Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
America was originally founded by Christians seeking freedom of religion.
Many died for that cause in the Revolutionary War.
God has abundantly blessed America.
Today our religious freedom is threatened. God help us.
America, The Beautiful
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O beautiful for spacious skies, — For amber waves of grain, — For purple mountain majesties — Above the fruited plain! — America! America! — God shed His grace on thee, — And crown thy good with brotherhood — From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet — Whose stern impassioned stress, — A thoroughfare for freedom beat — Across the wilderness! — America! America! — God mend thine every flaw, — Confirm thy soul in self-control, — Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved — In liberating strife, — Who more than self their country love — And mercy more than life! — America! America! — May God thy gold refine — Till all success be nobleness, — And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream — That sees beyond the years, — Thine alabaster cities gleam — Undimmed by human tears! — America! America! — God shed His grace on thee, — And crown thy good with brotherhood — From sea to shining sea!
Katherine Lee Bates; First appeared in print on July 4, 1895
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