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| WHEN ancient nations bowed the knee | |
| To idols made of wood and stone, | |
| The Hebrew nation claimed to be | |
| The worshippers of God alone. | |
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| For this they suffer’d, bled, and died, | 5 |
| A chosen people strong and free; | |
| Strong in the faith that should abide | |
| Of God’s own matchless majesty. | |
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| Chosen the heralds of a light, | |
| The blinded nations could not see, | 10 |
| Chosen to banish moral right | |
| And rescue from Idolatry. | |
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| Still strong in faith of God alone, | |
| They rear this Temple to His name, | |
| Jehovah’s power and love to own, | 15 |
| His tender mercies to proclaim. | |
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| Hail! Holy One enthron’d above, | |
| The God and Father of us all, | |
| The Triumphs of Fraternal Love | |
| Shall prove we heed Thy loving call. | 20 |
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| Nor shall our labors e’er be done | |
| Till God is honor’d and ador’d | |
| By every nation ’neath the sun, | |
| The one Jehovah, sovereign Lord. | |
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