Scripture Verse

We…are come to worship. Matthew 2:2

Introduction

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Thornton B. Penfield (1867–1958)

Words: Thorn­ton B. Pen­field, in Glad Tid­ings, by Will­iam L. Ma­son (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1899), num­ber 77.

Music: Pen­field (Pierce), Ja­son N. Pierce, in Wor­ship and Song, ed­it­ed by Ben­ja­min S. Win­ches­ter & Grace W. Co­nant (New York; Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts; & Chi­cago, Il­li­nois: Pil­grim Press, 1913), num­ber 217 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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If you know where to get a good pho­to of Pierce (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

In lov­ing ado­ra­tion,
We come to wor­ship Thee,
Thou au­thor of sal­va­tion
So won­der­ful, so free.
Oh, teach us how to praise Thee,
As we be­fore Thee stand,
And hear us as we pray Thee
To bless our own dear land.

For mill­ions still in dark­ness
Within this land of light,
For men who’ve wan­dered blind­ly
From home and God and right,
And those who ne’er have seen Thee,
Thou God of love and might,
We ear­nest­ly be­seech Thee—
May they re­ceive their sight.

Be Thou our strong de­fend­er,
Our con­fi­dence alone;
Be Thou our coun­try’s rul­er,
Our na­tion’s cor­ner­stone;
And thus led by Thy Spi­rit,
And heed­ing Thy blest Word,
From ocean un­to ocean
All men shall call Thee Lord!