know there are members of our race,
That are worse than a savage man;
And there are members of the superior race,
Who belong to the same savage band.
Humanity needs pure religion,
Then the world would be more civilized;
And man to man would be better,
The nations be more harmonized.
O God, we earnestly implore Thee,
Look down with a pitiful eye;
Help us to love and obey Thee,
And to feel that Thy judgment is nigh.
O if we but loved one another,
As Thou hast given the command;
What joy, what peace, what happiness,
Would be felt thruout the land.
Instead of love there is hatred,
Instead of peace there is war;
O help us, the weak, to grow stronger,
O help us we humbly implore.
Forgive those, O Lord, who oppress us,
O help them to see the right;
Convert them unto Thy salvation,
O guide them Thou eternal light.
O Lord pour out Thy spirit,
Into the hearts of men;
Then the so-called Negro problem,
Will find its solution—its end.
O send us another Lincoln,
Who will help us our foes to face;
Who fears not the tongue nor the press of men,
Who stands for justice to a trodden race.
Help us as a race to be better,
To drop hatred and substitute love;
To envy not one another,
But lay up our treasures above.