Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Published: 2015-06-16
Total Pages: 146
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Excerpt from Hymns Pro Patria and Other Hymns: Christian and Humanitarian Hymns for Forefathers' Day. They Stood Alone, Our Pilgrim Sires. They stood alone, our Pilgrim sires! Behind, that waste of ocean; 'Mid wintry wilds, lit Freedoms fires, To God paid their devotion; The roof which arched them was the sky, God's light upon their faces; Their prayers and praises lifted high, Made glad the desert places! They stood alone! They left behind The work of kings and sages; One perfect thought within their mind, The bloom of all the Ages; One perfect thought: That man is man His Father, God above him; No king nor priest to mar His plan; They worship best who love Him. They stood alone! God in them stirred! The seed-corn of the nations, Through faith in Him, the step they heard Of coming generations! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.