1
\nGod of our fathers, Whose almighty hand
\nLeads forth in beauty all the starry band
\nOf shining worlds in splendor through the skies
\nOur grateful songs before Thy throne arise.<\/p>\n
2
\nThy love divine hath led us in the past,
\nIn this free land by Thee our lot is cast,
\nBe Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay,
\nThy Word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.<\/p>\n
3
\nFrom war\u2019s alarms, from deadly pestilence,
\nBe Thy strong arm our ever sure defense;
\nThy true religion in our hearts increase,
\nThy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.<\/p>\n
4
\nRefresh Thy people on their toilsome way,
\nLead us from night to never ending day;
\nFill all our lives with love and grace divine,
\nAnd glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 God of our fathers, Whose almighty hand Leads forth in beauty all the starry band Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise. 2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past, In this free land by Thee our lot is cast, Be Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay, Thy Word our law, Thy paths our chosen way. 3 From war\u2019s alarms, from deadly pestilence, Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense; Thy true religion in our hearts increase, Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. 4 Refresh Thy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,41,55,80,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-601-700","category-christian-life","category-g","category-love-of-country","category-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6929,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/6929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}