Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountainside,
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees,
Sweet freedom’s song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our fathers’ God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.
~Samuel F. Smith
America has been a nation chosen and blessed by God. She has been given stewardship of one of the richest and most beautiful lands in the world. She has been the protector of many other nations. She has been given power among the peoples of the world and prosperity and security for her citizens. She has been the birthplace of many great men and women, people who have taken the gospel to the farthest parts of the earth and changed the world. Truly, God has blessed America, because from the beginning, America blessed her God. Our freedoms are based on the principles of God's perfect law, and so long as our nation is under His rule, so long will she remain blessed. God bless America . . . America, bless God!
Blessed is the nation
whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 33:12
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