Choral Akari Archive

God Bless Our Native Land, May Heaven's Protecting Hand

Hymn Information

Folder: Main I, no. 58
Tune used, name: 'America (Thesaurus Musicus)'
Composer: anonymous; from Thesaurus Musicus, published in 1744, and from Harmonia Anglicana, published in 1742
Lyricist: Hickson, William Edward (1803–1870)
Source used for representative text: from hymnary.org, Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #818

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

1
God bless our native land!
May Heaven's protecting hand
Still guard our shore.
May peace her pow'r extend,
Foe be transformed to friend,
And all our rights depend
On war no more.

2
May just and righteous laws
Uphold the public cause,
And bless our name;
Home of the brave and free,
Stronghold of Liberty,
We pray that still on thee
May rest no stain.

3
And not this land alone,
But be thy mercies known
From shore to shore;
O that all men would see
That they should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world o'er!