Our earth we now la­ment to see
With floods of wick­ed­ness o’er­flowed,
With vio­lence, wrong, and cru­el­ty,
One-ex­tend­ed field of blood,
Where men, like fiends, each oth­er tear,
In all the hell­ish rage of war.

As list­ed on Abad­don’s side,
They man­gle their own flesh, and slay:
Tophet is moved, and op­ens wide
Its mouth for its enor­mous prey;
And my­ri­ads sink be­neath the grave,
And plunge into the flam­ing wave.

O might the uni­vers­al Friend
This ha­voc of His crea­tures see!
Bid our un­na­tur­al dis­cord end;
Declare us re­con­ciled in Thee;
Write kind­ness on our in­ward parts,
And chase the mur­der­er from our hearts!

Who now against each oth­er rise,
The na­tions of the earth con­strain
To fol­low af­ter peace, and prize
The bless­ings of Thy right­eous reign,
The joys of uni­ty to prove,
The pa­ra­dise of per­fect love.