The phrase "the West" resonates through 7 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
the West
...O land, of all earth’s lands the best,
Fair Freedom’s empire in the west;
From rising to the setting sun,...
O land, of all earth’s lands the best,
Fair Freedom’s empire in the west;
From rising to the setting sun,
...When the ransomed and blest,
From the east and the west,
Shall stand by the crystalline sea....
When the ransomed and blest,
From the east and the west,
Shall stand by the crystalline sea.
...O songs of the beautiful, songs of the blest,
Thus breathed by the East, on the hearts of the West;
How your music sweeps o’er us...
O songs of the beautiful, songs of the blest,
Thus breathed by the East, on the hearts of the West;
How your music sweeps o’er us
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The fading day adorns the west
And calls our waiting world to rest;...
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The fading day adorns the west
And calls our waiting world to rest;
...Shout the tidings of salvation
O’er the prairies of the West,
Till each gath’ring congregation...
Shout the tidings of salvation
O’er the prairies of the West,
Till each gath’ring congregation
...The mellow eve is gliding
Serenely down the west;
So, every care subsiding,...
The mellow eve is gliding
Serenely down the west;
So, every care subsiding,
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Day is dying in the west,
Heav’n is touching earth with rest,...
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Day is dying in the west,
Heav’n is touching earth with rest,
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