God of Our Fathers, the Strength of Our People

God of our fa­thers

The strength of our peo­ple and na­tion

Gladly we come

To Thy pre­sence with true ad­or­ation

Seeking Thy face

Trusting Thy love and Thy grace

Thou art our health and sal­va­tion.

God of all mer­cy

For par­don and peace we im­plore Thee

Humbly con­fess­ing

Our faults and our fail­ures be­fore Thee.

Children of men

Falling and ris­ing again

Still give us grace to ad­ore Thee.

God of the poor

And the weak

to our pray­er now at­tend­ing

Teach us to fol­low

The Mas­ter of all men in blend­ing

Worship with deed

Praises with serv­ice to need

All men in His name be­friend­ing.

God of all peo­ples

Let jus­tice and peace like a riv­er

Flow through the world

Until all

in one com­mon en­deav­or

Build among men

Brotherhood’s king­dom

and then

Thine be the glo­ry for­ev­er.