LIFT
EVERY VOICE AND SING
Lift ev’ry voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring
Ring
with the harmonies of Liberty
Let
our rejoicing rise, high as the list’ning skies
Let
it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing
a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing
a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing
the rising sun of our new day begun
Let
us march till victory is won
Stony
the road we trod, bitter the chast’ning rod
Felt
in the days when hope unborn has died
Yet
with a steady beat, have not our weary feet
Come
to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We
have come over a way that with tears has been watered
We
have come, treading our path thro’ the blood
of the slaughtered
Out
from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
Where
the white gleam of our bright star is cast
God
of our weary years, God of our silent tears
Thou
who hast brought us thus far on the way
Thou
who hast by Thy might, led us into the light
Keep
us for ever in the path, we pray
Lest
our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee
Lest
our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee
Shadowed
beneath Thy hand, may we for ever stand
True
to our God, true to our native land
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