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For God and Home and Native Land.
Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D. D.
J. W. BISCHOFF.
1. For God and Home and Native Land!
Our motto, here we write it;
There is no foe we'll not withstand,
No battle but we'll fight it.
For God, the Father, over all,
For home, its welcome smiling,
For Native Land, our trumpet call;
For Native Land, our trumpet call;
Take heed of notes beguiling.
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2. There is no God, like Him who died,
In Jesus Christ to save us;
We hide us in His riven side,
And give, as once He gave us;
Like Him, no God in heaven above,
On earth there is no other: —
And Him we'll serve, and Him we'll love,
And Him we'll serve, and Him we'll love,
In our poor tempted brother.
3. There is no Home, like that whose light
Along earth's path is shinning;
Within, full many an image bright
Our faithful hearts enshrining;
We'll not forget life's dearest ones,
The names we fondly cherish;
Our fathers, mothers, daughters, sons;
Our fathers, mothers, daughters, sons;
Nor will we let them perish.
4. There is no Land like our fair Land,
With freedom's sons and daughters;
Her shores by healthful breezes fanned,
And bathed by ocean's waters.
Baptized with blood on many a field,
Still brighter grow her story!
God be her strength, her tow'r, her shield,
God be her strength, her tow'r, her shield,
And be His truth her glory.
5. For God and Home and Native Land,
Our motto, here we write it;
Here seal our vow, here make our stand,
No battle but we'll fight it.
We clasp our hands, and kneel in prayer
To Him who rules above us;
That He will make our cause His care,
That He will make our cause His care,
And prosper those who love us.
Copyright, Washington W. C. T. Union.