This recitation is based on the renowned work of Katherine Lee Bates,
Entitled America the Beautiful. The music was produced by Samuel A. Ward.
It is modified by Lydia Chorpening, a local author.
So come along and Imagine with me:
Imagine a little Amish girl sitting on a lumpy home-made comforter in her unmown front yard.
Listen! Her clear voice rings through the Missouri countryside.
Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,
For purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain.
America! America! God shed his grace on thee...
And crowned thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!
That was back in the 1950’s when President Eisenhower had supported and signed into law the Congressional Act, Joint Resolution 243 which added the words, “Under God” to our Pledge of Allegiance.
It was also before this great nation had a President who has boldly declared that America is no longer a Christian nation.
I have taken the liberty to change some of Katherine Lee Bates’ lovely hymn and turn it into an appeal and prayer for our country today.
America, the Beautiful
Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,
For purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain.
America! America! God shed his grace on thee...
But you have turned away from Him-denied your liberty!
Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet. Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness
America! America! Amend your every flaw
and turn thy soul again to God and His eternal law!
O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy hearts refine
Till every soul, in righteousness, bows to Christ's cross divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years
Thy alabaster cities dimmed, by sinfulness and fears
America! America! God shed His grace on thee
He calls for us to follow him to Calvary's rugged tree.
Springs of inspiration ~ Rivers of encouragement ~ Bursts of hope ~ Messages of healing and wholeness.Come often, drink deeply of these spiritual waters which will inspire and motivate you.
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