God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way.
Thou who hast by Thy might
Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray;
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world we forget Thee.
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand
True to our God, true to our native land!
James Weldon Johnson (1921)
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