Hymn: Lord, while for all mankind we pray
- Title: Lord, while for all mankind we pray
- First Line: Lord, while for all mankind we pray
- Hymnal: The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916
- Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
- Publisher: Church Pension Fund
- Publication Date: 1916
Author(s)
- Author Name: John Reynell Wreford
- Born: 1800
- Died: 1891
- Gender: M
Full Text
Lord, while for all mankind we pray, Of every clime and coast, O hear us for our native land, The land we love the most. O guard our shores from every foe; With peace our borders bless; With prosperous times our cities crown, Our fields with plenteousness. Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and thee, And let our hills and valleys shout The songs of liberty. Here may religion, pure and mild, Smile on our sabbath hours, And piety and virtue bless The home of us and ours. Lord of the nations, thus to thee Our country we commend; Be thou her refuge and her trust, Her everlasting Friend. Amen.