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Sounding ChildhoodMain MenuPart 1: Children's HymnsPart 2: Songs for School and PlayPart 3: Animal Welfare (Bands of Mercy) SongsPart 4: Christmas CarolsPart 5: Folk SongsPart 6: Patriotic SongsPart 7: Early 20th-Century HymnsAbout the AuthorWorks Cited
God of Our Fathers score
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"God of the Ages," originally "God of our Fathers," words by Daniel C. Roberts (1876) and music by George W. Warren (1894), was written by Roberts, an Episcopalian priest FOR the centennial in 1876. Warren, editor for the Episcopalian hymnal, wrote this regal tune for it. It was quickly accepted as our "National Anthem." It, too, reflects on the history of our country, from "war's alarms" to "deadly pestilence" (v. 3), but looks to "Thy divine love [which] hath led us in the past" (v. 2), to "be thy strong arm, our ever sure defense (v. 3), that "in this free land with thee our lot is cast" (v. 2). Opening with trumpet voluntary or on a regal organ at church, it can be a powerful hymn to sing!
Choir: The Community Choristers, Hymn Camp 2025 Score: from Parish School 1926 Organist: Ms. Joanne Martin Location: Central United Methodist
