'Midst all com-mo- tion, Be-lov'd, be-lov'd Amer

3 May we, a nation blessed with Light, 5 Thus, as thy kingdom cometh here, Be ever truer to the Right,

That nations in our life may see

Shall it throughout the world draw near;
And loyalty to country then

Shall reach out to include all men.

The Power which we derive from thee.
From Social Hymns of Brotherhood and Aspiration.
Copyright, 1914, by A. S. Barnes Co. Used by permission.

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2 On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream;
'Tis the Star-spangled Banner - O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

3 O thus be it e'er when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust ;"
And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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Vera Campbell

Francis S. Key

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freedom and knowledge and pow'r, Lift

ing the tow'rs of her

light'ning-lit cities Where the flood-tides of hu-man-i- ty roar! A-MEN.

2 God save America! Here may all races
Mingle together as children of God,
Founding an empire on brotherly kindness,
Equal in liberty, made of one blood!

3 God save America! Brotherhood banish

Wail of the worker and curse of the crushed;
Joy break in songs from her jubilant millions,
Hailing the day when all discords are hushed!

4 God save America! Bearing the olive,

Hers be the blessing the peacemakers prove,
Calling the nations to glad federation,
Leading the world in the triumph of love!

5 God save America! Mid all her splendors,
Save her from pride and from luxury;
Throne in her heart the unseen and eternal;
Right be her might and the truth make her free!

W. G. Ballantine