O God, hear Thou the na­tion’s pray­er,
We lift our cause to Thee;
We wage the ho­ly war of Christ;
We fight to make men free.

Give us to build our ci­ties pure,
Salvation throned above,
To shel­ter low­ly homes from ill,
And teach our hearts to love.
[originally, And tune our mills with love]

Give us to guide the ali­en feet,
To teach the bro­ther’s way,
To save our mo­ther­hood from need;
To guard our child­ren’s play.

May vi­sions call and faith en­flame,
And ban­ish lust and greed;
O God, make Thou our home to be
[originally, Make Thou Am­eri­ca to be]
A land of soul­ful deed.