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GOD BLESS OUR QUEEN.
God bless our Queen with every gift,
That makes a mighty nation;
And yet to loftier heights uplift
Her fame, on His foundation!
And may the Bible as of old
Sealed by the blood of martyrs,
And not our glory or our gold,
Be England's choice and charters.
That makes a mighty nation;
And yet to loftier heights uplift
Her fame, on His foundation!
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Sealed by the blood of martyrs,
And not our glory or our gold,
Be England's choice and charters.
God bless the Church, and strengthen still
With His own broader presage,
Alike in good report and ill,
Her true and holy message—
And grant that she may carry light
Mid darkest woe and welter,
And offer all as common right
A hospitable shelter.
With His own broader presage,
Alike in good report and ill,
Her true and holy message—
And grant that she may carry light
Mid darkest woe and welter,
And offer all as common right
A hospitable shelter.
God bless the State, which firmly stands
In freedom's ancient border,
To be a witness through the lands
Of Justice and its order.
And let her not be idly bent
By empty fears or faction.
But above party government
Rule with no sordid action.
In freedom's ancient border,
To be a witness through the lands
Of Justice and its order.
And let her not be idly bent
By empty fears or faction.
But above party government
Rule with no sordid action.
God bless us all, that every one
Who calls this England Mother,
May prove by daily kindness done
He holds each man his brother!
And thus we shall to others give
The Peace, that is His pleasure;
And keep the faith, whereby we live,
Our solemn trust and treasure.
Who calls this England Mother,
May prove by daily kindness done
He holds each man his brother!
And thus we shall to others give
The Peace, that is His pleasure;
And keep the faith, whereby we live,
Our solemn trust and treasure.
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