The Clopton Chronicles
A Project of the Clopton Family Genealogical Society
By
Dr. J. E. Rankin[1]
O land, of all earth’s lands
the best,
Fair Freedom’s empire in the
west;
From rising to the setting
sun,
All nations here unite in
one.
Fair Freedom’s land!
Fair Freedom’s land!
Begirt with might, long may
she stand!
And may her realm Christ’s
kingdom be,
From lake to gulf,
From sea to sea.
Our father’s came as exiles
here,
They saw our day with vision
clear,
Despised at home the
cornerstones
Which God, the nation’s
Builder, owns.
Fair Freedom’s land!
Fair Freedom’s land!
Begirt with might, long may
she stand!
And may her realm Christ’s
kingdom be,
From lake to gulf,
From sea to sea.
Shall we, the sons of
Pilgrim sires,
Neglect to kindle fresh the
fires
They lighted on Atlantic’s
coast,
Which makes our land of
lands the boast?
Fair Freedom’s land!
Fair Freedom’s land!
Begirt with might, long may
she stand!
And may her realm Christ’s
kingdom be,
From lake to gulf,
From sea to sea.
Ah, no! by faith Christ’s standard goes
Beyond Sierra’s distant
snows,
To where Pacific waters lie
Beneath the golden sunset
sky.
Fair Freedom’s land!
Fair Freedom’s land!
Begirt with might, long may
she stand!
And may her realm Christ’s
kingdom be,
From lake to gulf,
From sea to sea.
By faith this goodly land I
see
In Christ’s own freedom
doubly free,
From north to south, from
east to west,
Beneath His gentle scepter
blest.
Fair Freedom’s land!
Fair Freedom’s land!
Begirt with might, long may she
stand!
And may her realm Christ’s
kingdom be,
From lake to gulf,
From sea to sea.
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[1] Gospel Bells, A Choice
Collection of Gospel Songs and Standard Hymns for Church, Sunday School,
Endeavor and Evangelist, Edited by E. O. Excell and W. E. M. Hackleman, Christian Board of
Publication, St. Louis, Missouri, p. 168.
Words by Dr. J. E. Rankin, music by Karl Wilheim, arranged by W. E. M.
Hackleman. Arrangement copyright, 1911,
by W. E. M. Hackleman.